United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

Abbreviation	USCCB
Formation	1966
Type	Non-governmental organization
Legal status	Civil nonprofit
Purpose	To act collaboratively and consistently on vital issues confronting the Church and society. To foster communion with the Church in other nations, within the Church universal, under the leadership of its supreme pastor, the Roman Pontiff. To offer appropriate assistance to each bishop in fulfilling his particular ministry in the local Church. [1]
Headquarters	Washington, D.C.
Region served	United States
Membership	Active and retired Catholic bishops of the United States
President	Timothy Broglio
Main organ	Conference
Affiliations	National Council of Catholic Women National Catholic Office for Persons with Disabilities Catholic Legal Immigration Network Catholic Relief Services National Right to Life Committee (1968–73) Christian Churches Together
Budget	US$180 million
Staff	300
Website	usccb.org

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is the episcopal conference of the Catholic Church in the United States. Founded in 1966 as the joint National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB) and United States Catholic Conference (USCC), it is composed of all active and retired members of the Catholic hierarchy (i.e., diocesan, coadjutor, and auxiliary bishops and the ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of Saint Peter) in the United States and the territory of the U.S. Virgin Islands.

In the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, the bishops in the six dioceses form their own episcopal conference, the Puerto Rican Episcopal Conference. The bishops in U.S. insular areas in the Pacific Ocean – the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, the territory of American Samoa, and the territory of Guam – are members of the Episcopal Conference of the Pacific.

The USCCB adopted its current name in July 2001. The organization is a registered corporation based in Washington, D.C. As with all bishops' conferences, certain^[which?] decisions and acts of the USCCB must receive the recognitio, or approval, of the Roman dicasteries, which are subject to the immediate and absolute authority of the Pope.

As of November 2022^[update], the president is Timothy Broglio, Archbishop for the Military Services, USA. The vice president is William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore.^[2]