United States Conference of Catholic Bishops - Presidents

Presidents

1. † John F. Dearden, Cardinal Archbishop of Detroit (1966–1971; was created a cardinal on April 28, 1969)
2. † John J. Krol, Cardinal Archbishop of Philadelphia (1971–1974)
3. † Joseph L. Bernardin, Archbishop of Cincinnati (1974–1977; later became Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago)
4. John R. Quinn, Archbishop of San Francisco (1977–1980)
5. † John R. Roach, Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (1980–1983)
6. † James W. Malone, Bishop of Youngstown (1983–1986)
7. † John L. May, Archbishop of Saint Louis (1986–1989)
8. Daniel E. Pilarczyk, Archbishop of Cincinnati (1989–1992)
9. William H. Keeler, Cardinal Archbishop of Baltimore (1992–1995)
10. Anthony M. Pilla, Bishop of Cleveland (1995–1998)
11. Joseph A. Fiorenza, Bishop of Galveston-Houston (1998–2001; last NCCB/USCC President and first USCCB President; became an archbishop in December 2004, when the then-Diocese of Galveston-Houston was elevated to a metropolitan archdiocese)
12. Wilton D. Gregory, Bishop of Belleville (2001–2004; later became Archbishop of Atlanta)
13. William S. Skylstad, Bishop of Spokane (2004–2007)
14. Francis E. George, O.M.I., Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago (2007–2010)
15. Timothy M. Dolan, Cardinal Archbishop of New York (2010–present; was created a cardinal on February 18, 2012)

† = deceased

2010 election

At the November 2010 General Meeting in Baltimore, elections were held for President and Vice President. For the first time in the history of the USCCB, and in a break from long-standing tradition, a Vice President standing for the presidency was denied the top post. In those elections, Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York, was elected President — defeating Gerald Kicanas, Bishop of Tucson, 128-111 (54% to 46%) — and Joseph Kurtz, Archbishop of Louisville, was elected Vice President in a runoff against Charles Chaput, Archbishop of Denver, 147-91 (62% to 38%).