President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

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ecclesiastical office leadership position

The President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is the elected leader and chief spokesperson of the U.S. Catholic bishops, overseeing their collective pastoral, doctrinal, and public policy initiatives.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops canonical	1
USCCB President	1
president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4852176 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Context triple: [General Assembly of Bishops, chairedBy, President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops]

A. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is the official assembly of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States that coordinates national pastoral initiatives, liturgical norms, and public policy positions for the Church.
B. General Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The General Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is the central administrative body that coordinates and supports the work, policies, and pastoral initiatives of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference.
C. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is the national assembly of Catholic bishops in Canada that coordinates pastoral initiatives, represents the Church at the national level, and engages in dialogue with civil authorities and other religious bodies.
D. College of Bishops
The College of Bishops is the collective assembly of all serving bishops in the Church of England, responsible for providing spiritual leadership and oversight within the church.
E. College of Bishops
The College of Bishops is the collective body of all Catholic bishops worldwide, united in teaching and governing authority under the leadership of the pope.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Target entity description: The President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is the elected leader and chief spokesperson of the U.S. Catholic bishops, overseeing their collective pastoral, doctrinal, and public policy initiatives.

A. United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is the official assembly of the Catholic hierarchy in the United States that coordinates national pastoral initiatives, liturgical norms, and public policy positions for the Church.
B. General Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
The General Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is the central administrative body that coordinates and supports the work, policies, and pastoral initiatives of the U.S. Catholic bishops’ conference.
C. Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops
The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops is the national assembly of Catholic bishops in Canada that coordinates pastoral initiatives, represents the Church at the national level, and engages in dialogue with civil authorities and other religious bodies.
D. College of Bishops
The College of Bishops is the collective assembly of all serving bishops in the Church of England, responsible for providing spiritual leadership and oversight within the church.
E. College of Bishops
The College of Bishops is the collective body of all Catholic bishops worldwide, united in teaching and governing authority under the leadership of the pope.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	ecclesiastical office ⓘ leadership position ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	USCCB President ⓘ linked to: President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
appointedBy	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
associatedWith	United States Catholic hierarchy ⓘ linked to: Catholic Church hierarchy
country	United States of America ⓘ
createdBy	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
electionBody	plenary assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
hasDeputy	Vice President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
inception	2001 ⓘ
jurisdiction	Latin Church dioceses in the United States through their bishops ⓘ
language	English ⓘ
meetsAt	general meetings of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
officeHolder	Daniel N. DiNardo ⓘ Francis E. George ⓘ Joseph A. Fiorenza ⓘ Joseph E. Kurtz ⓘ José H. Gomez ⓘ Timothy M. Dolan ⓘ Timothy P. Broglio ⓘ William S. Skylstad ⓘ Wilton Daniel Gregory ⓘ
officeHolderRequirement	Roman Catholic bishop ⓘ member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
partOf	United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
precededBy	President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ
reappointment	may be re-elected for a second term ⓘ
religion	Catholic Church ⓘ linked to: Roman Catholicism
reportsTo	general assembly of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ linked to: General Assembly of Bishops
responsibleFor	convening meetings of the conference ⓘ coordination of the work of conference committees ⓘ implementation of conference policies ⓘ public statements on behalf of the conference ⓘ setting agendas for conference meetings ⓘ
role	chief spokesperson of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ oversees collective doctrinal initiatives of U.S. Catholic bishops ⓘ oversees collective pastoral initiatives of U.S. Catholic bishops ⓘ oversees collective public policy initiatives of U.S. Catholic bishops ⓘ presiding officer at meetings of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ represents the conference in relations with civil authorities ⓘ represents the conference in relations with other ecclesial bodies ⓘ represents the conference in relations with the Holy See ⓘ
selectionMethod	election by member bishops ⓘ
supervises	General Secretary of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ linked to: General Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops staff of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops through the General Secretary ⓘ
termLength	three years ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

General Assembly of Bishops → chairedBy → President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ

General Secretariat of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops → subordinateTo → president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ⓘ

linked to: President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops → alsoKnownAs → USCCB President ⓘ