Candidates announced for next USCCB president, vice president

The bishops of the United States have nominated ten of their brother bishops as candidates to serve three-year terms as president and vice president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops.

The ten are

• Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans
• Archbishop Charles Chaput, OFM Cap, of Philadelphia
• Archbishop Paul Coakley of Oklahoma City
• Cardinal Daniel DiNardo of Galveston-Houston
• Bishop Daniel Flores of Brownsville
• Archbishop José Gomez of Los Angeles
• Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore
• Archbishop Allen Vigneron of Detroit
• Archbishop Thomas Wenski of Miami
• Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe

Cardinal DiNardo is the conference’s current vice president, and the vice president typically - though not always - is elected president. 

The election will take place during the bishops’ November meeting in Baltimore.