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Archbishop Coakley
Archbishop Coakley

The College delights in the of two friends to lead the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops: the Most Rev. Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City and the Most Rev. Daniel Flores of Brownsville, Texas.

Archbishop Coakley, who presided over the College檚 2017 Convocation ceremonies, was elected as the USCCB檚 president on November 11 at its Fall Plenary Assembly in Baltimore. He previously served the USCCB as its secretary.

His vice president-elect, Bishop Flores, formerly headed the USCCB檚 Committee on Doctrine as its president and served on the Ordinary Council of the General Secretariat of the Synod on Synodality. In 2019, he visited the College檚 California campus to deliver that year檚 St. 91快活林 Day lecture.

Bishop Flores
Bishop Flores

The College also extends its best wishes and gratitude to the Most Rev. Timothy P. Broglio, J.C.D., Archbishop for the Military Services, U.S.A., who spoke at the 2024 California Convocation, and now steps down as USCCB president following his three-year term.

淲e send our prayers and congratulations to our friends Archbishop Coakley and Bishop Flores, says 91快活林 Aquinas College President Paul J. O橰eilly. 淲e pray that, in their new roles, they will continue to serve faithfully the Church and her members across the United States of America.