BALTIMORE (MD)
Washington Times
By Nathan Porter-The Washington Times Tuesday, November 12, 2013
In an overwhelming victory, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Ky., was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops at their leadership meeting Tuesday.
Archbishop Kurtz, 67, was ordained as a bishop in 1999, and archbishop in 2007 and has served as vice president of the USCCB for the last three years. He has also served as USCCB treasurer.
The first-ballot win — in a field of 10 candidates — was seen by some as a safe, traditional choice for the Conference, after the three-year leadership of the high-profile New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan. The choice was also being closely watched as a first sign of the American Catholic Church hierarchy’s reaction to the selection earlier this year of Pope Francis.
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