NACC Episcopal Advisory Council

Episcopal Advisory Council

Council members serve as representatives of the bishops in their respective United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Regions. They have been invited directly to serve on our Council, or they have been appointed by the USCCB Administrative Council Representative from their Region. Currently, Council members are:

REGION I Most Reverend George E. Rueger, DD, VG Former Auxiliary Bishop of Worcester, MA	REGION IX (awaiting appointee)
REGION II Most Reverend Matthew H. Clark, DD Bishop of Rochester, New York	REGION X Most Reverend Vincent M. Rizzotto, DD Auxiliary Bishop of Galveston-Houston, Texas
REGION III Most Reverend Dominic A. Marconi, DD Former Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, New Jersey	REGION XI Most Reverend Randolph R. Calvo Bishop of Reno, Nevada.
REGION IV Most Reverend Mitchell T. Rozanski Auxiliary Bishop of Baltimore, Maryland	REGION XII Most Reverend Michael W. Warfel Bishop of Juneau, Alaska
REGION V Most Reverend John J. McRaith, DD Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky	REGION XIII Most Reverend John C. Wester Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah
REGION VI Most Reverend Francis R. Reiss Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit, Michigan	REGION XIV Most Reverend John G. Noonan Bishop of Miami, Florida
REGION VII Most Reverend Dale J. Melczek, DD Bishop of Gary, Indiana	REGION XV* (awaiting appointee)
REGION VIII Most Reverend Bernard J. Harrington, DD Bishop of Winona, Minnesota

*Region XV, a new region created by vote of the bishops during their November 2006 meeting, will be constituted by the Eastern Rite bishops and eparchs of the United States. While functioning within their respective geographical Regions as well, they now will have a unique USCCB Region, affording them participation in numerous committees and councils, such as ours. As soon as the administrative work defining and establishing the Region has been accomplished, we will seek an Advisory Council member from Region XV.