He’s President, too

By |2016-04-02T00:59:20-05:00Nov 17, 2010|Nation and World|

p.1CNSprezdolan11-18-10New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan smiles after being elected the next president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops during the bishops' annual fall meeting in Baltimore Nov. 16 (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)BALTIMORE – New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan was as surprised as anyone that he was elected president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 16.

"I'm surprised, I'm honored, I'm flattered and a tad intimidated," Archbishop Dolan told Catholic News Service shortly after being elected in an unprecedented departure from the USCCB's normal tradition of electing the conference vice president to the presidency.

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