Our Mandate

"The goal of bringing all the culturally and racially diverse communities, including European Americans, into a fuller participation in the faith, life, and evangelizing mission of the Church."

–Read the whole mandate and more

COMMITTEE ON CULTURAL DIVERSITY IN THE CHURCH

(Nov. 2024-Nov. 2027)

Chairman: Bishop Robert J. Brennan

Members

Bishop Brendan J. Cahill 

Bishop Roy E. Campbell, Jr. 

Bishop Oscar Cantú 

Bishop Joseph Espaillat 

Bishop Earl Fernandes  

Bishop John T. Folda 

Bishop Brian Nunes 

Consultants

Very Rev. Dwayne Davis

Ms. Patricia Maldonado

Staff

Mrs. María del Mar Muñoz-Visoso, Executive Director

Dr. Alejandro Aguilera-Titus

Dr. Ansel Augustine, D.Min

Rev. David Bailey

Ms. Sarah Evans

Mrs. Clarissa Ann Martinez

Sr. Joanna Okereke, HHCJ

 


Subcommittee on African American Affairs

Chairman: Bishop Roy Campbell, Jr. 

Members 

Bishop Brendan J. Cahill 

Bishop Jeffrey Haines 

Bishop Dennis J. Madden

Consultants

Gregory Chisolm, SJ 

Anderson Shaw  

Rev. Deacon Mel Tardy 

Sr. Nicole Trahan, FMI 

CJ Washington 

Deena Washington 

Staff

Dr. Ansel Augustine, D.Min


Subcommittee on Asian and Pacific Island Affairs

Chairman: Bishop Earl Fernandes

Bishop Joy Alappatt

Bishop Italo Dell’Oro, C.R.S.

Bishop Witold Mroziewski         

Bishop Thanh Thai Nguyen

Bishop Oscar Solis

Bishop John Tran

Consultants

Rev. Linh Hoang, OFM, Ph.D.

Ms. Josie Howard

Bishop Ryan P. Jimenez

Dr. Jem Sullivan  

Staff

Mrs. Clarissa Ann Martinez


Subcommittee on Hispanic Affairs

Chairman: Bishop Oscar Cantú

Members

Archbishop Richard G. Henning, STD

Bishop Mario Alberto Avilés, C.O.

Bishop Mark Bartosic 

Bishop John P. Dolan

Bishop Gregory W. Gordon, STL

Bishop Evelio Menjivar-Ayala

Bishop Felipe Pulido

Bishop Bernard E. Shlesinger III

Consultants

Mr. Edwin Ferrera

Dr. Dora Tobar

Dr. Olga Lucia Villar

Staff

Dr. Alejandro Aguilera-Titus


Subcommittee on Native American Affairs

Chairman: Bishop John Folda

Members

Bishop Myron J. Cotta

Bishop Andrew H. Cozzens

Bishop Gregory W. Gordon

Bishop Terry R. LaValley

Bishop Steven J. Maekawa O.P.

Bishop Stephen D. Parkes

Bishop Austin A. Vetter

Bishop Jeffrey J. Walsh

Consultants

Deacon Don Blackbird

Dr. Juanatano Cano

Rev. Michael Carson

Rev. Maurice Henry Sands

Staff

Rev. David Bailey


Subcommittee on Pastoral Care of Migrants, Refugees, and Travelers (PCMRT)

Chairman: Bishop Brendan J. Cahill

Members

Most Reverend John Michael Botean

Most Reverend Edgar M. da Cunha

Most Reverend Anthony C. Celino

Most Reverend Frank Dewane

Most Reverend Jacques E. Fabre

Most Reverend Jerome Feudjio

Most Reverend Joseph S. Grob

Most Reverend Frank Schuster

Most Reverend Joseph J. Tyson

Most Reverend Thomas Wenski

Bishop Consultant(s)

Most Reverend Felipe Pulido

Consultants 

Rev. Fr. Tony Massad

Rev. Jean Yvon Pierre, Ph.D.

Rev. Fr. Thomas W Florek, SJ

Very Rev. Cornelius K. Ejiogu, SSJ

Kevin Appleby

Staff

Sr. Joanna Okereke, HHCJ 

Ms. Sarah Evans