Who We Are
The Committee for Religious Liberty of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops seeks to strengthen and sustain religious freedom by assisting the U.S. bishops, individually and collectively, to teach about religious freedom to the faithful and the broader public, and to promote and defend religious freedom in law and policy.
To this end we:
- Collaborate with other USCCB committees on religious liberty issues
- Develop educational materials
- Sponsor the annual Religious Freedom Week (June 22 - 29)
- Provide materials for the Solemnity of Christ the King
- Circulate fact sheets and other information on critical issues
- Publish First Freedom newsletter
- Provide dioceses with religious liberty liturgical resources
- Coordinate/advise on public policy efforts concerning these issues
Committee Members
Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Chairman
Archbishop of New York
Most Reverend Borys Gudziak
Archbishop-Metropolitan for Ukrainian Catholic Archeparchy of Philadelphia
Most Reverend Robert Barron
Bishop of Winona-Rochester
Most Reverend Michael F. Burbidge
Bishop of Arlington
Most Reverend Andrew H. Cozzens
Bishop of Crookston
Most Reverend Daniel E. Flores
Bishop of Brownsville
Most Reverend David J. Malloy
Bishop of Rockford
Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades
Bishop of Ft. Wayne-South Bend
Most Reverend Mark J. Seitz
Bishop of El Paso
Most Reverend Robert P. Reed
Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
Consultants
Most Reverend William E. Lori
Archbishop of Baltimore
Most Reverend Thomas Wenski
Archbishop of Miami
Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki
Archbishop of Milwaukee
Most Reverend Thomas Daly
Bishop of Spokane
Most Reverend David P. Talley
Bishop of Memphis
Most Reverend Arturo Cepeda
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
Jason Adkins, Esq.
Executive Director, Minnesota Catholic Conference
Montse Alvarado
President and COO, EWTN News, Inc.
Carl A. Anderson
Past Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus
Kevin Baine, Esq.
Senior Counsel, Williams & Connolly LLP
Kim Daniels
Member, Vatican Dicastery for Communication
Ambassador Mary Ann Glendon
Learned Hand Professor of Law, Emeritus, Harvard University
Patrick Kelly
Supreme Knight, Knights of Columbus
Rev. Dominic Legge, O.P.
Director, Thomistic Institute
L. Martin Nussbaum, Esq.
Partner, Nussbaum Speir Gleason
Gloria Purvis
Host, The Gloria Purvis Podcast
Jason Shanks
President, Our Sunday Visitor Institute
Elise Ureneck
Founder and Principal, Credendi Communications
Staff
Richard Coll
Executive Director, Department of Justice, Peace, and Human Development
Dan Balserak
Religious Liberty Director & Assistant General Counsel
Aaron M. Weldon, Ph.D.
Religious Liberty Program Specialist
Kyle Burkhart
Executive Assistant, Office of the General Counsel