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Women in Diocesan Leadership Positions: A Progress Report (2003)
Women in Diocesan Leadership Positions: A Progress Report
In 1998 the Bishops’ Committee on Women in Society and in the Church issued From Words to Deeds in which it encouraged the appointment of women to church leadership positions. To help gauge progress towards this goal, the Committee asked the National Association of Church Personnel Administrators (NACPA) to report on the employment of women in diocesan leadership positions. The NACPA survey included over 50 executive, management, administrative, and professional positions in arch/dioceses around the country.
In 2003, the Committee asked NACPA to update its report. Again, more than 50 diocesan leadership positions were surveyed. Both the 1998 and the 2003 surveys are available on the website (www.usccb.org/laity/women.htm ).