Episcopal Advisory Board
Most Reverend James D. Conley
Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska
Chair of the Episcopal Advisory Board, CHCLA
Bishop Conley is the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska.
Since his priestly ordination in 1985, Bishop Conley has served the Catholic Church in a variety of ways—as pastor, college campus chaplain, director of Respect Life ministries, theology instruct, Vatican official and bishop. In all these tasks, he has seen his life as a priest and bishop as a call to service and complete surrender to God’s providential hand.
A convert to the Catholic faith, Bishop Conley chose the same motto as the great 19th-century English convert, John Henry Cardinal Newman, “cor ad cor loquitor”, which means “heart speaks to heart.” Bishop Conley converted to the Catholic faith while a junior at the University of Kansas in 1975.
Bishop Conley earned his licentiate in Rome, and he later returned to the Holy See when he was appointed an official in the Vatican Congregation for Bishops. John Paul II named him “chaplain to his holiness” with the title monsignor.
After serving 10 years in the Vatican, Bishop Conley returned home to the United States. He received his episcopal ordination from Archbishop Charles J. Chaput in 2008. In 2012, he was installed as the Bishop of the Lincoln diocese.
Currently, he serves as the Episcopal Advisor to the Catholic Medical Association. He is a board member of the Institute for Catholic Liberal Education (ICLE) and serves on the USCCB’s Committee on Laity, Marriage, Family Life and Youth and the Subcommittee on Health Care Issues.
Episcopal Advisory Board Members
Most Reverend Samuel J. Aquila
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Denver, Colorado
Most Reverend Timothy P. Broglio
Archbishop for the Military Services, USA
Most Reverend Paul S. Coakley
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
Most Reverend Salvatore J. Cordileone
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Most Reverend Bernard A. Hebda
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Most Reverend William E. Lori
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Maryland
Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Most Reverend Alexander K. Sample
Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Portland in Oregon
Most Reverend Michael C. Barber
Bishop of the Diocese of Oakland, California
Most Reverend John O. Barres
Bishop of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, New York
Most Reverend Earl Boyea
Bishop of the Diocese of Lansing, Michigan
Most Reverend Liam Cary
Bishop of the Diocese of Baker, Oregon
Most Reverend James D. Conley
Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska
Most Reverend John T. Folda
Bishop of the Diocese of Fargo, North Dakota
Most Reverend Thomas J. Paprocki
Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Most Reverend David L. Ricken
Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin
Most Reverend Daniel E. Thomas
Bishop of the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio
Most Reverend Robert F. Vasa
Bishop of the Diocese of Santa Rosa, California
Most Reverend James S. Wall
Bishop of the Diocese of Gallup, New Mexico