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Bishops Elect Quinn Catholic Spokesman
Washington archbishop John R. Quinn of San Francisco was elected president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops, winning on the third ballot with 146 votes of 258. He succeeds Archbishop Joseph Bernardin and will lead a group that governs church policy and education guidance amid debates over the new catechetical directory.
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Washington
Archibishop
John R. Quinn
San Francisco
National Conference of Catholic Bishops
Quinn
John R. Roach
St. Paul-Minneapolis
Roach
Oklahoma City
Terence Cooke
New York
James W. Malone
Youngstown
Ohio
Joseph Bernardin
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Monsignor
Wilfrid H. Paradis
Bishops’ Conference
William Baum
Washington, D.C
Cooke
Thomas A. Donnellan
Atlanta
Edward A. McCarthy
Miami
Wheaton
Hartford
Ono
Joseph A. McNicholas
Springfield
Cletus F. O'Donnell
Madison
Wis
Bernardin
Cardinal John Carberry
Louis