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Former Committees | Evangelization

Former Committee Membership

Bishops' Committee for Evangelization (BCEV) 2005-2007

Chairman
Most Reverend Sam G. Jacobs
Bishop of Houma-Thibodaux

Members
Most Reverend J. Terry Steib, SVD
Bishop of Memphis
Most Reverend John M. Kudrick
Bishop of Eparchy of Parma for Byzantines
Most Reverend Joseph W. Estabrook
Auxiliary Bishop of Military Services
Most Reverend Oscar Azarcon Solis
Auxiliary Bishop of Los Angeles
Most Reverend Richard J. Malone
Bishop of Portland in Maine
Most Reverend Richard E. Pates
Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis

Chairmen of the Bishops' Former Committees on Evangelization

Ad-Hoc Committee on Evangelization 1977-1989

1977-1979: Archbishop Francis T. Hurley
1979-1983: Archbishop Edward T. O’Meara
1983-1989: Bishop William R. Houck

Committee on Evangelization

1990-1993: Bishop William R. Houck
1993-1996: Archbishop John G. Vlazny
1996-1999: Archbishop Michael J. Sheehan
1999-2002: Bishop Michael W. Warfel
2002-2005: Bishop Edward J. Slattery
2005-2007: Bishop Sam G. Jacobs

Mandate of the Former Committee on Evangelization

The Committee on Evangelization was established in 1977 to implement the vision of the 1975 Apostolic Exhortation, On Evangelization in the Modern World by Pope Paul VI. Approved as an ad-hoc committee in 1976 and a full standing committee in 1989, the bishops re-affirm that the task of evangelizing all people constitutes the essential mission of the Church...Evangelization is in fact the grace and vocation proper to the Church, her deepest identity; and, she exists in order to evangelize... In nurturing this vision, the committee develops initiatives to foster this within the USCCB and the Church in the United States. (2002)

History of the Committee on Evangelization

Initiatives of the Former Committee
Tenth Anniversary of Go and Make Disciples

Resources / Programs

Organizations
Evangelization
Reconciliation
Bibliography
RCIA Study