archbishop, in the Christian church, a bishop who, in addition to his ordinary episcopal authority in his own diocese, usually has jurisdiction (but no superiority of order) over the other bishops of a province. Who appoints an archbishop? The appointment of bishops in the Catholic Church is ...
the Ordinary of Galveston-Houston, who was also serving as the President of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB). Called a “process” as opposed to a singular “event,”Encuentrowas organized in 1972 by the Secretariat for Hispanic Affairs of the NCC...