The University’s governance structure is intended to perfect and make permanent the University’s essential character as a Catholic and American institution of higher learning and its role as the national university of the Catholic Church, sponsored by the United States bishops, while permitting lay responsibility and support for the University.
The Fellows serve as the members of the Board of Trustees and hold certain reserved powers designed to preserve the ecclesial patrimony of the University. The responsibility for governance and oversight of the operations of the University resides in the University’s Board of Trustees.
The Fellows include representatives from four groups: cardinal fellows, those serving as diocesan bishops in the United States; bishop fellows (four who are appointed by the fellows); ex officio fellows (who include the chairman of the board, the president of the University, the chancellor of the University, and the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops); and appointed fellows (two laypersons) from the Board of Trustees.
The University will have no fewer than twenty (20) and no more than forty (40) trustees who are designated as the appointed trustees.
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Bishop John O. Barres*, Rockville Centre, NY.
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Bishop Robert Barron*, Winona-Rochester, MN.
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Reverend Robert Boxie III, Washington, D.C.
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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge*, Arlington, VA.
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John J. Carvelli, Newport Beach, CA.
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Lance Casimir, Esq., Arlington, VA.
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Archbishop Paul S. Coakley*, Oklahoma City, OK
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Timothy Connors, Nashville, TN.
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John E. Corcoran, Essex, MA.
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Cardinal Blase J. Cupich*, Chicago, IL.
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Jennifer Della Ratta Redmond, Arlington, VA.
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Bishop Jacques Fabre-Jeune, Charleston, SC.
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Edward "Ward" Fitzgerald III, Haverford, PA.
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Peter C. Forlenza, Rumson, NJ.
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Edward Gillespie, Alexandria, VA.
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Archbishop Borys Gudziak, Philadelphia, PA.
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Archbishop Bernard A. Hebda*, Saint Paul, MN.
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Joseph Impicciche, St. Louis, MO.
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María Iraburu Elizalde, Ph.D., Navarra, Spain
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Juan Jones, Potomac, MD.
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Patrick E. Kelly, New Haven, CT.
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Peter K. Kilpatrick, President* Washington, D.C.
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Leonard A. Leo*, McLean, VA.
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Ginamarie Lynch, Gaithersburg, MD.
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Sister Donna Markham, O.P., Chicago, IL.
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Rashaun J. Martin, East Boston, MA.
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Javier Mazariegos, New York, NY.
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Cardinal Robert W. McElroy*, Chancellor, Chairman of the Fellows, Washington, D.C.
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Julie McGurn, Madison, NJ.
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J. Paul McNamara, Bethesda, MD.
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Elizabeth B. Meers, Esq.,Washington, D.C.
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Robert J. Neal*, Chairman of the Board of Trustees, Newport Beach, CA.
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Martha E. Ortiz, Penn Valley, PA.
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Monsignor Walter R. Rossi, Washington, D.C.
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Vincent N. Sica, Fairfax Station, VA.
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Cardinal Joseph Tobin, C.Ss. R.*, Newark, NJ.
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Bishop David L. Toups, Beaumont, TX
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Anthony "Trey" Traviesa, Tampa, FL.
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Lawrence J. Morris, Secretary of the Board, Springfield, VA.