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Abbreviation | NBCC |
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Formation | 1987 |
Legal status | nonprofit |
Headquarters | Baltimore, Maryland |
Region served | United States |
Membership | Black Catholic regional delegates |
President | Bishop Roy Edward Campbell |
Executive Director | Valerie Washington |
Executive Assistant | Kimberley Hefner |
Sr Josita Colbert, SNDdeN Bro Cursey Calais, SSJ Bishop Fernand J. Cheri III, OFM Pam Harris (others) | |
Main organ | Quinquennial conference |
Affiliations | |
Website | https://www.nbccongress.org/ |
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The National Black Catholic Congress (NBCC) is a Black Catholic advocacy group and quinquennial conference in the United States. It is a spiritual successor to Daniel Rudd's Colored Catholic Congress movement of the late 19th and early 20th century.
It was founded in 1987 by the National Association of Black Catholic Administrators (NABCA), the National Black Catholic Clergy Caucus (NBCCC), and the National Black Sisters Conference (NBSC). Bishop John Ricard, SSJ served as NBCC president from its founding until 2017.
Its mission is to improve and enrich the lives of African-American Catholics, operating in close cooperation and coordination with the Black Bishops of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB)[1] and receiving funding from the Black and Indian Mission Collection.[2]
Six NBCC congresses have been held as of 2021, occurring every five years (though delayed one year recently, to 2023, due to the COVID-19 pandemic).[3]
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