Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, Board Chairman of the Catholic Relief Services, delivered his annual report on the agency to the November gathering of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, which is meeting this week in Baltimore. In his remarks, he urged the bishops to consider CRS as their agency, and asked his brother bishops to “brag about us a little bit.”

Matthew Hay Brown, the religion reporter for The Baltimore Sun, reports on Archbishop Dolan’s address here.

A dispatch from Fordham University:

New York City’s newly installed prelate, Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, made his first appearance at Fordham on April 22, at the keynote address of a conference celebrating the University’s partnership with Catholic Relief Services.

“Working Toward Global Justice” linked Fordham alumni who work with Catholic Relief Services (CRS) in impoverished nations with students who are interested in joining relief agencies or interning with CRS. The partnership is in its 10th year.

Archbishop Dolan, who chairs the CRS Board of Directors, said making his first visit to Fordham during an event promoting the international relief group was nothing less than providential.

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From left to right, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz, Archbishop Timothy Dolan and a child during a mass at the Missionaries of Charity home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Photo by Jim Stipe/CRS

CRS congratulates Archbishop Timothy Dolan, Chairman of the Board at CRS, on his installation as the new Archbishop of the New York Archdiocese.

The Archdiocese, which covers a region with 2.5 million parishioners in about 400 churches, is the nation’s second-largest diocese after Los Angeles, but it is the most prominent seat in the U.S. Catholic Church. Its vast Catholic service network includes 10 colleges and universities, hundreds of schools and aid agencies, and nine hospitals that treat about a million people annually.

Dolan, who succeeds now retired New York Cardinal Edward Egan, has been the Chairman of the Board of CRS since November of 2007. He has traveled the world with CRS and he plans to remain as Chairman while in his new role as Archbishop of New York.
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