Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas: 10 May 1947: Name Changed: Diocese of Leavenworth Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas: 9 August 1952: Elevated: Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas Most Reverend James V. Johnston, Bishop of Kansas City/St. The Catholic News Service reported that the bishops’ conference and several major Catholic nonprofit agencies worked throughout the week … The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) is an assembly of the hierarchy of the United States and the U.S. Virgin Islands who jointly exercise certain pastoral functions on behalf of the Christian faithful of the United States. Archbishop Naumann of the diocese of Kansas City, Kansas, and chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' (USCCB) Committee on Pro … Joseph The Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph The Catholic Center 20 W 9th Street Kansas City, … The effort by the bishops of the four Kansas dioceses is the result of a ruling by the Kansas Supreme Court that eliminated legal prohibitions against abortion. Abp. Chuck Weber, the executive director of the Kansas Catholic Conference, defended the bishops in a Kansas City Star op-ed Sunday, in response to last week’s editorial from the newspaper. The Kansas Catholic Conference has posted a petition at KansasCatholic.org to advocate for an amendment to the Kansas constitution prohibiting abortion.