History
The organization was originally founded in 1956 by the Holy See under the pontificate of Pope Pius XII to assist its members carry out public services of leadership to further the mission of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
At the request of the Holy See through the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life (CICLSAL), leaders of pontifical religious institutes of women in the United States founded the conference in 1956 and first named as the Conference of Major Superiors of Women. The name was later changed in 1971 to the Leadership Conference of Women Religious. In 1995 CICLSAL established the Council of Major Superiors of Women Religious (CMSWR), an organization parallel to the LCWR, whose 168 members of the level of provincial or general superiors represent some 20% of the country's women religious.
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