Saint Veronica Catholic School - Archbishops

Archbishops

• Joseph Sadoc Alemany y Conill, O.P. (1853–1884)
• Patrick William Riordan (1884–1914)
• Edward Joseph Hanna (1915–1935)
• John Joseph Mitty (1935–1961)
• Joseph Thomas McGucken (1962–1977)
• John Raphael Quinn (1977–1995)
• William Joseph Levada (1995–2005)
• George Hugh Niederauer (2006–2012)
• Salvatore Joseph Cordileone (2012-)

Two Archbishops of San Francisco have served as the leader of the episcopal conference of bishops and archbishops in the United States. Archbishop Edward Hanna served as the first chairman of the National Catholic Welfare Council (renamed National Catholic Welfare Conference in 1922) from its founding in 1919 until his retirement in 1935. Archbishop John R. Quinn was president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the United States Catholic Conference from 1977–1980. To date, no sitting Archibishop of San Francisco has been elevated to cardinal. One former Archbishop of San Francisco, William Levada, was created a Cardinal in 2006 after being reassigned to serve as the Prefect for the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF) in the Roman Curia.