The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco is the Archbishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, the Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco, San Mateo and Marin counties in California, the United States. The archbishop is the metropolitan archbishop of the ecclesiastical province of San Francisco, which includes the suffragan dioceses of Honolulu, Las Vegas, Oakland, Reno, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Jose, Santa Rosa, and Stockton. The current[update] archbishop is the Most Reverend George Hugh Niederauer, who was installed as the eighth Archbishop of San Francisco on February 15, 2006. He had previously been Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah.
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.[1] Archbishop John R. Quinn was president of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops and the United States Catholic Conference from 1977–1980.[2] One former Archbishop of San Francisco, William Levada, was created a Cardinal in 2006 after being reassigned to serve in the Roman Curia.[3]
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