Below is a list of bishops who have issued their own statements instructing the faithful on voting in the 2008 Presidential Election. Hat Tip Inside Catholic
In case any of the links below become invalid over time, here is a link to the USCCB webpage, which lists bishops by name with links to their respective diocese’s website.
The following bishops are also included in joint statements that follow these individual statements:
Joint Statements:
- New York Joint Statement (22 bishops)
- Pennsylvania Join Statement (16 bishops)
- Kansas Joint Statement (4 bishops)
- Illinois Joint Statement (14 bishops)
- Florida Joint Statement (9 bishops)
List of bishops included in the above joint statements:
New York
Most Reverend Howard J. Hubbard
Eparchy of Our Lady of Nareg in New York for Armenian Catholics
Most Reverend Manuel Batakian
Most Reverend Nicholas DiMarzio
Most Reverend Frank J. Caggiano
Most Reverend Ignatius A. Catanello
Most Reverend Octavio Cisneros
Most Reverend Guy Sansaricq
Diocese of Buffalo
Most Reverend Edward U. Kmiec
Most Reverend Edward M. Grosz
Archdiocese of New York
His Eminence Edward Cardinal Egan
Most Reverend Josu Iriondo
Most Reverend Dominick J. Lagonegro
Most Reverend Dennis J. Sullivan
Most Reverend Gerald T. Walsh
Diocese of Ogdensburg
Most Reverend Robert J. Cunningham
Diocese of Rochester
Most Reverend Matthew H. Clark
Diocese of Rockville Centre
Most Reverend William F. Murphy Statement
Most Reverend John C. Dunne, DD
Most Reverend Peter A. Libasci
Most Reverend Paul H. Walsh
Eparchy of St. Marion of Brooklyn for Maronites
Most Reverend Gregory J. Mansour
Diocese of Syracuse
Most Reverend James M. Moynihan
Pennsylvania
Diocese of Allentown
Most Reverend Edward P. Cullen
Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown
Most Reverend Joseph V. Adamec
Diocese of Erie
Diocese of Greensburg
Most Reverend Lawrence E. Brandt
Diocese of Harrisburg
Most Reverend Kevin C. Rhoades Rhoades
Archdiocese of Philadelphia
His Eminence Justin Cardinal Rigali
Most Reverend Joseph R. Cistone
Most Reverend Robert P. Maginnis
Most Reverend Joseph P. McFadden
Most Reverend Daniel E. Thomas
Archeparchy of Philadelphia for Ukrainians
Most Reverend Stephen Soroka
Most Reverend John Bura
Diocese of Pittsburgh
Most Reverend David A. Zubik
Most Reverend Paul J. Bradley
Archeparchy of Pittsburgh for Byzantines
Most Reverend Basil Schott, OFM
Diocese of Scranton
Most Reverend Joseph F. Martino Martino
Most Reverend John M. Dougherty
Kansas
Diocese of Dodge City
Most Reverend Ronald M. Gilmore Gilmore
Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas
Most Reverend Joseph F. Naumann Naumann
Diocese of Salina
Most Reverend Paul S. Coakley
Diocese of Wichita
Most Reverend Michael O. Jackels Jackels
Florida
Archdiocese of Miami
Most Reverend John C. Favalora
Most Reverend Felipe de Jesus Estevez
Most Reverend John G. Noonan
Diocese of Orlando
Most Reverend Thomas G. Wenski
Diocese of Palm Beach
Most Reverend Gerald M. Barbarito Barbarito
Diocese of Pensacola-Tallahassee
Most Reverend John H. Ricard, SSJ
Diocese of St. Augustine
Most Reverend Victor B. Galeone
Diocese of St. Petersburg
Most Reverend Robert N. Lynch
Diocese of Venice
Most Reverend Frank J. Dewane
Illinois
Most Reverend Edward K. Braxton
Archdiocese of Chicago
His Eminence Francis Cardinal George, OMI
Most Reverend Gustavo Garcia-Siller, MSpS
Most Reverend George J. Rassas
Most Reverend Francis J. Kane
Most Reverend John R. Manz
Most Reverend Thomas J. Paprocki
Most Reverend Joseph N. Perry
Eparchy of St. Thomas the Apostle of Chicago for Syro-Malabars
Most Reverend Jacob Angadiath
Diocese of Joliet
Most Reverend J. Peter Sartain Sartain
Diocese of Peoria
Most Reverend Daniel R. Jenky, C.S.C.
Diocese of Rockford
Most Reverend Thomas G. Doran
Eparchy of St. Nicholas of Chicago for Ukrainians
Most Reverend Bishop Richard Seminack
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Most Reverend George J. Lucas
