Catholic Church. National Conference of Catholic Bishops (Corporate Name)

Its Hirtenbrief der Bischofskonferenz der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika über den marxistischen Kommunismus, 1980: t.p. (Bischofskonferenz der Vereinigten Staaten von Amerika)

Krell, G. Die Herausforderung der Nuklearrüstung, 1983: t.p. (US-Bischofskonferenz) p. 1 (National Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Phone call to the USCC, 8/18/86 (United States Catholic Conference and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops are the same body; same staff and offices; different names for tax reasons; USCC is the name used for legal and corporate affairs; NCCB is the name used for ecclesiastical decisions of the body)

Off. Cath. dir., 1986 (United States Catholic Conference is a civil entity of the American Cath. bishops; National Conference of Catholic Bishops is a canonical entity of the church; NCCB is a distinct entity from the USCC; the relationship of the NCCB to the USCC is that of a sponsoring organization)

For all the people, c1986: t.p. (Catholic Bishops of the United States) p. 2 (NCCB)

Phone call to NCCB, 9-15-87 (Catholic Bishops of the United States is a variant name of National Conference of Catholic Bishops)

A Pastoral statement for Catholics on biblical fundamentalism, c1987: t.p. (National Conference of Catholic Bishops) p. 11 (Conferencia Nacional de Obispos Católicos)

Phone call of 8/15/2001: discussion with office over the phone (Name changed to United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on July 1, 2001)

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops WWW site, Who we are, Sept. 17, 2001 (On July 1, 2001, the NCCB [National Conference of Catholic Bishops] and the USCC [United States Catholic Conference] were combined to form the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The USCCB continues all the work formerly done by the NCCB and the USCC with the same staff. The bishops themselves form approximately 50 committees, each with its own particular responsibility)