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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.

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.