The Most Rev. James D. Conley is the Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln. Originally, ordained for the Diocese of Wichita, Kansas, in his more than 25 years as a priest, Bishop Conley has served the Catholic Church in a wide variety of ways—as pastor, college campus chaplain, director of respect life ministries, theology instructor, and a Vatican official. On April 10, 2008, Pope Benedict XVI named him auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Denver and he was ordained on May 30, 2008. On September 14, 2012, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Bishop Conley the ninth Bishop of the Lincoln Diocese in Nebraska.


