Board of Trustees of Catholic University of America

The bylaws and civil charter limit the board to no more than 50 members, of whom 24 must be clerics.

[1] Normally, all the cardinals who serve as bishops of U.S. dioceses are members of the board.

[2] The executive committee is composed of the chairman of the board, the chancellor, the president, and the chairmen of standing committees on academic affairs, audit, development, finance, student life, trusteeship and university seminary, and three other at-large members elected by the membership.

Non-voting membership in certain standing committees is extended to duly appointed members of the administration, faculties, and staffs, to undergraduate and post-baccalaureate students, and to externs.

[1] As of September 2, 2021, the board of trustees at The Catholic University of America was composed of 45 members:[1]