The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishop elected Cardinal Daniel DiNardo, who leads the large Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston in Texas, to be its new president.

DiNardo, elected to a three-year term, succeeds the outgoing president, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz.

DiNardo himself just wrapped up a three-year term as vice president, and bishops usually elevate their vice president to the presidency.

DiNardo was born in Steubenville, Ohio, and grew up attending St. Anne Church in Castle Shannon in Pittsburgh’s South Hills.

He graduated from Duquesne University and was ordained a priest in the Diocese of Pittsburgh in 1977.