{"id":14,"date":"2025-10-27T20:53:11","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T20:53:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/project.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/bishopdewayne\/?page_id=14"},"modified":"2025-11-11T19:36:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-11T19:36:50","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/project.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/bishopdewayne\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"About Us"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"14\" class=\"elementor elementor-14\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ca70123 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ca70123\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8d0875d elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8d0875d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">About Us<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7f1879c e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"7f1879c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-settings=\"{&quot;background_background&quot;:&quot;classic&quot;}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-35eddea e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"35eddea\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5eb0582 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5eb0582\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"657\" height=\"438\" src=\"https:\/\/project.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/bishopdewayne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-img.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-791\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/project.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/bishopdewayne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-img.png 657w, https:\/\/project.1stopwebsitesolution.com\/bishopdewayne\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/about-img-300x200.png 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 657px) 100vw, 657px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-340c96b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"340c96b\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-971967f elementor-hidden-desktop elementor-hidden-laptop elementor-hidden-tablet elementor-hidden-mobile elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"971967f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">about us<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-29b80f1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"29b80f1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Catholic Bishops Forum\u00a0\u00a0<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e9eda8a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"e9eda8a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">We are bishops of canonically and administratively independent Catholic Churches in the United States, whose jurisdictions can be traced to various local Churches that have preserved the essentials of the Catholic Church in a succession from the apostolic age.  We have come together to support and encourage each other in building up the body of Christ.<\/p>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91b00c2 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"91b00c2\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f64ac98 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f64ac98\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a81b22e elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"a81b22e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Participating Ecclesial Bodies<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-499caca elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"499caca\" data-element_type=\"widget\" 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