Past Presidents

Past Presidents of the Catholic Press Association / Catholic Media Association.

 
Year Name Publication
1911-1913 Edward J. Cooney Providence Visitor
1913-1917 John Paul Chew Church Progress
1917-1920 Dr. Thomas P. Hart Catholic Telegraph
1920-1922 Claude M. Becker The Tablet
1922-1924 Fred W. Harvey, Jr. Extension
1928-1930 Anthony J. Beck Michigan Catholic
1930-1932 Benedict J. Elder The Record
1932-1934 Richard Reid Catholic News
1934-1936 Joseph J. Quinn Southwest Courier
1936-1938 Vincent dePaul Fitzpatrick Catholic Review
1938-1940 Charles H. Ridder Catholic News
1940-1941 Msgr. Peter M.H. Wynhoven Catholic Action of the South
1941-1944 Alexander J. Wey Catholic Universe Bulletin
1943-1946 Rev. Patrick O’Connor, S.S.C. The Far East
1946-1948 Humphrey E. Desmond Catholic Herald Citizen
1948-1950 Rev. Paul Bussard Catholic Digest
1950-1952 Francis A. Fink Our Sunday Visitor
1952-1954 Msgr. Thomas A. Meehan The New World
1954-1956 Charles J. McNeill Young Catholic Messenger
1956-1958 Msgr. John S. Randall Catholic Courier Journal
1958-1960 John J. Daly Catholic Virginian
1960-1963 Rev. Albert J. Nevins, M.M. Maryknoll
1963-1965 Msgr. Robert G. Peters Peoria Register
1965-1967 William Holub America
1967-1969 Msgr. Terrence P. McMahon Catholic Transcript
1969-1971 Joseph A. Gelin Catholic Universe Bulletin
1971-1973 Rev. Louis G. Miller, C.SS.R Liguorian
1973-1975 John F. Fink Our Sunday Visitor
1975-1977 Rev. Jeremy Harrington St. Anthony Messenger
1977-1979 Robert L. Fenton Catholic Digest
1979-1981 Ethel M. Gintoft Catholic Herald Citizen
1981-1984 Rev. Norman J. Muckerman, C.SS.R Liguorian
1984-1986 Rev. Owen F. Campion Tennessee Register
1986-1988 Albina Aspell The Catholic Post
1988-1990 Rev. John T. Catoir The Christophers
1990-1992 Barbara Beckwith St. Anthony Messenger
1992-1994 Arthur McKenna Catholic New York
1994-1996 Antony J. Spence Tennessee Register
1996-1998 Christopher J. Gunty The Catholic Sun
1998-2000 Joseph Kirk Ryan The Catholic Standard and Times
2000-2002 Karen Franz The Catholic Courier
2002-2004 Dennis Heaney The Christophers
2004-2007 Helen Osman The Catholic Spirit, Texas
2007-2009 Robert Zyskowski The Catholic Spirit, Minn.
2009-2011 Penny Wiegert The Observer, Rockford, Ill.
2011-2013 Greg Erlandson Our Sunday Visitor
2013-2015 Rob DeFrancesco The Catholic Sun, Ariz.
2015-2017 Matthew Schiller Catholic New York, New York, NY
2017-2019 Joe Towalski The Central Minnesota Catholic, St. Cloud, MN
2019-2021 JD Long-Garcia America Magazine, New York, NY
2021-2023 Amy Kawula The Compass, Green Bay, WI
2023-Present Gretchen R. Crowe OSV News, Huntington, IN