Holy C-suite? The rise of the diocesan COO

A growing number of U.S. dioceses have appointed chief operating officers. That move raises some questions.

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If you walk into most corporate boardrooms today, you’ll probably run into a chief operating officer — an executive responsible for daily operations, overseeing staff and various departments, who is typically second in command to the CEO.

You might not expect to find people with the same…