Lucas Koach

Lucas Koach is the former Director of the Office of International Justice and Peace of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB). The Office provides staff support to the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace, which coordinates USCCB policy on international issues. In this role, he represented the Conference on international affairs including U.S. foreign assistance, nuclear disarmament, local and regional conflicts, and religious freedom. He managed the staff of international policy advisors and coordinated the Office’s work with foreign countries’ episcopal conferences, the Holy See, and other international bodies including Catholic Relief Services, the relief and development agency of the U.S. bishops.

Koach has worked on issues of faith and public policy on behalf of the most vulnerable throughout his career. He has served on numerous boards and coalitions integrating his diverse experience in ministry, non-profit, and political settings.  He was the director of public policy and advocacy for Food for the Hungry and served as an Anglican priest before being received into full communion with the Catholic Church. He currently serves as Senior Fellow with the Cardinal Newman Society.

He holds an MA from Denver Seminary, a certificate in Catholic formative spirituality and graduated magna cum laude as an Honors Scholar in Government and International Studies from West Virginia Wesleyan.  Koach lives in Northen Virginia with his wife and two children.