Pope Francis on Monday formalized the retirement of Cardinal Wilton Gregory by announcing his successor as archbishop of Washington, D.C. Gregory previously served as the seventh bishop of the ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy will succeed Cardinal Wilton Gregory as the archbishop of Washington, Pope Francis announced Monday after Gregory notified church leadership of his resignation and ...

The following is a transcript of an interview with Archbishop of Washington, Wilton Cardinal Gregory and Episcopal Bishop of Washington, the Ret. Reverend Mariann Budde that aired on March 31, 2024.

Cardinal McElroy succeeds Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, who has served as chief pastor of the Washington archdiocese since April 2019 and whose resignation the pope accepted two years after he ...

McElroy is a signal of the pope’s priorities ... He will succeed Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, the first African-American to be made a cardinal, a member of the church’s highest governing ...

Pope Francis on Monday tapped Cardinal Robert ... McElroy, 70, replaces Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who at 77 is two years beyond the normal retirement age for bishops. Francis has long had his ...

Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert ... He will succeed Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, who was the first African-American Archbishop of Washington, DC. Francis also appointed on Monday ...

VATICAN CITY, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Pope Francis on Monday named a Catholic ... He will replace Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who has led the archdiocese of Washington since 2019 and is retiring.