Robert McElroy (cardinal)
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Robert Walter McElroy is an American Catholic prelate serving as Archbishop of Washington since 2025. He previously served as Bishop of San Diego from 2015 to 2025. He was made a cardinal in 2022.
McElroy in 2025
Bishop McElroy visiting the local Ukrainian Greek Catholic Community of San Diego in 2022
Robert W. McElroy stands outside St. Patrick Catholic Church prior to the 32nd Blue Mass in Washington, D.C., May 5, 2026.
Wilton Gregory
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Wilton Daniel Gregory Jr. is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Washington from 2019 to 2025. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2020, the first of African-American descent.
Robert McElroy (cardinal)
…rapidly divergent decisions about the acceptability of such blessings in their countries". On January 6, 2025, Pope Francis appointed McElroy to succeed Wilton Gregory as Archbishop of Washington, DC. He was installed March 11, 2025. McElroy participated in the 2025 papal conclave as one of the cardinal electors that…
Gregory in 2024
Archbishop Gregory at St. Augustine Church in Washington, D.C. (2019)
Archbishop Gregory celebrates Mass at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (2019).