Jan 6, 2025 · Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory, 77, from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of Washington, and has appointed Cardinal Robert W. McElroy of San Diego, as his successor.

Wilton Daniel Gregory (born December 7, 1947) 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. [1]

Jan 6, 2025 · Pope Francis on Monday formalized the retirement of Cardinal Wilton Gregory by announcing his successor as archbishop of Washington, D.C.

Jan 6, 2025 · In a surprising move by Pope Francis, he accepts the resignation of Cardinal Wilton Gregory. Gregory, 77, led the Archdiocese of Washington, DC for the last six years after serving fifteen years prior in Atlanta as Catholicism was growing from 2002 to 2012.

Cardinal Gregory is Chancellor of The Catholic University of America and Chairman of the Board of Trustees for The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. In July 2023, Cardinal Gregory was appointed by Pope Francis as a …

Jan 13, 2025 · In April 2019 Pope Francis appointed Gregory archbishop of Washington, to succeed Cardinal Donald Wuerl, who resigned amid allegations that he had covered up sexual misconduct. Gregory was installed the following month, …

Created and proclaimed Cardinal by Pope Francis in the consistory of 28 November 2020, of the Title of Immacolata Concezione di Maria a Grottarossa. Member of: Dicastery for Laity, Family and Life.

Jan 6, 2025 · Canon law required Cardinal Gregory, 77, to submit his resignation to the pope when the cardinal turned 75, which was Dec. 7, 2022. The Vatican announced the news of Cardinal Gregory’s retirement and Cardinal McElroy’s appointment two weeks before the second inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump in Washington.

Nov 14, 2024 · RALEIGH – The Black experience from segregation to integration remains near the heart of Wilton Daniel Gregory, the first African American ever elevated to the Roman Catholic Church’s College of Cardinals, the body that elects each pope.

Pope Francis then named Archbishop Gregory as the first African American Cardinal for the Catholic Church on October 25, 2020. His Eminence Wilton Cardinal Gregory attained his doctorate in liturgy from the Pontifical Athenaeum of Saint Anselm in Rome.