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Atlanta Archbishop Named New Leader of Washington Archdiocese
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Pope Fran-
cis has named Archbishop Wilton D.
Gregory of Atlanta as the new arch-
bishop of Washington.
The appointment was announced
April 4 in Washington by Archbishop
Christophe Pierre, the Vatican nuncio
to the United States.
Archbishop Gregory, 71, a former
president of the U.S. Conference of
Catholic Bishops who helped navigate
the conference through the clergy
sexual abuse crisis in 2002, is the first
African American to be named to head
the Washington Archdiocese.
He succeeds Cardinal Donald W.
Wuerl, whose resignation was accepted
by Pope Francis in October, nearly three
years after he turned 75, the mandatory
retirement age for bishops. Cardinal
Wuerl continued as apostolic admin-
istrator until his successor was named.
The cardinal headed the Washington
Archdiocese from 2006 to 2018.
Archbishop Gregory will be in-
stalled as the seventh archbishop of
Washington May 21 at the Cathedral
of St. Matthew the Apostle.
“I am deeply grateful to Pope Fran-
cis for this appointment to serve the
Archdiocese of Washington and to
work with all of the members of this
faith community,” Archbishop Gregory
said. “I look forward to encountering
and listening to the people of this local
church as we address the issues that
face us and continue to grow in the love
of Christ that sustains us.”
Cardinal Wuerl welcomed his suc-
cessor’s appointment “with great joy.”
“I join all who appreciate his pasto-
ral abilities, his intellectual gifts and
his leadership qualities,” he said in a
statement. “I have known Archbishop
Gregory for many years. In working
with him on a range of pastoral initia-
tives and programs, I have come to
recognize how generously he shares
his talents and his love for the church.”
As the Washington Archdiocese
“opens a new chapter and looks to the
future,” Cardinal Wuerl added, “we
can all, with great confidence and en-
thusiasm, welcome our new shepherd.”
The archdiocese’s three auxiliaries,
Bishops Mario E. Dorsonville, Roy E.
Campbell Jr. and Michael W. Fisher,
also issued statements expressing
their joy and gratitude to the pope for
appointing Archbishop Gregory to
Washington.
“This appointment reflects the Holy
Father’s love for our local church, for
each one of us, and, especially, for our
immigrant families in the archdiocese,”
said Bishop Dorsonville.
“I have come to know Archbishop
Gregory over the past two years and
have had the good fortune to work
with him as a member of the black
Catholic bishops of the United States,”
said Bishop Campbell, a Washington
auxiliary since 2017. “I look forward to
working closely with him in his minis-
try of leading and healing all who make
up this church and this community.”
Bishop Fisher added: “His experi-
ence and guidance as president of the
U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
during the adoption of the ‘Charter
for the Protection of Children and
Young People’ will be essential in our
church’s continued commitment to
healing and accountability. The new
archbishop will be shepherding diverse
and vibrant parishes with zealous and
faith-filled clergy and laity ready to
assist him in his ministry.”
Draft of New Constitution For Curia Reform Ready For Consultation
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – A draft of the
proposed apostolic constitution for
reforming and governing the Roman
Curia will soon be sent out to leaders
of the world’s bishops’ conferences,
religious orders and some pontifical
universities for their observations and
suggestions.
The draft, which has been approved
by Pope Francis’ Council of Cardinals,
will be subjected to this “consultative
step” before it is once more amended
and then given to the pope for his con-
sideration, Alessandro Gisotti, interim
director of the Vatican press office, told
reporters April 10.
The proposed apostolic constitution,
provisionally titled “Praedicate Evan-
gelium” (“Preach the Gospel”) also will
be sent to the synods of the Eastern
Catholic churches, the dicasteries of the
Roman Curia, the conferences of major
superiors of men and women religious
and some pontifical universities.
They will be asked to send observa-
tions and suggestions to the Council of
Cardinals so that changes or additions
can be made and a final draft be given to
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the pope by the end of 2019, Gisotti said.
The Council of Cardinals, which has
been advising the pope on the reform
of the Curia and church governance in
general, met at the Vatican April 8-10.
The council currently has six mem-
bers: Cardinals Pietro Parolin, 64, Vati-
can secretary of state; Sean P. O’Malley
of Boston, 74; Oscar Rodriguez Mara-
diaga of Tegucigalpa, Honduras, 76;
Oswald Gracias of Mumbai, India, 74;
Reinhard Marx of Munich and Freising,
Germany, 65; and Giuseppe Bertello, 76,
president of the commission governing
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were the council’s secretary and adjunct
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