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Wilton Daniel Gregory (born December 7, 1947) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Washington since 2019. Pope Francis elevated him to the rank of cardinal on November 28, 2020, making him the first African-American cardinal. [1]
The archbishop of Washington, D.C., made history on Saturday by becoming the first African-American cardinal of the Catholic Church. Wilton Gregory, 72, was one of 13 men installed as princes of ...
In April 2019, Archbishop Wilton Gregory from the Archdiocese of Atlanta was appointed archbishop of Washington by Pope Francis. [54] [55] He became the first African American to lead the archdiocese. [56] Pope Francis raised Gregory to the rank of cardinal at a consistory in Rome in November 2020.
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis on Sunday named 13 new cardinals, including Washington D.C. Archbishop Wilton Gregory, who would become the first Black U.S. prelate to earn the coveted red hat.
Keleher’s replacement, Bishop Wilton Gregory, now a cardinal in Washington, D.C., led the Belleville Diocese for 11 years and served as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from ...
Wilton D. Gregory (QS '65) is the first African American archbishop to be elevated to the rank of Cardinal by Pope Francis on November 28, 2020. He remains the Archbishop of Washington, DC. (2019–present). Previously, he was Archbishop of Atlanta (2005–2019).
The U.S. synod delegates selected by Francis include three of the men he has appointed as cardinals — Archbishops Blase Cupich of Chicago and Wilton Gregory of Washington, and Bishop Robert ...
Cardinal Wilton Daniel Gregory The Our Mother of Africa Chapel is a shrine housed in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. It was built in the 1990s after a fundraising appeal sponsored by the National Black Catholic Congress , and was dedicated in 1997.