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Pope Francis appointed Campbell as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington on March 8, 2017. [2] [1] On April 21, 2017, Campbell was consecrated as a bishop by Cardinal Wuerl at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington, with Bishops Martin Holley and Barry Knestout serving as co-consecrators.
Evelio Menjivar-Ayala (born August 14, 1970) is a Salvadoran-born priest of the Catholic Church who serves as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Washington in the District of Columbia and Southern Maryland. He is the first Central American to serve as bishop in the United States. [1]
The Archdiocese of Washington is home to the Catholic University of America [6] and Georgetown University. The archdiocese is also home to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. The only suffragan diocese of the archdiocese is the Diocese of Saint Thomas. The mother church of the archdiocese is the Cathedral of St ...
Pope Francis appointed Esposito-Garcia as an auxiliary bishop of Washington on December 19, 2022. [2] On February 21, 2023, Esposito-Garcia was consecrated as a bishop at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington by Cardinal Wilton Gregory, with Bishop Mario E. Dorsonville and Auxiliary Bishop Roy Campbell acting as co-consecrators.
William Edward Lori (born May 6, 1951) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Archbishop of Baltimore since 2012.. Lori previously served as Bishop of Bridgeport from 2001 to 2012, and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington from 1995 to 2001.
Eusebio L. Elizondo Almaguer, M.Sp.S. (born August 3, 1954) is a Mexican-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who has been serving as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle in Washington State since 2005.
Gregory previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1983 to 1994; as Bishop of Belleville from 1994 to 2004; and as Archbishop of Atlanta from 2005 to 2019. Gregory was the first African-American president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) from 2001 to 2004.
On May 27, 2014, González submitted his letter of resignation as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Washington to Pope Francis, having reached the mandatory retirement age for bishops of 75. [2] On October 8, 2021, González moved back to Spain to be with his family. [3] González died on March 4, 2024, at the age of 84. [2] [4] [5]