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Metropolitan School of the Arts Academy, Lorton (7–12) Middleburg Academy, Middleburg (9–12) Montessori School of Northern Virginia, Annandale (PS-6) Oakwood School, Alexandria (K-8) Paul VI Catholic High School, Fairfax (9-12) Potomac School, McLean (K–12) Randolph-Macon Academy, Front Royal (6-12) The River Farm Cooperative, Alexandria ...
Diocesan offices, Arlington, Virginia 2013 Basilica of St. Mary, Alexandria, Virginia (2019) The Diocese of Arlington (Latin: Dioecesis Arlingtonensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Virginia in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The Cathedral of St ...
Bishop Denis J. O'Connell High School (also known as DJO [4]) is a private, Catholic college preparatory school founded in 1957 in Arlington County, Virginia. It was established by the Diocese of Richmond , but it has been under the direction of the Diocese of Arlington since 1974.
The diocese includes approximately 80 churches divided into seven deaneries across the 21 northernmost counties and independent cities within the Commonwealth of Virginia. [1] The cathedral church of the diocese is the Cathedral of St. Thomas More in Arlington.
Bishop Ireton High School is a Catholic high school located in Alexandria, Virginia, less than one mile from Old Town Alexandria. The school was founded in 1964 by the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales , and named in honor of Peter Leo Ireton , Bishop of Richmond from 1945 to 1958. [ 5 ]
Michael Francis Burbidge (born June 16, 1957) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Arlington since 2016. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia from 2002 to 2006 and as Bishop of Raleigh from 2006 to 2016.
As a diocesan school of the Diocese of Arlington, it is accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. In 2012 it was included in the Cardinal Newman Society's Top 50 Catholic High Schools list. [2] It was placed on the list again in 2014. [3] In 2013 it was chosen by the editors of Virginia Living magazine as a 2013 Top ...
Since 2000, 1,942 Catholic schools around the country have shut their doors, and enrollment has dropped by 621,583 students, to just over 2 million in 2012, according to the National Catholic Educational Association. Many Catholic schools are being squeezed out of the education market by financial issues and publicly funded charter schools. [13]