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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 ...
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.
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
There is an Exarch of the Throne and one General Bishop serving this archdiocese, who is directly under the responsibility of the Pope of Alexandria: Anba Michael, Suffragan Bishop of the Holy Suffragan Diocese of Alexandria and all Virginia, USA; suffragan to the Archdiocese of North America, which is currently under Patriarchal jurisdiction.
The current church was constructed in 1961 above the 1950 sanctuary. It was elevated to a cathedral when the northern counties of Virginia split from the Diocese of Richmond to form the Diocese of Arlington and the first bishop was installed on August 13, 1974. [3] The parish currently consists of 1,400 members. [4]
As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions sui juris ...
May 13—MANCHESTER — The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford is planning to merge the two existing parishes into one with multiple facilities, Archbishop Leonard P. Blair said in a letter.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington (Catholic Schools) operates Catholic schools in DC and in Maryland suburbs. The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington operates Catholic schools in the Virginia suburbs.