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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.
In 1993, the pope named Keleher as archbishop of Kansas City in Kansas. Auxiliary Bishop Wilton Gregory of the Archdiocese of Chicago was appointed by John Paul II as bishop of Belleville in 1993. In 2004, the pope named him as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Atlanta. John Paul II appointed Edward K. Braxton as bishop in 2005.
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 ...
Until 21 May 2019, when he was installed as the Archbishop of Washington, the archdiocese was led by Wilton D. Gregory, who was installed as the seventh bishop and sixth archbishop of Atlanta on 17 January 2005. He previously served as Bishop of Belleville in Illinois.
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.
Archbishop Wilton Gregory hopes the U.S. hierarchy can broaden its concept of “pro-life” so that other pressing issues can be considered top priorities. Social issues a priority for cardinal ...
Wilton D. Gregory (1983–1994), appointed Bishop of Belleville and later Archbishop of Atlanta and Archbishop of Washington Timothy Joseph Lyne (1983–2013) John R. Gorman (1988–2003)
[42] In 2019, Gregory became archbishop of the Archdiocese of Washington. [43] Pope Francis appointed Bishop Gregory Hartmayer from Savannah as the next archbishop of Atlanta in 2020. [44] In 2021, a former archdiocesan employee, Mary Elkins, sued the archdiocese, claiming that she had been terminated due to age discrimination and her health ...