Archbishop of Washington
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Archdiocese of Washington Archidioecesis Vashingtonensis |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Territory | District of Columbia plus counties of Montgomery, Prince George's, St. Mary's, Calvert, and Charles in Maryland |
| Ecclesiastical province | Washington |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,104 sq mi (5,450 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2014) 2,867,377 630,823 (22.0%) |
| Parishes | 139 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | November 15, 1947 (69 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle |
| Patron saint | St. Matthew |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Archbishop | Donald Cardinal Wuerl |
| Auxiliary Bishops |
Barry Christopher Knestout Mario E. Dorsonville Roy Edward Campbell |
| Emeritus Bishops |
Theodore Edgar Cardinal McCarrick Francisco González Valer |
| Website | |
| www.adw.org | |
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington is a particular church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It comprises the District of Columbia and Calvert, Charles, Montgomery, Prince George's and Saint Mary's counties in the state of Maryland.
The Archdiocese of Washington is home to The Catholic University of America, the only national university operated by the bishops conference of the United States and Georgetown University, the oldest Jesuit institution of higher education in the country.
In addition, the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, a minor basilica dedicated to the nation's patroness, is located within and administered by it, and, although it is not the Archdiocesan cathedral (nor even a parish of the Archdiocese), it is the site of its Easter and Christmas Masses.
The ordinary of the Archdiocese of Washington is an archbishop whose cathedra is the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in the City of Washington and who is metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Washington. Its sole suffragan see is the Diocese of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
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