Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington
The Archdiocese of Washington (Latin: Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Vashingtonensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or archdiocese, of the Catholic Church for the District of Columbia and several Maryland counties in the United States.
Metropolitan Archdiocese of Washington Archidiœcesis Metropolitae Vashingtonensis | |
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Coat of arms | |
| 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 |
| Headquarters | Hyattsville, Maryland |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 2,104 sq mi (5,450 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2017) 2,980,005 655,601 (22.0%) |
| Parishes | 139 |
| Schools | 93 |
| Information | |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
| Rite | Roman Rite |
| Established | July 29, 1939 (84 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle |
| Patron saint | Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception |
| Secular priests | 262 |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Metropolitan Archbishop | Wilton Daniel Gregory |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Roy Edward Campbell Juan Esposito-Garcia Evelio Menjivar-Ayala |
| Bishops emeritus | Donald William Wuerl Francisco González Valer |
| Map | |
| Website | |
| adw.org | |
The Archdiocese of Washington is home to the Catholic University of America 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. Matthew the Apostle in downtown Washington. As of 2023, Wilton Gregory is the archbishop of Washington.
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