Pope Francis has appointed Cardinal Robert McElroy, Bishop of San Diego and a vocal critic of Donald Trump, as Archbishop of Washington.
An outspoken liberal within the Church and a close ally of Pope Francis, Cardinal McElroy will be installed as the eighth Archbishop of Washington during a Mass on March 11 at 2 p.m. at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception.
His appointment follows the resignation of Cardinal Wilton Gregory, the first African American cardinal, who served as Archbishop of Washington from 2019. Cardinal Gregory offered his resignation to the Pope upon turning 75, as required by canon law, on December 7, 2022.
