SAN DIEGO — Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego was appointed the new Archbishop of Washington D.C. Monday, replacing Cardinal Wilton Gregory, who is retiring. Cardinal McElroy will take over ...

Ahead of his permanent move to Washington, D.C., San Diego’s first-ever cardinal wanted thousands of people who attended ...

Only 2 1/2 years after being named a cardinal, a top San Diego spiritual leader is headed to Washington, D.C., as archbishop, the Vatican announced early Monday.

McElroy, known for a pastoral approach to migrants and the LGBTQ+ community, will lead an archdiocese still bruised by a ...

ROME (AP) — Pope Francis on Monday named Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego as the archbishop of Washington, tapping one of his most progressively like-minded allies to head the Catholic ...

Cardinal Robert McElroy, shown following the consistory ... He has served as shepherd of San Diego since 2015. In Washington, he replaces Cardinal Wilton Gregory, 77, who has served as archbishop ...

Cardinal Walter McElroy of San Diego is named by Pope Francis to replace the retiring Cardinal Wilton Gregory leading the ...