Confirmed: Cardinal McElroy to be appointed Washington archbishop

The appointment follows a lengthy and contentious process to find a successor for the Washington archdiocese

Cardinal Robert McElroy of San Diego will be announced as the new archbishop of Washington, D.C., The Pillar has confirmed.

Cardinal Robert Walter McElroy

After reporting January 4 that multiple U.S. bishops had said that the appointment was imminent, The Pillar has separately confirmed that Pope Francis has selected McElroy to succeed Cardinal Wilton Gre…