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.
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…