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Donald W. Wuerl, archbishop of Washington, D.C.

  • Age: 72
  • Born: Nov. 12, 1940 in Pittsburgh
  • Education: St. Gregory Seminary (Cincinnati), Catholic University of America, Pontifical Gregorian University and the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas
  • Ordained a priest: 1966 in Rome
  • Posts held: auxiliary bishop of Seattle (1985-1987); bishop of Pittsburgh (1988-2006); archbishop of Washington, D.C (2006-present)
  • Elevated to cardinal: 2010 by Pope Benedict XVI

(Religion News Service photo by Jay Premack)

(RNS6-JUNE20) Archbishop Donald Wuerl of Washington pauses before laying hands on each of the five candidates for priesthood at a Mass in Washington’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception May 26. For use with RNS-DC-WUERL,transmitted June 20, 2007. Religion News Service photo by Jay Premack.

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Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, left, chats with his predecessor, Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, before an ordination Mass at Washington's Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception. RNS photo by Jay Premack