Robert Walter Cardinal McElroy

Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Cardinal-Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
5 Feb 1954		Born
12 Apr 1980	26.1	Ordained Priest	Priest of San Francisco, California, USA
6 Jul 2010	56.4	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco, California, USA
6 Jul 2010	56.4	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena
7 Sep 2010	56.5	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Gemellae in Byzacena
3 Mar 2015	61.0	Appointed	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
15 Apr 2015	61.1	Installed	Bishop of San Diego, California, USA
27 Aug 2022	68.5	Elevated to Cardinal
27 Aug 2022	68.5	Appointed	Cardinal-Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali
23 Apr 2023	69.2	Installed	Cardinal-Priest of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali
6 Jan 2025	70.9	Appointed	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA
11 Mar 2025	71.0	Installed	Archbishop of Washington, District of Columbia, USA

MicroData Summary
Robert Walter McElroy
Robert Walter Cardinal McElroy
(born 5 Feb 1954)
Archbishop of Washington

Event Place
Birth Place San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Priest Saint Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California
Ordained Bishop Saint Mary of the Assumption, Cathedral, San Francisco, Archdiocese of San Francisco, California

Please contact the Cardinal through the Archdiocese of Washington.

a priest for years
a bishop for years
a cardinal for years

Ordained Priest by:
Archbishop John Raphael Quinn †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer †
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop John Raphael Quinn †
Archbishop Emeritus of San Francisco, California
Bishop John Charles Wester
Bishop of Salt Lake City, Utah

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop George Hugh Niederauer † (1995)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Roger Michael Cardinal Mahony (1975)
Archbishop of Los Angeles, California
Bishop Hugh Aloysius Donohoe † (1947)
Bishop of Fresno, California
Archbishop John Joseph Mitty † (1926)
Archbishop of San Francisco, California
Patrick Joseph Cardinal Hayes † (1914)
Archbishop of New York, New York
John Murphy Cardinal Farley † (1895)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Michael Augustine Corrigan † (1873)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Archbishop John McCloskey † (1844)
Archbishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Joseph Hughes † (1838)
Bishop of New York, New York
Bishop John Dubois † (1826)
Bishop of New York, New York
Archbishop Ambrose Maréchal, P.S.S. † (1817)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Jean-Louis Anne Madelain Lefebvre de Cheverus † (1810)
Bishop of Boston, Massachusetts
Archbishop John Carroll † (1790)
Archbishop of Baltimore, Maryland
Bishop Charles Walmesley, O.S.B. † (1756)
Titular Bishop of Ramata (Rama)
Federico Marcello Cardinal Lante Montefeltro Della Rovere † (1732)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Annibale Cardinal Albani † (1730)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Francesco Cardinal Barberini (Jr.) † (1721)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Fabrizio Cardinal Paolucci † (1685)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Gasparo Cardinal Carpegna † (1670)
Cardinal-Priest of San Silvestro in Capite
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Archbishop of Ravenna
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Principal Consecrator of:
Bishop John Patrick Dolan (2017)
Bishop Ramón Bejarano (2020)
Bishop Michael (Micae) Phạm Minh Cường (2023)
Bishop Felipe Pulido López (2023)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Mario Nicolás Villanueva Arellano (2024)

External Link(s):

VIAF: 33133434
WikiData: Q554272

Source(s):

b: Bollettino, 6 Jul 2010
ob/c2+: CB
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 203, Number 16,783
ab: Bollettino, 3 Mar 2015
i: CB, 2 Mar 2015
c1: CB, 20 May 2022
card: Bollettino, 29 May 2022
ab: Bollettino, 27 Aug 2022
i: Bollettino, 17 Apr 2023
ab: Bollettino, 6 Jan 2025
i: CB, 7 Jan 2025

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