Wilton D. Gregory
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Wilton D. Gregory (born December 7, 1947) is presently the Roman Catholic Archbishop of Atlanta, Georgia.
He is the son of Wilton (Sr.) and Ethel Duncan Gregory. Attending Catholic schools in Chicago, he was attracted to the Catholic faith, and soon became a Catholic. He soon felt God's call to the priesthood, and, after completing his seminary studies at Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary and at St. Mary of the Lake, was ordained a priest on May 9, 1973.
After completing a doctorate in Sacred Liturgy at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute in Rome, he taught at Saint Mary of the Lake Seminary near Chicago. He was ordained a bishop by Cardinal Bernardin on December 13, 1983, and served as an auxiliary bishop of Chicago until February 10, 1994 when he was appointed bishop of Belleville, Illinois. On January 17, 2005 Archbishop Gregory was installed as the current Archbishop of Atlanta.
From 2001 to 2004, Gregory served as the president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. He is also a member of the Board of Trustees at The Catholic University of America.
[edit] External link
- National Black Catholic Congress, biography of Wilton Gregory
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