Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the southern United States comprised of several counties of the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is led by a prelate bishop who serves as pastor of the mother church, Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington County, Virginia.
The See of Arlington is composed of the Virginia Counties of Arlington, Clarke, Culpeper, Fairfax, Fauquier, Frederick, King George, Lancaster, Loudoun, Madison, Northumberland, Orange, Page, Prince William, Rappahannock, Richmond, Shenandoah, Spotsylvania, Stafford, Warren and Westmoreland, and Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, and Winchester.
The diocese was canonically erected on May 28, 1974 by Pope Paul VI. It took its territories from the neighboring Diocese of Richmond. The current Bishop is Paul S. Loverde.
[edit] Bishops
The Founding Bishop of the Diocese, Thomas Jerome Welsh, was installed on August 13, 1974. Bishop Welsh served until February 8, 1983, when he was transferred by Pope John Paul II to become Bishop of the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Bishop Welsh was previously Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
The second Bishop of the Diocese, John R. Keating, was ordained as Bishop of Arlingon on August 4, 1983, and served until his death March 22, 1998. Bishop Keating was previously Vicar General and Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois.
The Diocese's third Bishop, Paul S. Loverde, previously Bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York, was installed on March 25, 1999.
[edit] Parishes
All Saints, Manassas
Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Manassas
Blessed Sacrament, Alexandria
Cathedral of St. Thomas More, Arlington
Christ the Redeemer, Sterling
Epiphany of Our Lord Church, Annandale
Good Shepherd, Alexandria
Holy Family, Dale City
Holy Martyrs of Vietnam, Arlington;
Holy Spirit, Annandale;
Holy Transfiguration Church, McLean;
Holy Trinity, Bristow;
Nativity, Burke;
Our Lady of Angels, Woodbridge;
Our Lady of Good Counsel, Vienna;
Our Lady of Hope, Potomac Falls;
Our Lady of Lourdes, Arlington;
Our Lady of the Blue Ridge, Madison;
Our Lady of the Shenandoah, Basye;
Our Lady of the Valley, Luray;
Our Lady Queen of Peace, Arlington;
Precious Blood, Culpeper;
Queen of Apostles, Alexandria;
Sacred Heart, Manassas;
Sacred Heart of Jesus, Winchester;
St. Agnes, Arlington;
St. Andrew the Apostle, Clifton;
St. Ann, Arlington;
St. Anthony, Falls Church;
St. Anthony of Padua, King George;
St. Bernadette, Springfield;
St. Bridget of Ireland, Berryville;
St. Catherine of Sienna, Great Falls;
St. Charles Borromeo, Arlington;
St. Clare of Assisi, Clifton;
St. Elizabeth, Colonial Beach;
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Lake Ridge;
St. Francis de Sales, Kilmarnock;
St. Francis de Sales, Purcellville;
St. Francis of Assisi, Triangle;
St. Isidore the Farmer, Orange;
St. James, Falls Church;
St. John the Beloved, McLean;
St. John Bosco, Woodstock;
St. John Neumann, Reston;
St. John the Apostle, Leesburg;
St. John the Baptist, Front Royal;
St. John the Evangelist, Warrenton;
St. Joseph, Alexandria;
St. Joseph, Herndon;
St. Lawrence the Martyr, Alexandria;
St. Leo the Great, Fairfax;
St. Louis, Alexandria;
St. Luke, McLean;
St. Mark, Vienna;
St. Mary, Alexandria;
St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, Fredericksburg;
St. Mary of Sorrows, Fairfax;
St. Matthew, Spotsylvania;
St. Michael, Annandale;
St. Patrick, Fredericksburg;
St. Paul, Hague;
St. Paul Chung, Fairfax;
St. Peter, Washington;
St. Philip, Falls Church;
St. Raymond of Penafort, Fairfax Station;
St. Rita, Alexandria;
St. Stephen the Martyr, Middleburg;
St. Theresa, Ashburn;
St. Thomas a Becket, Reston;
St. Timothy, Chantilly;
St. William of York, Stafford;
