Archdiocese of Washington

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ARCHDIOCESE OF WASHINGTON

Country : United States
Denomination : Roman Catholic

Established : 1947

Official blazon

Quarterly azure and gules, a cross bottony over all quarterly or and argent; 1, a crescent argent; 2, three mullets of six points fesswise in chief argent; 3, as many mullets of five points fesswise in chief argent; 4, a head erased affronté and winged all argent.

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Arms of Archbishops

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  Michael Joseph Curley (1939-1947)

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  Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle (1948-1973)

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  William Wakefield Baum (1973-1980)

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  James Aloysius Hickey (1980-2000)

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  Theodore Edgar McCarrick (2001-2006)

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  Donald William Wuerl (2006-2018)

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  Wilton Daniel Gregory (2019-present)

Arms of Auxiliary Bishops

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  John Michael McNamara (1947-1960)

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  Patrick Joseph McCormick (1950-1953)

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  Philip Matthew Hannan (1956-1965)

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  William Joseph McDonald (1964-1967)

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  John Selby Spence (1964-1973)

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  Edward John Herrmann (1966-1973)

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  Thomas William Lyons (1974-1988)

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  Eugene Antonio Marino (1974-1988)

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  Thomas Cajetan Kelly (1977-1981)

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  Alvaro Corrada del Rio (1985-1997)

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  William George Curlin (1988-1994)

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  Leonard James Olivier (1988-2004)

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  William Edward Lori (1995-2001)

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  Kevin Joseph Farrell (2001-2007)

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  Francisco González Valer (2001-2014)

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  Martin David Holley (2004-2016)

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  Barry Christopher Knestout (2008-2018)

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  Mario Eduardo Dorsonville-Rodríguez (2015-present)

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  Roy Edward Campbell (2017-present)

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  Michael William Fisher (2018-present)

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