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CV NEWS FEED // Cardinal Robert W. McElroy, the newly appointed archbishop of Washington, D.C., will celebrate Ash Wednesday Mass alongside outgoing Archbishop Cardinal Wilton D. Gregory March 5 at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle.
Cardinal McElroy will serve as the principal celebrant and homilist for the 12:10 p.m. liturgy, with Cardinal Gregory concelebrating, according to a March 2 news release from the Archdiocese.
This Mass comes at a significant moment of transition for the Archdiocese of Washington. Cardinal McElroy, who previously served as the Bishop of San Diego since 2015, will be formally installed as Archbishop March 11 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, CatholicVote reported.
Cardinal Gregory, who has led the Archdiocese since 2019, recently stepped down after Pope Francis accepted his resignation upon reaching the customary retirement age. He will now hold the title of Archbishop Emeritus.
As CatholicVote previously reported, Cardinal McElroy said that he had three main callings in his upcoming ministry: “to show reverence for the grace of God which is already present in your midst and in the commitment to discipleship that underlies this local Church,” “to know and understand this wonderful community of faith,” and “to be filled with gratitude for God’s graces in my life.”
The Ash Wednesday Mass will be open to the public and will be livestreamed here.
