The Diocese of Arlington (Latin: Dioecesis Arlingtonensis) is a Latin diocese of the Catholic Church in Northern Virginia in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The Cathedral of St. Thomas More is the mother church of the diocese.
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Diocese of Arlington
Dioecesis Arlingtonensis |
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Country | United States |
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Territory | 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; Cities of Alexandria, Fairfax, Falls Church, Fredericksburg, Manassas, Manassas Park, and Winchester in northeastern Virginia |
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Episcopal conference | United States Conference of Catholic Bishops |
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Ecclesiastical region | IV |
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Ecclesiastical province | Baltimore |
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Metropolitan | Baltimore |
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Headquarters | 200 North Glebe Rd., Arlington County, Virginia, U.S. |
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Coordinates | 38°52′14.4″N 77°06′12.2″W |
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Area | 6,541 sq mi (16,940 km2) |
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Population - Total - Catholics | (as of 2020) 3,329,860[lower-alpha 1] 453,083[lower-alpha 1] (13.6%) |
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Parishes | 70[lower-alpha 1] |
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Denomination | Catholic Church |
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Sui iuris church | Latin Church |
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Rite | Roman Rite |
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Established | May 28, 1974 (1974-05-28) |
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Cathedral | Cathedral of Saint Thomas More |
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Patron saint | St. Thomas More |
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Secular priests | 186[lower-alpha 1] |
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Pope | Francis |
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Bishop | Michael F. Burbidge |
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Metropolitan Archbishop | William Lori |
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Vicar General | Jamie R. Workman |
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Bishops emeritus | Paul Loverde |
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Michael F. Burbidge has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Arlington since December 2016.[2] The patron saint of the diocese is the English statesman Thomas More.