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 / 38.870667°N 77.103389°W / 38.870667; -77.103389 |
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| Area | 6,541 sq mi (16,940 km2) |
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| Parishes | 70 |
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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 |
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| Pope | Leo XIV |
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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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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.
Michael F. Burbidge has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Arlington since December 2016. The patron saint of the diocese is the English statesman Thomas More.
