Cardinal Wilton Gregory

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:bishop
gptkb:person
gptkbp:appointedCardinalBy gptkb:Pope_Francis
2020-11-28
gptkbp:archbishopOf gptkb:Archdiocese_of_Washington
gptkbp:birthDate 1947-12-07
gptkbp:birthName gptkb:Wilton_Daniel_Gregory
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:coatOfArms Coat of arms of Wilton Daniel Gregory.svg
gptkbp:consecrationDate gptkb:Joseph_Bernardin
1983-12-13
gptkbp:dateBecameArchbishopOfAtlanta 2005-01-17
gptkbp:dateBecameArchbishopOfWashington 2019-05-21
gptkbp:dateBecameBishopOfBelleville 1994-02-10
gptkbp:degree Doctorate in Sacred Liturgy
gptkbp:education gptkb:Pontifical_Liturgical_Institute
gptkb:Quigley_Preparatory_Seminary_South
gptkb:St._Carthage_Grammar_School
gptkb:St._Mary_of_the_Lake_Seminary
gptkb:Niles_College
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Cardinal Wilton Gregory
gptkbp:knownFor advocacy for racial justice
leadership in US Catholic Church
response to sexual abuse crisis
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:motto We are the Lord's
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableFor first African-American cardinal
first African-American Archbishop of Washington
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:bishop
gptkb:priest
cathedral
gptkbp:ordainedBy gptkb:John_Cody
gptkbp:ordinationDate 1973-05-09
gptkbp:predecessorAsArchbishopOfAtlanta gptkb:John_Francis_Donoghue
gptkbp:predecessorAsArchbishopOfWashington gptkb:Donald_Wuerl
gptkbp:president gptkb:United_States_Conference_of_Catholic_Bishops
gptkbp:previouslyArchbishopOf gptkb:Archdiocese_of_Atlanta
gptkbp:previouslyBishopOf gptkb:Diocese_of_Belleville
gptkbp:religion gptkb:Roman_Catholic
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Washington,_D.C.
gptkbp:successorAsArchbishopOfAtlanta gptkb:Gregory_John_Hartmayer
gptkbp:termAsPresidentUSCCB 2001-2004
gptkbp:title gptkb:Cardinal-Priest_of_Immaculate_Conception_at_Grottarossa
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:St._Matthew's_Cathedral
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6