Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington
The Diocese of Arlington (Latin: Dioecesis Arlingtonensis ) is a located in the United States Roman Catholic diocese based in Arlington, Virginia.
History
The Diocese of Arlington was on May 28, 1974 Pope Paul VI. built with the Apostolic Constitution Supernae christifidelium of cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Washington and the Diocese of Richmond and the Archdiocese of Baltimore is a suffragan.
Territory
The Diocese of Arlington includes the nearby areas in Virginia Arlington County, Clarke County, Culpeper County, Fairfax County, Fauquier County, Frederick County, King George County, Lancaster County, Loudoun County, Madison County, Northumberland County, Orange County, Page County, Prince William County, Rappahannock County, Richmond County, Shenandoah County, Spotsylvania County, Stafford County, Warren County and Westmoreland County.
Bishop of Arlington
- Thomas Jerome Welsh, 1974-1983, then Bishop of Allentown
- John Richard Keating, 1983-1998
- Paul Stephen Loverde, since 1999