Theodore Edgar McCarrick

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name = Theodore Edgar Cardinal McCarrick


See = Washington, DC
Title = Cardinal Archbishop Emeritus of Washington
Period = January 3, 2001 – May 16, 2006
cardinal = February 21, 2001
Predecessor = James Hickey †
Successor = Most Rev. Donald Wuerl
post = Archbishop of Newark
date of birth = Birth date and age|1930|7|7|mf=y
place of birth = New York|

Theodore Edgar Cardinal McCarrick (b. July 7, 1930) was the fifth Cardinal Archbishop of Washington, DC, serving from 2001 to 2006.

Education

He attended Catholic school, Fordham Preparatory School, and Fordham University. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from St. Joseph's Seminary in Yonkers, New York, United States, in 1954, and a Master's degree in history from the same institution in 1958. After being ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Francis Spellman on May 31, 1958 in New York City, McCarrick went on to earn a second Master's degree in social sciences and a doctorate in sociology, both at The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC. As Archbishop of Washington he also served as the Chancellor and remains a member of the Board of Trustees of CUA.

McCarrick is an accomplished polyglot, credited by the "Catholic Herald" [ [http://www.catholicherald.com/articles/01articles/mccarrick830.htm cardinal mccarrick ] ] as being fluent in seven languages. Five are English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish. The other two they are referring to may be the church languages of Latin and Greek.

Episcopacy

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See=Washington, D.C. (emeritus)|He was an auxiliary bishop of New York, the first Bishop of Metuchen, and Archbishop of Newark before becoming Archbishop of Washington.

He is the Cardinal Priest of the "Titulus Ss. Nerei et Achillei". He was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2005 papal conclave that selected Pope Benedict XVI.

He also serves as the chairman of a task force examining the church's relationship with Catholic politicians whose voting records conflict with Church doctrine. It is in this position that he has upset many conservatives as he has failed to ever sanction any US politician.

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450 × 230|left|Cardinal McCarrick's Final Homily as Cardinal Archbishop of Washington on June 18, 2006

On May 16, 2006, Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Cardinal McCarrick as Archbishop of Washington, DC, upon the latter's reaching the customary age limit, and appointed Donald Wuerl, Bishop of Pittsburgh, as the 6th Archbishop of Washington, DC. From May 16 until Wuerl's installation one month later on June 22, 2006, McCarrick served as the Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Washington, an interim post. Despite stepping down from his post, McCarrick is still eligible to participate in future papal conclaves that begin before his 80th birthday on July 7, 2010.

On 12 March 2007 it was announced that Cardinal McCarrick will become a Counselor at the Center for Strategic and International Studies [http://www.csis.org/component/option,com_csis_press/task,view/id,2571/] .

Episcopal Succession

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date of consecration=June 29 1977
consecrated by=Terence Cooke
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bishop 1=John Mortimer Smith
consecration date 1=January 25 1988
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bishop 2=James Thomas McHugh
consecration date 2=January 25 1988
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bishop 3=Michael Angelo Saltarelli
consecration date 3=July 30 1990
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bishop 4=Charles James McDonnell
consecration date 4=March 12 1994
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bishop 5=João José Burke
consecration date 5=May 25 1995
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bishop 6=Nicholas Anthony DiMarzio
consecration date 6=October 31 1996
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bishop 7=Paul Gregory Bootkoski
consecration date 7=September 5 1997
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bishop 8=Vincent DePaul Breen
consecration date 8=September 8 1997
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bishop 9=Arthur Joseph Serratelli
consecration date 9=September 8 2000
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bishop 10=Francisco González Valer
consecration date 10=February 11 2002
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bishop 11=Kevin Joseph Farrell
consecration date 11=February 11 2002
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bishop 12=Martin David Holley
consecration date 12=July 2 2004
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References

External links

* [http://www.adw.org/about/lead_bio_mccarrick.asp Biography] from the Washington Archdiocese website.
* [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmccar.html Catholic-Hierarchy.net statistics]
* [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/18/AR2006061800735.html Retiring Archbishop Gives Farewell Homily] Washingtonpost.com, June 19, 2006, by Candace Rondeaux.