Prelature
The ordinary of the Archdiocese of Washington is an archbishop whose cathedra is Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in the City of Washington and who is metropolitan of the Ecclesiastical Province of Washington. Its sole suffragan see is the Diocese of Saint Thomas in the United States Virgin Islands.
The first Archbishop of Washington was Michael Joseph Curley in 1939. The current Archbishop is Donald Wuerl.
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