Bishops
The Founding Bishop of the Diocese, Thomas Jerome Welsh, was installed on August 13, 1974. Bishop Welsh served until February 8, 1983, when he was transferred by Pope John Paul II to become Bishop of the Diocese of Allentown, Pennsylvania. Bishop Welsh was previously Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and rector of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary in Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.
The second Bishop of the Diocese, John Richard Keating, was ordained as Bishop of Arlington on August 4, 1983, and served until his death March 22, 1998. Bishop Keating was previously Vicar General and Chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois.
Bishop Paul S. Loverde, previously Bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York, was installed as the Diocese's third Bishop March 25, 1999.
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