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ARCHDIOCESE OF
ATLANTA
Most Reverend Wilton D.
Gregory, SLD
Archdiocese of Atlanta
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Wilton D. Gregory was installed as Atlanta's sixth
archbishop Jan. 17, 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia. He
attended St. Carthage Grammar School and Quigley
Preparatory Seminary of the Lake Seminary. Three years
after his ordination to the Priesthood, he began
graduate studies at the Pontifical Liturgical Institute
(Sant' Anselmo) in Rome. It was there that he earned his
Doctorate in Sacred Liturgy in 1980.
On November 17, 1998, Bishop Gregory was
elected Vice President of the United States Conference
of Catholic Bishops. Bishop Gregory was elected the 1st African American President of the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (NCCB), November 2001.
He previously served one
term as Chairman of the Bishops' Committee on the
Liturgy (1991-93). Bishop Gregory's other recent
committee assignments include the Committee on Doctrine,
the Ad Hoc Committee on Sexual Abuse, and the United
States Catholic Conference Committee on International
Policy.
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