ATLANTA (GA)
Zenit
ATLANTA, Georgia, DEC. 9, 2004 (Zenit.org).- John Paul II accepted the resignation of Archbishop John Donoghue, 76, of Atlanta and appointed Bishop Wilton Gregory of Belleville to succeed him, the Vatican press office announced.
Archbishop Gregory, 57, recently completed a three-year term as president of the U.S. bishops' conference.
Wilton Gregory was born in Chicago on Dec. 7, 1947. He attended St. Carthage Grammar School, Quigley Preparatory Seminary South, Niles College of Loyola University, and St. Mary 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 he earned a doctorate in sacred liturgy.
He was ordained a priest of the Chicago Archdiocese on May 9, 1973. He was appointed auxiliary bishop of Chicago on Oct. 31, 1983.