Donald Wuerl position held cardinal
Cardinal
On November 20, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI elevated Wuerl to the College of Cardinals in a public consistory held at Saint Peter's Basilica in Vatican City. He was created Cardinal-Priest of S. Pietro in Vincoli.Pope Benedict XVI appointed Wuerl to the following posts:Member of the Congregation for the Clergy and the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity (December 2010);
Relator-general (recording secretary) of the 2012 World Synod of Bishops meeting on the New Evangelization (October 24, 2011);
Member of the Pontifical Council for Culture for a five-year renewable term (December 10, 2011);
Member of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (April 21, 2012);Pope Francis appointed Wuerl to the  Congregation for Bishops (December 16, 2013).In 2011, Wuerl faced widespread criticism for his role in the U.S. bishops' criticism of  Elizabeth Johnson, called one of the "most prominent and respected theologians" in the U.S. In a July 2011 letter to theologian John Thiel, then president of the Catholic Theological Society of America, Cardinal Timothy Dolan then USCCB president, said that the bishops' administrative committee had unanimously approved of the doctrine committee's statement regarding Johnson's book. Wuerl stated that he had offered to meet Johnson but she did not respond to his invitations. Wuerl was one of the cardinal electors who participated in the 2013 papal conclave that elected Pope Francis.
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