John Richard Keating
Who was the chair of Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington from Jun 1983 to Mar 1998?
Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington The Roman Catholic Diocese of Arlington ( ) is a diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the mid-atlantic United States . The Diocese of Arlington comprises 70 parishes located in the 21 northernmost counties and independent cities within the Commonwealth of Virginia , including the counties of Arlington , Clarke , Culpeper , Fairfax , Fauquier , Frederick , King George , Lancaster , Loudoun , Madison , Northumberland , Orange , Page , Prince William , Rappahannock , Richmond , Shenandoah , Spotsylvania , Stafford , Warren and Westmoreland , and cities of Alexandria , Fairfax , Falls Church , Fredericksburg , Manassas , Manassas Park , and Winchester . Bishop Michael F . Burbidge is the ordinary of the diocese since December 2016 ; his residence is on the grounds of the Cathedral of Saint Thomas More in Arlington County , Virginia . In 2013 , there were 256 priests and 453,916 registered Catholics in the Diocese of Arlington . , the total population within the diocese , Catholic and non-Catholic , was 2,968,486 . The diocese also operates two mission churches for the Diocese of San Juan de la Maguana in the Dominican Republic—Bánica Mission Parish ( St . Francis of Assisi Church ) and Pedro Santana Mission Parish , which are overseen by the diocesan Office of the Propagation of the Faith . The Director of the Propagation of the Faith in the Diocese of Arlington is currently Fr . Patrick L . Posey . History . Pope Paul VI erected the Diocese of Arlington , taking it territory from the neighboring Diocese of Richmond and making it a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Baltimore , on 28 May 1974 . Female alter servers . The Diocese of Arlington was one of a few dioceses in the United States that did not allow female altar servers until 2006 . , the Diocese of Lincoln was the only diocese in the United States that maintained this prohibition . Sexual abuse . On February 14 , 2019 , Bishop Michael F . Burbidge released a list of sixteen priests who had been credibly accused of sexual abuse in the Diocese of Arlington . In 2010 , Rev . Felix Owino A.J . pled guilty to molesting an 11-year-old girl in Fairfax County . In 2011 , Owino was given a nine-month prison sentence , a five-year suspended prison sentence and the chance of being deported back to his native country of Kenya . By 2018 , Owino had been deported . In March 2020 , New Jersey priest Scott Asalone was arrested on charges of sexually abusing a teenager in Loudoun County , Virginia in 1985 . Washington D.C . councilman David Grosso publicly identified himself as the one who was sexually abused by Asalone . Bishops . Bishops of Arlington . 1 . Thomas Jerome Welsh ( 1974–1983 ) , appointed Bishop of Allentown 2 . John Richard Keating ( 1983–1998 ) 3 . Paul S . Loverde ( 1999–2016 ) 4 . Michael F . Burbidge ( 2016–present ) Other priest from the diocese who became bishop . - Antons Justs , appointed Bishop of Jelgava in 1995 Catholic colleges and universities . - Christendom College , Front Royal - Divine Mercy University , Arlington - Marymount University , Arlington Catholic high schools . - Bishop Denis J . OConnell High School , Arlington - Bishop Ireton High School , Alexandria - Paul VI Catholic High School , Chantilly - Saint John Paul the Great Catholic High School , Dumfries Catholic Charities of the Diocese of Arlington . The diocese co-ordinates and supports a range of charitable activities focused on assistance to the vulnerable , fund-raising and education . Initiatives include counselling , prison visits and foster care . Archduchess Kathleen of Habsburg-Lorraine is a former communications director of the CCDA .