The 2009 Directory

of

         Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands

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The Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands comprises the territory of the United States Virgin Islands.

Established as the Prelature of the Virgin Islands July 23, 1960.

Established as the Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands April 20, 1977.

The Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands is within the Ecclesial Province of Washington, D.C.

Metropolitan See
Archdiocese of Washington, D.C.
Most Rev. Donald Wuerl, STD
Archbishop of Washington

Pastoral Center
P.O. Box 29260
Washington, D.C.  20017
(301) 853-4500

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Diocese of St. Thomas in the Virgin Islands

Former Ordinaries

 
Most Reverend Edward J. Harper, C.Ss.R., D.D.
Ordained June 18, 1939; Consecrated October 6, 1960;
Named first residential bishop of the Diocese of St. Thomas
in the Virgin Islands, April 20, 1977;
Retired October 15, 1985; Died December 2, 1990.
 
Most Reverend Sean P. O’Malley, O.F.M. Cap.
Ordained August 29, 1970; Named Coadjutor, May 30, 1984;
Ordained Bishop August 2, 1984; Installed October 16, 1985;
Transferred to Fall River August 11, 1992.
 
Most Reverend Elliott G. Thomas, D.D.
Ordained June 6, 1986; Episcopal Ordination and Installation
December 12, 1993; Retired June 30, 1999.
 
Most Reverend George V. Murry, S.J.
Ordained June 9, 1979;
Appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago January 24, 1995;
Episcopal Ordination and Installation March 20, 1995;
Appointed Coadjutor of St. Thomas May 4, 1998;
Installed as Bishop of St. Thomas June 30, 1999;
Transferred to Youngstown March 28, 2007.


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