Donald Wuerl
Styles of Donald William Wuerl Reference style His Eminence Spoken style Your Eminence Informal style Cardinal Ordination history of Donald Wuerl Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator John Paul II Date of consecration January 6, 1986 Bishops consecrated by Donald Wuerl as principal consecrator William J. Winter February 13, 1989 Thomas Joseph Tobin December 27, 1992 David Zubik April 6, 1997 Paul J. Bradley February 2, 2005 Herbert Bevard September 3, 2008 Barry Christopher Knestout December 29, 2008 Donald William Wuerl (born November 12, 1940) is an American cardinal of the Catholic Church. He is the sixth Archbishop of Washington, serving since 2006. He previously served as Auxiliary Bishop of Seattle (1986–87) and Bishop of Pittsburgh (1988–2006). He was elevated to the cardinalate by Pope Benedict XVI in 2010.