Bishop Burbidge

Bishop Burbidge takes a quick tour of Arlington Diocese

Ann M. Augherton | Catholic Herald Managing Editor

Bishop Michael F. Burbidge walks down the halls of Bishop O’Connell High School with senior Gianni Snidle, secretary of the Student Council Association, Oct. 5. Ashleigh Buyers | Catholic Herald

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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge prays with the cloistered Poor Clare Sisters at the Mary, Mother of the Church Monastery in the Groveton section of Alexandria during his Oct. 4-5 visit to the Arlington Diocese. Ashleigh Buyers | Catholic Herald

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Bishop Burbidge holds a vocations card (left) with the photos of the seminarians studying for the Arlington Diocese. Ashleigh Buyers | Catholic Herald

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Christ House volunteer coordinator Sr. Anilza Pacheco Juan leads Fr. Thomas P. Ferguson, moderator of the curia, and Bishop Burbidge around the Christ House thrift store in Alexandria Oct. 4. Ashleigh Buyers | Catholic Herald

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Bishop Burbidge chats with Minnie Tuck (right), chancery mailroom supervisor, and Aynshet Gebretsadik, mail clerk, during his Oct. 4 visit to the diocesan offices. Ashleigh Buyers | Catholic Herald

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Bishop Michael F. Burbidge toured the Arlington Diocese Oct. 4-5 following the announcement of his appointment as the fourth bishop of Arlington.
He made stops at the chancery offices to greet the staff of nearly 250, went to Christ House, an Alexandria men’s shelter run by Catholic Charities, where he had lunch with residents, and visited the Poor Clare Sisters at the Mary, Mother of the Church Monastery in Alexandria.
He spent time with retired priests at the St. Rose of Lima Retirement Villa in Annandale, and visited one of the four diocesan high schools, Bishop O’Connell High School in Arlington. He stopped at St. James School and Church in Falls Church, where he met with the Hispanic Legion of Mary.
He also visited St. Thomas More Cathedral School in Arlington prior to concelebrating the weekday noon Mass at the cathedral with Bishop Paul S. Loverde.
Bishop Burbidge’s two-day visit offered him a glimpse of the Arlington Diocese and its multicultural population — about twice the size of the Raleigh Diocese — all packed into a land area one-fifth the size of his North Carolina diocese.

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