US EditionFormer San Diego Bishop McElroy facing surgery after cancer diagnosis
Cardinal Robert McElroy will miss the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' November meeting due to surgery for a rare, non-aggressive cancer with a very good prognosis, officials said.
- On Nov. 5, 2025, the Archdiocese of Washington said Cardinal Robert McElroy of Washington was diagnosed with a nonaggressive cancer and will undergo tumor removal surgery on Nov. 13, causing him to miss the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' November meeting.
- Doctors characterize well-differentiated liposarcoma as a rare, slow-growing fat-cell tumor that is usually painless, with surgery typically curing patients who then undergo long-term monitoring, doctors say.
- Speaking to priests at the Nov. 4 convocation, McElroy said he is at peace with this challenge, asked for prayers, and plans to resume full duties two weeks after surgery.
- The November meeting will decide leadership and policy votes including the Nov. 11 election of president and vice president and debates on immigration and synodality where Cardinal Robert McElroy has been influential.
- Clinically, sarcomas remain rare, with a sarcoma incidence statistic of 1 in 100,000 annually; McElroy served as Bishop of San Diego , focusing on climate and immigrant rights.
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Former San Diego Bishop McElroy facing surgery after cancer diagnosis
Cardinal Robert McElroy (File photo by Chris Stone/Times of San Diego) Cardinal Robert McElroy is preparing for surgery on Nov. 13 to remove a cancerous growth, but his prognosis is positive. “I am at peace with this challenge and hope and believe that in God’s grace I will be Archbishop of Washington for many years to come,” the former San Diego Bishop said, according to a Wednesday statement from the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, h…
Cardinal Robert McElroy diagnosed with cancer, says he is 'at peace' ahead of surgery
The Archdiocese of Washington, D.C., announced Nov. 5 that its archbishop, Cardinal Robert McElroy, has been diagnosed with a rare form of cancer — well-differentiated liposarcoma. … The post Cardinal Robert McElroy diagnosed with cancer, says he is ‘at peace’ ahead of surgery appeared first on CatholicVote org.
Washington Cardinal McElroy diagnosed with cancer, to miss bishops' meeting
(RNS) — Washington Cardinal Robert McElroy has been diagnosed with a nonaggressive cancer that tends not to metastasize, the Archdiocese of Washington said on Wednesday (Nov. 5). The cancer will be surgically removed Nov. 13, and McElroy will miss the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ November meeting, according to the an archdiocesan spokesperson. McElroy, who was appointed archbishop of Washington in January, in one of Francis’ last episcop…
Cardinal McElroy of Washington, D.C. diagnosed with cancer; prognosis ‘good’
Cardinal Robert McElroy at the Church of San Frumenzio ai Prati Fiscali in Rome on April 23, 2023, when he took possession of his titular church as a cardinal. / Credit: Pablo Esparza/CNA Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 5, 2025 / 11:11 am (CNA). Cardinal Robert McElroy, the 71-year-old archbishop of Washington, D.C., has been diagnosed with cancer but has a good prognosis for recovery, according to an archdiocesan announcement on Wednesday mornin…
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