The Archdiocese of Atlanta is an archdiocese of the Catholic Church in the U.S. state of Georgia. Its ecclesiastical territory comprises Georgia’s northern counties including the capital of Atlanta. It is led by a prelate archbishop currently Wilton D. Gregory who is also pastor of the mother church the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. The Cathedral is the metropolitan see of the Catholic Ecclesiastical Province of Atlanta which covers Georgia South Carolina and North Carolina.