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This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in Vicariate I of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. Vicariate I covers Lake County, Illinois, and portions of northern Cook County. It includes the communities of Des Plaines, Elk Grove Village, Lake Forest, Mount Prospect, Mundelein, Schaumburg, and Waukegan.
323 W Illinois St, Chicago Holy Name Cathedral: 735 N State St, Chicago Immaculate Conception & St. Joseph (Near North Side) 1107 N Orleans St, Chicago Our Lady of Mount Carmel 708 W Belmont Ave, Chicago St. Alphonsus 1429 W Wellington Ave, Chicago St. Bonaventure Oratory 1641 W Diversey Pkwy, Chicago Founded in 1911, closed in 2024 [29] St ...
Catholic Irish and German immigrants started entering the Illinois region in the early 1800s. In 1827, the Diocese of St. Louis assumed jurisdiction over the western half of Illinois. In 1834, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Vincennes, which included both Indiana and eastern Illinois. [11]
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
The cathedral parish for the archdiocese, Holy Name Cathedral, is in the Near North Side area of Chicago. The archdiocese serves over 2 million Catholics in Cook and Lake counties, an area of 1,411 square miles (3,650 km 2). The archdiocese is divided into six vicariates and 31 deaneries. An episcopal vicar administers each vicariate.
In 1834, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Vincennes, which included eastern Illinois. [4] In 1839, Father Raho, an Italian priest, visited Peoria, remaining long enough to build the old stone church in Kickapoo. In 1843, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Chicago, taking the Illinois parishes from the Dioceses of St. Louis and Vincennes. St.
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