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Ronald Aldon Hicks (born August 4, 1967) is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Joliet in Illinois since 2020. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago from 2018 to 2020.
On December 17, 1948, McNamara was appointed as the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Joliet in Illinois by Pope Pius XII. [3] He received his episcopal consecration on March 7, 1949, from Cardinal Samuel Stritch, with Bishops John Boylan and Albert Zuroweste serving as co-consecrators.
Robert Daniel Conlon (born December 4, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois from 2011 to 2020. From 2002 to 2011 he served as bishop of the Diocese of Steubenville in Ohio.
Pope Francis in 2020 named Auxiliary Bishop Ronald Hicks of the Archdiocese of Chicago as the next bishop of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois. As of 2023, Hicks is the current serving bishop of Joliet in Illinois. In 2024, the Diocese announced that five Catholic churches and two Catholic schools would close in the Joliet area.
Thomas J. Paprocki (2003–2010), appointed Bishop of Springfield in Illinois; Francis J. Kane (2003–2018) George J. Rassas (2006–2018) Alberto Rojas (2011–2019), appointed Coadjutor Bishop of San Bernardino and later succeeded as bishop; Ronald Aldon Hicks (2018–2020), appointed Bishop of Joliet; Joseph N. Perry (1998–2023)
On June 1, 2002, Spies was ordained to the priesthood, by Most Rev. Joseph L. Imesch, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet at the Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet, Illinois. He first served as associate pastor at St. Walter's Parish in Roselle from 2002 to 2005.
Joseph Leopold Imesch (June 21, 1931 – December 22, 2015) was an American Catholic prelate who served as Bishop of Joliet from 1979 to 2006. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1973 to 1979.
James Edward Fitzgerald (December 30, 1938 – September 11, 2003) was an American Roman Catholic cleric who served as the Bishop of Joliet in Joliet, Illinois.. James Edward Fitzgerald, Jr. was born on December 30, 1938, in Chicago to James E. and Winifred (Wade) Fitzgerald.