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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.
Including the Diocese of Joliet's Presbyteral Council (from 2006-2011), Dean of Will County (of the Deanery of parishes and priests) (from 2016-2023), Insititute of Priestly Formation (2016-2023), Cursillo retreats and spiritual leader (2003-2024), and Be Healed retreat leader (2020-2024).
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.
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.
Pages in category "Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
On January 11, 2002, Pope John Paul II appointed Fitzgerald titular bishop of Walla Walla, Washington, and auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Joliet. He was ordained a bishop on March 19, 2002, at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet by Bishop Joseph L. Imesch , with Bishop Roger Kaffer and Bishop Daniel Ryan serving as the principal ...
The Diocese of Joliet was established by Pope Pius XII on December 11, 1948. [2] St. Raymond's was chosen to be the diocese's cathedral. It was decided that the church was not adequate for cathedral functions, so plans were made for a new cathedral church. Construction began in 1952 and the present cathedral was completed in 1955 for $2.4 ...
In a 2002 Joliet Herald-News article, an unidentified priest from the Diocese of Joliet said that Ryan made sexual advances against him when the two men were staying at a hotel at an out of town parish in 1982. [37] In August 2002, the diocese received allegations that Ryan had solicited sex from four boys in 1984.