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The diocese was established in 1887, following the arrival of many Irish, German and Czech Catholic immigrants to the region. Starting in 2003, amid a widespread sexual abuse scandal in the Catholic Church, Lincoln was the only diocese in the United States to refuse to comply with the church's procedures for handling sexual abuse allegations.
•1853.07.29: Established as the Diocese of Quincy, with territory from the Diocese of Chicago •1857.01.09: See Transferred and Title Changed to Diocese of Alton •1887.01.07: Lost territory to establish the Diocese of Belleville •1923.10.26: See Transferred and Title Changed to the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
As of June 21, 2024, the Catholic Church in its entirety comprises 3,172 ecclesiastical jurisdictions, including over 652 archdioceses and 2,249 dioceses, as well as apostolic vicariates, apostolic exarchates, apostolic administrations, apostolic prefectures, military ordinariates, personal ordinariates, personal prelatures, territorial prelatures, territorial abbacies and missions sui juris ...
On October 19, 1999, Lucas was appointed the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois by Pope John Paul II.He received his episcopal consecration on December 14, 1999, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield, from Cardinal Francis George, with Archbishop Gabriel Higuera and Bishop Daniel L. Ryan serving as co-consecrators.
Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln (5 P) Pages in category "Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total.
Michael McGovern was born in Evergreen Park, Illinois. on July 1, 1964 to Joseph and Eleanor McGovern. He grew up in Chicago's Beverly neighborhood and attended Christ the King Grammar School. McGovern then entered St. Ignatius College Prep in Chicago, serving as a lector there and at his family's church.
By virtue of the 2009 scheme of delegation, [2] whilst the Bishop of Lincoln exercises general oversight, the Bishops of Grimsby and of Grantham [3] were seen as leaders in mission in the north and south of the Diocese respectively until that scheme lapsed upon the 6 April 2013 retirement of the Bishop of Grimsby, which was followed by a review of roles of bishops in the diocese. [4]
Thomas George Doran (February 20, 1936 – September 1, 2016) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Rockford in Illinois from 1994 to 2012.