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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.
200 E Illinois St, Lemont St. Christopher 4130-147th St, Midlothian: St. Damian 5300-155th St, Oak Forest: Our Lady of the Woods 10731 W 131st St, Orland Park: St. Elizabeth Seton 9300 W 167th St, Orland Park St. Francis of Assisi 15050 S Wolf Rd, Orland Park St. Michael 14327 Highland Ave, Orland Park St. Alexander 7025 W 126th St, Palos Heights
The Diocesan Curia is a group of people who assist the Eparch in governing the Syro Malabar Eparchy of St. Thomas of Chicago. The following Members are Members of the Curia [ 12 ] Eparch: Joy Alappatt , Bishop Joy was ordained in 1981 and served as the Catherdal Rector then Auxiliary Bishop before becoming the Eparch.
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.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago is the largest in a nationwide network of faith-based social service providers that form Catholic Charities. Together they form the largest private network of social service providers in the United States. More than 1,400 agencies, institutions, and organizations make up the Catholic Charities ...
The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago. [2] On April 20, 2010, Pope Benedict XVI named Thomas J. Paprocki as the ninth bishop of Springfield in Illinois. [3]
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.
The Roman and Eastern Catholic Churches in North America and Central America comprise 14 episcopal conferences, which together include 100 ecclesiastical provinces, each of which is headed by a metropolitan archbishop.