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In 1827, the Diocese of St. Louis assumed jurisdiction over the western half of the new state of Illinois. In 1834, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Vincennes, which included eastern Illinois. [10] When the Diocese of Chicago was erected in 1843, it included all the Illinois counties from the Diocese of St. Louis and Vincennes. [5]
It constructed a brick church on the cathedral's present site which it dedicated in 1866. [2] In 1887, Pope Leo XIII created the Diocese of Belleville from the southern portion of the Diocese of Alton (now the Diocese of Springfield) and named Reverend John Janssen as the first bishop. [3] Janssen chose St. Peter's as his cathedral. The ...
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.
Keleher’s replacement, Bishop Wilton Gregory, now a cardinal in Washington, D.C., led the Belleville Diocese for 11 years and served as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops from ...
Bishop Michael McGovern is planning to move from the bishop’s residence at 925 Centreville Ave. to the rectory of the Cathedral of St. Peter on Harrison Street in downtown Belleville this summer ...
In 1939 the Basilians Fathers took control of St. Michael's Parish. The Basilian Fathers purchased a rectory for $6000 at 12211 South Parnell Avenue. In 1957, Fr. Ivan Kohut launched a campaign to build a new church. Bishop Joseph Michael Schmondiuk of Stamford dedicated the new Church on 20 November 1960. The church building features stained ...
Pages in category "Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Belleville" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The diocese plans to move offices that are now at its Pastoral Center in Shiloh into the two-story brick building at 224 W. Garfield St. in Belleville, at the corner of Garfield and Third Street ...