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The Diocese of Belleville was created on January 7, 1887, by Pope Leo XIII. All of its in southern Illinois territory was taken from the Diocese of Alton. [11] [12] The first bishop of the new diocese was John Janssen of Alton, appointed by the pope in 1888.
On April 3, 2020, Pope Francis appointed McGovern as bishop of Belleville. [ 6 ] [ 7 ] His consecration took place on July 22, 2020, at the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Belleville. His principal consecrator was Cardinal Blase Cupich , with Bishops George J. Rassas , and Edward Braxton serving as co-consecrators.
Diocese of Belleville: Michael G. McGovern: Bishop of Belleville Diocese of Joliet: Ronald Aldon Hicks: Bishop of Joliet Dennis E. Spies: Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet Diocese of Peoria: Louis Tylka: Bishop of Peoria Diocese of Rockford: David John Malloy: Bishop of Rockford Diocese of Springfield in Illinois: Thomas Joseph Paprocki: Bishop of ...
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 ...
Here’s a report the Catholic Diocese of Belleville send the BND ahead of the release of the Illinois Attorney General’s report on abusive priests on Tuesday.
On June 7, 1997, Iffert was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Belleville by Cardinal Wilton Gregory, then bishop of the diocese at the time, at Sacred Heart Church in Du Quoin. [3] [4] After his 1997 ordination, the diocese assigned Iffert as the parochial vicar of the Cathedral of St. Peter Parish in Belleville, Illinois.
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 ...
Gregory previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1983 to 1994; as Bishop of Belleville from 1994 to 2004; and as Archbishop of Atlanta from 2005 to 2019. Gregory was the first African-American president of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) from 2001 to 2004.