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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.
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.
On June 1, 2002, Spies was ordained to the priesthood, by Most Rev. Joseph L. Imesch, Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet at the Cathedral of Saint Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet, Illinois. He first served as associate pastor at St. Walter's Parish in Roselle from 2002 to 2005.
A 2008 lawsuit against the Diocese of Belleville revealed Bishop Zuroweste's treatment of a sexual abuse allegations against a priest during the 1970's. In 1973, Gina Parks, a 16-year-old parishioner in St. Francisville , told diocesan officials that her parish priest, Raymond Kownacki, had raped and impregnated her.
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On March 13, 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed Schlarman as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Belleville and titular bishop of Capreae. He was consecrated on May 14, 1979 by Bishop William Cosgrove, with Bishops Albert Zuroweste and Philip Murphy serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Belleville [2] He selected as his episcopal motto, "Who Is A Rock But Our God ...
Details emerge in early cases. The first priest removed from ministry in the Belleville Diocese was the Rev. Jerome Ratermann, 61, pastor of Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church in Belleville, on ...
The new high school opened its doors on September 3, 1964. As of 2008, Althoff has graduated 9123 students, including 1105 Illinois State Scholars, 2 National Merit Finalists (top 1% of the nation), 91 National Merit commended Students (top 5% in nation), and 22 National Merit Finalists (top 1% in the nation).