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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.
Including the Diocese of Joliet's Presbyteral Council (from 2006-2011), Dean of Will County (of the Deanery of parishes and priests) (from 2016-2023), Insititute of Priestly Formation (2016-2023), Cursillo retreats and spiritual leader (2003-2024), and Be Healed retreat leader (2020-2024). [1]
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.
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Pages in category "Roman Catholic bishops of Joliet in Illinois" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. B.
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.
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 ...