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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. [9] 19 additional parishes are under consideration to be merged or closed as of 2024. [10]
The Diocese of Joliet was established by Pope Pius XII on December 11, 1948. [2] St. Raymond's was chosen to be the diocese's cathedral. It was decided that the church was not adequate for cathedral functions, so plans were made for a new cathedral church. Construction began in 1952 and the present cathedral was completed in 1955 for $2.4 ...
The pastor of any particular church other than an ordinariate must be episcopally ordained, but his title conforms to that of his jurisdiction: the pastor of an archdiocese is an archbishop, the pastor of a diocese is a bishop, the pastor of an archeparchy is an archeparch, the pastor of an eparchy is an eparch, and the pastor of an exarchate is an exarch.
Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois (3 P) L. Lewis University (2 C, 3 P) S. University of St. Francis (2 C, 1 P)
Pages in category "Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The parish hosts an annual Germanfest, which started in 1968 [7] as a small picnic event. [8] Each year, 30 to 40 thousand people attend the festival, [ 9 ] which is the longest-running outdoor festival in the western suburbs of Chicago . [ 10 ]
Coat of Arms as Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet. On October 28, 2009, Siegel was appointed as auxiliary bishop of Joliet and titular bishop of Pupiana by Pope Benedict XVI. [2] He received his episcopal consecration on January 19, 2010, from Bishop J. Peter Sartain, with Bishops Joseph L. Imesch and Frank J. Dewane serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus. [2]
Robert Daniel Conlon (born December 4, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois from 2011 to 2020. From 2002 to 2011 he served as bishop of the Diocese of Steubenville in Ohio.