Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
Diocese of Joliet in Illinois | |
Basic data | |
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Country | United States |
Metropolitan bishopric | Archdiocese of Chicago |
Diocesan bishop | Ronald Hicks (appointed) |
Apostolic Administrator | Richard Edmund Pates |
Emeritus diocesan bishop | Robert Daniel Conlon |
founding | 1948 |
surface | 10,920 km² |
Parishes | 119 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Residents | 1,916,531 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics | 600,836 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
proportion of | 31.4% |
Diocesan priest | 169 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious priest | 111 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Catholics per priest | 2.146 |
Permanent deacons | 208 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Friars | 168 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
Religious sisters | 428 (2016 / AP 2017 ) |
rite | Roman rite |
Liturgical language | English |
cathedral | Cathedral of St. Raymond |
Website | www.dioceseofjoliet.org |
Ecclesiastical province | |
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The Diocese of Joliet in Illinois ( Latin Dioecesis Joliettensis in Illinois , English Diocese of Joliet in Illinois ) is one in the United States located Roman Catholic diocese , based in Joliet , Illinois .
history
The diocese of Joliet in Illinois was on December 11, 1948 by Pope Pius XII. built with the Apostolic Constitution Ecclesiarum circumscriptiones from cessions of territory of the Archdiocese of Chicago and the dioceses of Peoria and Rockford . It was subordinated to the Archdiocese of Chicago as a suffragan .
territory
The Diocese of Joliet in Illinois includes the state of Illinois lying areas DuPage County , Kankakee County , Will County , Grundy County , Ford County , Iroquois County and Kendall County .
Bishops of Joliet, Illinois
- Martin Dewey McNamara , 1948-1966
- Romeo Roy Blanchette , 1966-1979
- Joseph Leopold Imesch , 1979-2006
- James Peter Sartain , 2006–2010, then Archbishop of Seattle
- Robert Daniel Conlon , 2011–2020
- Ronald Hicks , since 2020
See also
Web links
Commons : Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois - collection of images, videos, and audio files
- Homepage of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois (English)
- Entry for Diocese of Joliet in Illinois at catholic-hierarchy.org
Individual evidence
Cathedral : St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet