Chicago (Archdiocese) [Catholic-Hierarchy]

Bishop(s)

Blase Joseph Cupich, Cardinal, Archbishop
Mark Andrew Bartosic, Auxiliary Bishop
Robert Gerald Casey, Auxiliary Bishop
Robert Joseph Lombardo, C.F.R., Auxiliary Bishop
John Robert Gorman, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Francis Joseph Kane, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Joseph Nathaniel Perry, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
George James Rassas, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus
Andrew Peter (Andrzej Piotr) Wypych, Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus

General Information

Type of Jurisdiction: Archdiocese
Elevated: 10 September 1880
Metropolitan See
Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops
Rite: Latin (or Roman)
State: Illinois
Country: United States of America
Square Kilometers: 3,654 (1,411 Square Miles)
Description: Comprises the Counties of Cook and Lake in the State of Illinois.
Conference Region: VII (IL, IN, WI)
Catholic Directory Abbreviation: CHI
Official Web Site: http://www.archchicago.org/
Mailing Address: 835 N. Rush Street, Chicago, IL 60611-2030, USA
Telephone: (312)534-8200
Fax: 534-6379

Historical Details

Diocese of Chicago
- Latin Name: Chicagiensis
- Erected: 28 November 1843
- Metropolitan: Archdiocese of Saint Louis
- State: Illinois
- Country: United States of America

Past and Present Ordinaries

William J. Quarter † (28 Nov 1843 Appointed - 10 Apr 1848 Died)
James Oliver Van de Velde, S.J. † (3 Oct 1848 Appointed - 29 Jul 1853 Appointed, Bishop of Natchez, Mississippi)
Anthony O’Regan † (9 Dec 1853 Appointed - 2 May 1858 Resigned)
James Duggan † (21 Jan 1859 Appointed - 10 Sep 1880 Resigned)
Patrick Augustine Feehan † (10 Sep 1880 Appointed - 12 Jul 1902 Died)
James Edward Quigley † (8 Jan 1903 Appointed - 10 Jul 1915 Died)
George William Mundelein † (9 Dec 1915 Appointed - 2 Oct 1939 Died)
Samuel Alphonsus Stritch † (27 Dec 1939 Appointed - 27 May 1958 Died)
Albert Gregory Meyer † (19 Sep 1958 Appointed - 9 Apr 1965 Died)
John Patrick Cody † (14 Jun 1965 Appointed - 25 Apr 1982 Died)
Joseph Louis Bernardin † (8 Jul 1982 Appointed - 14 Nov 1996 Died)
Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. † (7 Apr 1997 Appointed - 20 Sep 2014 Retired)
Blase Joseph Cupich (20 Sep 2014 Appointed - )

Historical Summary

Date	Event	From	To
Diocese of Chicago
28 November 1843	Erected	Diocese of Saint Louis Diocese of Vincennes	Diocese of Chicago (erected) (State of Illinois)
19 July 1850	Metropolitan Changed		Diocese of Chicago (from Baltimore to Saint Louis) Diocese of Dubuque (from Baltimore to Saint Louis) Diocese of Milwaukee (from Baltimore to Saint Louis) Diocese of Nashville (from Baltimore to Saint Louis)
29 July 1853	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chicago	Diocese of Quincy (erected) (Southern part of IL)
12 February 1875	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chicago	Diocese of Peoria (erected) (Counties of Mercer, Warren, Henderson, Hancock, McDonough, Schuyler, Knox, Fulton, Mason, Tazewell, Peoria, Stark, Marshall, Woodford, McLean, Logan, Dewitt, Livingston, Ford, Piatt, Champaign, Vermillion, and Iroquoise)
10 September 1880	Territory Lost	Diocese of Chicago	Diocese of Peoria (Counties of La Salle, Bureau, Putnam, Henry, and Rock Island)
Archdiocese of Chicago
10 September 1880	Elevated	Diocese of Chicago	Archdiocese of Chicago
27 September 1908	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Chicago (Jo Daviess, Stephenson, Winnebago, Boone, McHenry, Carroll, Ogle, DeKalb, Kane, Whiteside, Lee, and Kendall)	Diocese of Rockford (erected)
11 December 1948	Territory Lost	Archdiocese of Chicago (Du Page, Will, Kankakee, and Grundy) Diocese of Peoria (Ford and the Iroquois) Diocese of Rockford (Kendall)	Diocese of Joliet in Illinois (erected)

Year Catholics Total Population Percent Catholic Diocesan Priests Religious Priests Total Priests Catholics Per Priest Permanent Deacons Male Religious Female Religious Parishes Source

Archdiocese of Chicago

1950 1,706,000 4,276,000 39.9% 1,199 994 2,193 777 994 387 393 ap1951

1959 2,027,243 4,687,889 43.2% 1,240 1,462 2,702 750 1,867 8,603 439 ap1960

1966 2,340,000 5,717,800 40.9% 1,344 1,582 2,926 799 2,231 9,606 453 ap1967

1970 2,424,591 5,757,000 42.1% 1,549 1,135 2,684 903 1,460 8,331 461 ap1971

1976 2,420,950 5,936,200 40.8% 1,313 1,136 2,449 988 228 1,689 5,847 452 ap1977

1980 2,406,728 5,750,405 41.9% 1,213 1,150 2,363 1,018 400 1,740 5,040 449 ap1981

1990 2,350,000 5,779,000 40.7% 1,196 977 2,173 1,081 537 1,542 4,561 416 ap1991

1999 2,358,000 5,682,000 41.5% 928 799 1,727 1,365 612 366 3,176 378 ap2000

2000 2,384,000 5,676,000 42.0% 908 800 1,708 1,395 611 1,316 3,223 378 ap2001

2001 2,394,000 5,803,000 41.3% 876 817 1,693 1,414 618 1,333 3,340 378 ap2002

2002 2,442,000 6,052,000 40.4% 870 918 1,788 1,365 621 1,423 2,967 378 ap2003

2003 6,047,000 .0% 851 886 1,737 0 624 1,410 2,806 374 ap2004*

2004 2,442,000 6,104,000 40.0% 944 837 1,781 1,371 632 1,335 2,618 373 ap2005

2006 2,348,000 6,021,000 39.0% 895 787 1,682 1,395 632 1,272 2,397 366 ap2007

2009 2,364,000 6,062,000 39.0% 909 789 1,698 1,392 646 1,186 2,067 359 ap2010

2010 2,383,000 6,111,000 39.0% 905 787 1,692 1,408 643 1,162 1,966 357 ap2011

2013 2,438,000 6,251,000 39.0% 862 697 1,559 1,563 660 1,048 1,739 356 ap2014

2016 2,497,000 6,390,000 39.1% 914 623 1,537 1,624 652 962 1,536 351 ap2017

2019 2,183,000 5,900,365 37.0% 867 531 1,398 1,561 653 804 1,296 336 ap2020

2021 2,163,000 5,847,000 37.0% 846 511 1,357 1,593 639 768 992 290 ap2022

2023 2,093,000 5,980,000 35.0% 758 511 1,269 1,649 627 750 1,068 221 ap2024

Year	Catholics	Total Population	Percent Catholic	Diocesan Priests	Religious Priests	Total Priests	Catholics Per Priest	Permanent Deacons	Male Religious	Female Religious	Parishes	Source
Archdiocese of Chicago
1950	1,706,000	4,276,000	39.9%	1,199	994	2,193	777		994	387	393	ap1951
1959	2,027,243	4,687,889	43.2%	1,240	1,462	2,702	750		1,867	8,603	439	ap1960
1966	2,340,000	5,717,800	40.9%	1,344	1,582	2,926	799		2,231	9,606	453	ap1967
1970	2,424,591	5,757,000	42.1%	1,549	1,135	2,684	903		1,460	8,331	461	ap1971
1976	2,420,950	5,936,200	40.8%	1,313	1,136	2,449	988	228	1,689	5,847	452	ap1977
1980	2,406,728	5,750,405	41.9%	1,213	1,150	2,363	1,018	400	1,740	5,040	449	ap1981
1990	2,350,000	5,779,000	40.7%	1,196	977	2,173	1,081	537	1,542	4,561	416	ap1991
1999	2,358,000	5,682,000	41.5%	928	799	1,727	1,365	612	366	3,176	378	ap2000
2000	2,384,000	5,676,000	42.0%	908	800	1,708	1,395	611	1,316	3,223	378	ap2001
2001	2,394,000	5,803,000	41.3%	876	817	1,693	1,414	618	1,333	3,340	378	ap2002
2002	2,442,000	6,052,000	40.4%	870	918	1,788	1,365	621	1,423	2,967	378	ap2003
2003		6,047,000	.0%	851	886	1,737	0	624	1,410	2,806	374	ap2004*
2004	2,442,000	6,104,000	40.0%	944	837	1,781	1,371	632	1,335	2,618	373	ap2005
2006	2,348,000	6,021,000	39.0%	895	787	1,682	1,395	632	1,272	2,397	366	ap2007
2009	2,364,000	6,062,000	39.0%	909	789	1,698	1,392	646	1,186	2,067	359	ap2010
2010	2,383,000	6,111,000	39.0%	905	787	1,692	1,408	643	1,162	1,966	357	ap2011
2013	2,438,000	6,251,000	39.0%	862	697	1,559	1,563	660	1,048	1,739	356	ap2014
2016	2,497,000	6,390,000	39.1%	914	623	1,537	1,624	652	962	1,536	351	ap2017
2019	2,183,000	5,900,365	37.0%	867	531	1,398	1,561	653	804	1,296	336	ap2020
2021	2,163,000	5,847,000	37.0%	846	511	1,357	1,593	639	768	992	290	ap2022
2023	2,093,000	5,980,000	35.0%	758	511	1,269	1,649	627	750	1,068	221	ap2024

Note: Any changes in boundaries over time are not indicated in the above table.

Affiliated Bishops, Living

Robert Emmet Barron (Priest: 24 May 1986 to 21 Jul 2015)
Mark Andrew Bartosic (Priest: 21 May 1994; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 2018)
Edward Kenneth Braxton (Priest: 13 May 1970 to 28 Mar 1995)
William Patrick Callahan, O.F.M. Conv.
Robert Gerald Casey (Priest: 21 May 1994; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 2018)
Blase Joseph Cupich (Archbishop: 20 Sep 2014 - )
Daniel Fernández Torres
Roger Joseph Foys
Gustavo Garcia-Siller, M.Sp.S. (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 2003 to 14 Oct 2010)
John Robert Gorman (Priest: 1 May 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Feb 1988 to 24 Jan 2003)
Wilton Daniel Gregory (Priest: 9 May 1973; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Oct 1983 to 29 Dec 1993)
Jeffrey Scott Grob (Priest: 23 May 1992; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Sep 2020 to 4 Nov 2024)
Ronald Aldon Hicks (Priest: 21 May 1994; Auxiliary Bishop: 3 Jul 2018 to 17 Jul 2020)
Daniel Robert Jenky, C.S.C.
Francis Joseph Kane (Priest: 14 May 1969; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 2003 to 3 Jul 2018)
Gerald Frederick Kicanas (Priest: 27 Apr 1967; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1995 to 30 Oct 2001)
Jerome Edward Listecki (Priest: 14 May 1975; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Nov 2000 to 29 Dec 2004)
Robert Joseph Lombardo, C.F.R. (Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Sep 2020)
Michael George McGovern (Priest: 21 May 1994 to 3 Apr 2020)
Michael Fors Olson
Thomas John Joseph Paprocki (Deacon: 30 Apr 1977; Priest: 10 May 1978; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 2003 to 20 Apr 2010)
Joseph Nathaniel Perry (Auxiliary Bishop: 5 May 1998 to 19 Sep 2023)
Robert Francis Prevost, O.S.A.
George James Rassas (Priest: 2 May 1968; Auxiliary Bishop: 1 Dec 2005 to 3 Jul 2018)
Plácido Rodríguez, C.M.F. (Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Oct 1983 to 5 Apr 1994)
Alberto Rojas (Priest: 24 May 1997; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jun 2011 to 2 Dec 2019)
Lawrence Primo Sabatini, C.S.
Daniel Thomas Turley Murphy, O.S.A.
Louis Tylka (Priest: 18 May 1996 to 11 May 2020)
John George Vlazny (Priest: 20 Dec 1961; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Oct 1983 to 19 May 1987)
Andrew Peter (Andrzej Piotr) Wypych (Priest: 1 Sep 1989; Auxiliary Bishop: 13 Jun 2011 to 19 Sep 2023)

Affiliated Bishops, Deceased

Alfred Leo Abramowicz † (Priest: 1 May 1943; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 May 1968 to 24 Jan 1995)
Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. †
Peter Joseph Baltes † (Priest: 31 May 1853 to 24 Sep 1869)
Joseph Louis Bernardin † (Archbishop: 8 Jul 1982 to 14 Nov 1996)
Leo Binz †
Kevin Michael Birmingham † (Priest: 24 May 1997; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Sep 2020 to 2 Oct 2023)
Romeo Roy Blanchette † (Priest: 3 Apr 1937 to 8 Feb 1965)
Stanislaus Vincent Bona † (Priest: 1 Nov 1912 to 18 Dec 1931)
Patrick Thomas Brennan, S.S.C.M.E. † (Priest: 1928 to 1936)
Maurice Francis Burke † (Priest: 22 May 1875 to 9 Aug 1887)
Thaddeus Joseph Butler † (Priest: 25 Jul 1856 to 5 Jul 1897)
Donald Martin Carroll † (Priest: 7 Apr 1934 to 3 Jan 2002)
John Patrick Cody † (Archbishop: 14 Jun 1965 to 25 Apr 1982)
Edwin Michael Conway † (Priest: 3 May 1960; Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1995 to 9 Aug 2004)
William Edward Cousins † (Priest: 23 Apr 1927; Auxiliary Bishop: 17 Dec 1948 to 19 May 1952)
Michael Ryan Patrick Dempsey † (Priest: 1 May 1943; Auxiliary Bishop: 2 May 1968 to 8 Jan 1974)
Anselm Donald Mary Dennehy, O.S.M. †
James Duggan † (Bishop: 21 Jan 1859 to 10 Sep 1880)
Edmund Michael Dunne † (Priest: 24 Jun 1887 to 30 Jun 1909)
Edward Joseph Dunne † (Priest: 29 Jun 1871 to 2 Oct 1893)
Edward Michael Egan † (Priest: 15 Dec 1957 to 1 Apr 1985)
Patrick Augustine Feehan † (Archbishop: 10 Sep 1880 to 12 Jul 1902)
James Edward Fitzgerald †
Thomas Patrick Roger Foley † (Coadjutor Bishop: 19 Nov 1869 to 19 Feb 1879)
Francis Eugene George, O.M.I. † (Archbishop: 7 Apr 1997 to 20 Sep 2014)
Joseph Sarsfield Glass, C.M. †
Raymond Emil Goedert † (Priest: 1 May 1952; Auxiliary Bishop: 8 Jul 1991 to 24 Jan 2003; Administrator: 14 Nov 1996 to 7 May 1997)
Thomas Joseph Grady † (Priest: 23 Apr 1938; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Jun 1967 to 11 Nov 1974)
James Aloysius Griffin † (Priest: 4 Jul 1909 to 10 Nov 1923)
William Richard Griffin † (Priest: 25 May 1907 to 9 Mar 1935)
Alfred Cuthbert Gumbinger, O.F.M. Cap. †
James Richard Ham, M.M. †
Nevin William Hayes, O. Carm. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 2 Feb 1971 to 12 Jul 1988)
Raymond Peter Hillinger † (Priest: 2 Apr 1932 to 3 Nov 1953; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 Jun 1956 to 13 Nov 1971)
Edward Francis Hoban † (Priest: 11 Jul 1903; Auxiliary Bishop: 21 Nov 1921 to 10 Feb 1928)
Henry Theophilus Howaniec, O.F.M. †
Thaddeus Joseph Jakubowski † (Priest: 3 May 1950; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Feb 1988 to 24 Jan 2003)
John Richard Keating † (Priest: 20 Dec 1958 to 7 Jun 1983)
James Patrick Keleher † (Priest: 12 Apr 1958 to 20 Oct 1984)
Moses Elias Kiley † (Priest: 10 Jun 1911 to 10 Feb 1934)
Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. †
Joseph Patrick Mary Loftus, O.S.M. †
James Patterson Lyke, O.F.M. †
Timothy Joseph Lyne † (Priest: 1 May 1943; Auxiliary Bishop: 18 Oct 1983 to 24 Jan 1995)
Francis Joseph Magner † (Priest: 17 May 1913 to 21 Dec 1940)
John Raymond Manz † (Priest: 12 May 1971; Auxiliary Bishop: 23 Jan 1996 to 1 Jul 2021)
Paul Casimir Marcinkus † (Priest: 3 May 1947 to 24 Dec 1968)
John Lawrence May † (Priest: 3 May 1947; Auxiliary Bishop: 16 Jun 1967 to 29 Sep 1969)
Alexander Joseph McGavick † (Priest: 11 Jun 1887; Auxiliary Bishop: 12 Dec 1898 to 21 Nov 1921)
William Edward McManus † (Priest: 15 Apr 1939; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jun 1967 to 24 Aug 1976)
John McMullen † (Priest: 20 Jun 1858 to 14 Jun 1881)
Lawrence James McNamara †
Martin Dewey McNamara † (Priest: 23 Dec 1922 to 17 Dec 1948)
Alfredo José Isaac Cecilio Francesco Méndez-Gonzalez, C.S.C. †
Albert Gregory Meyer † (Archbishop: 19 Sep 1958 to 9 Apr 1965)
James Edward Michaels, S.S.C.M.E. †
Peter James Muldoon † (Priest: 18 Dec 1886; Auxiliary Bishop: 11 Jun 1901 to 28 Sep 1908)
George William Mundelein † (Archbishop: 9 Dec 1915 to 2 Oct 1939)
Thomas Joseph Murphy † (Priest: 12 Apr 1958 to 5 Jul 1978)
George Vance Murry, S.J. † (Auxiliary Bishop: 24 Jan 1995 to 5 May 1998)
William David O’Brien † (Priest: 11 Jul 1903; Auxiliary Bishop: 10 Feb 1934 to 19 Feb 1962)
William Aloysius O’Connor † (Priest: 24 Sep 1927 to 17 Dec 1948)
Cletus Francis O’Donnell † (Priest: 3 May 1941; Auxiliary Bishop: 26 Oct 1960 to 18 Feb 1967)
Anthony O’Regan † (Bishop: 9 Dec 1853 to 2 May 1858)
Ernest John Primeau † (Priest: 7 Apr 1934 to 27 Nov 1959)
Tadeu Henrique (Jude) Prost, O.F.M. †
William J. Quarter † (Bishop: 28 Nov 1843 to 10 Apr 1848)
James Edward Quigley † (Archbishop: 8 Jan 1903 to 10 Jul 1915)
Paul Peter Rhode † (Priest: 17 Jun 1894; Auxiliary Bishop: 27 May 1908 to 5 Jul 1915)
Tiago Miguel (James Michael) Ryan, O.F.M. †
Bernard James Sheil † (Priest: 21 May 1910; Auxiliary Bishop: 25 Mar 1928 to 13 Sep 1969)
Edward James Slattery † (Priest: 26 Apr 1966 to 11 Nov 1993)
Samuel Alphonsus Stritch † (Archbishop: 27 Dec 1939 to 27 May 1958)
William Joseph Trudel, M. Afr. †
James Oliver Van de Velde, S.J. † (Bishop: 3 Oct 1848 to 29 Jul 1853)
Raymond James Vonesh † (Priest: 3 May 1941 to 5 Jan 1968)
John Quinn Weitzel, M.M. †
Aloysius John Wycislo † (Priest: 7 Apr 1934; Auxiliary Bishop: 7 Oct 1960 to 4 Mar 1968)

Source(s)

Diocese of Chicago
- Series Episcoporum Ecclesiae Catholicae, Volume 1, Page 173

About Catholic-Hierarchy

Terminology/Site Help

Copyright David M. Cheney, 1996-2024
Code: web_d, v3.4.9, 15 Sep 2024; Data: 13 Nov 2024

✠

Archdiocese of Chicago

Archidioecesis Chicagiensis