Bishop Jerome Edward Listecki is the Archbishop in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Chicago was created in 1917.
The Archdiocese of Chicago serves 2.3 million Catholics.
Illinois is divided into several dioceses and so there has never been a 'Bishop of Illinois'. The oldest diocese in Illinois is Chicago which was established as the 'Diocese of Chicago' in 1843 from territory taken from the Diocese of Saint Louis, Missouri and the Diocese of Vincennes, Indiana. The diocese was elevated to an archdiocese in 1880. The first Bishop of Chicago was Bishop William J. Quarter. Born in Ireland in 1806 he was a Priest of the Diocese of New York. He died as Bishop of Chicago in 1848.
The arch bishop
A bishop is in charge of a diocese A cardinal is usually an archbishop in charge of an archdiocese.
A diocese is made up of parishes and is headed by a bishop. An archdiocese is a diocese that also includes the subordinate dioceses that have been assigned to it. It is headed by an archbishop.
St John Vianey is a parish in the Chicago area and is part of the Chicago Arch Diocese. Cardinal Francis George leads the archdiocese and he is the first Chicago native to become Archbishop of Chicago. He was Installed in May 1997.
Francis George.
The patron saint for the archdiocese of Chicago, Illinois, is the Immaculate Conception.
An archbishop, or metropolitan, is a bishop who governs a diocese strictly his own, while he presides at the same time over the bishops of a district composed of simple diocese. The archbishop's own diocese is the archdiocese. The several dioceses of the district form the archepiscopal, or metropolitan province.
Catholic AnswerA bishop who presides over an Archdiocese is known as an Archbishop.