Diocese of

Joliet

USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Area: 10,920 km²

Population: 618,855 Catholics (32.3% of 1,916,535 total) (2017)

Statistics: 117 parishes, 15 missions, 263 priests (166 diocesan, 97 religious), 261 deacons, 515 lay religious (145 brothers, 370 sisters), 43 seminarians (2017)

Ecclesiastical Province: Chicago

Neighbouring Dioceses: Peoria (↙), Rockford (↖), Chicago (↗), Gary (→), Lafayette in Indiana (↘)

Depends on: Congregation for Bishops

Patron Saint: Saint Francis Xavier (December 3)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: May 26

Address: Blanchette Catholic Center, 16555 Weber Road, Crest Hill, IL 60403-8719, USA

Phone: +1 (815) 221-6100

Websites:

History

1948.12.11: Established as Diocese of Joliet / Joliet in Illinois / Iolietten(sis) in Illinois (Latin) (from Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago, Diocese of Peoria and Diocese of Rockford)

Special Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus, Joliet, Illinois
National Shrine: National Shrine of Mary Immaculate, Queen of Universe, Lombard, Illinois
National Shrine: National Shrine of St. Therese, Darien, Illinois
Former Cathedral (now secular): Former Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus, Joliet, Illinois
Shrines in the Extraordinary Jubilee of Mercy

All Churches (132)

Peoria (↙), Rockford (↖), Chicago (↗), Gary (→), Lafayette in Indiana (↘)

Present Prelates

Bishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2019.12.27 – ...):	Bishop Richard Edmund Pates (77) Bishop emeritus of Des Moines (USA)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Joliet (Roman Rite)

Bishop Richard Edmund Pates (77)
(Apostolic Administrator 2019.12.27 – ...)

Bishop Robert Daniel Conlon (71)
(2011.05.17 – 2020.05.04)

Bishop emeritus of Joliet (USA)

Born:	1948.12.04 (Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1977.01.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2002.08.06

Bishop of Steubenville (USA) (2002.05.31 – 2011.05.17)

Bishop of Joliet (USA) (2011.05.17 – 2020.05.04)

Bishop James Peter Sartain (68) (later Archbishop)
(2006.05.16 – 2010.09.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Seattle (USA)

Of you my heart has spoken

Born:	1952.06.06 (Memphis, TN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1978.07.15
Consecrated Bishop:	2000.03.06

Bishop of Little Rock (USA) (2000.01.04 – 2006.05.16)

Bishop of Joliet (USA) (2006.05.16 – 2010.09.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Seattle (USA) (2010.09.16 – 2019.09.03)

Bishop Joseph Leopold Imesch
(1979.06.30 – 2006.05.16)

The Lord is near

Born:	1931.06.21 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1956.12.16
Consecrated Bishop:	1973.04.03
Died:	2015.12.22 († 84)

Titular Bishop of Pomaria (1973.02.08 – 1979.06.30)

Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit (USA) (1973.02.08 – 1979.06.30)

Bishop of Joliet (USA) (1979.06.30 – 2006.05.16)

Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette
(1966.07.19 – 1979.01.30)

Born:	1913.01.06 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1937.04.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1965.04.03
Died:	1982.01.10 († 69)

Titular Bishop of Maxita (1965.02.08 – 1966.07.19)

Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA) (1965.02.08 – 1966.07.19)

Bishop of Joliet (USA) (1966.07.19 – 1979.01.30)

Bishop Martin Dewey McNamara
(1948.12.17 – 1966.05.23)

Domine ut serviam

Born:	1896.05.12 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1922.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1949.03.07
Died:	1966.05.23 († 70)

Bishop of Joliet (USA) (1948.12.17 – 1966.05.23)

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Former Prelates

Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Joseph Mark Siegel (56) (2009.10.28 – 2017.10.18)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop James Edward Fitzgerald (2002.01.11 – 2003.06.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Roger Louis Kaffer (1985.04.25 – 2002.08.15)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel Leo Ryan (1981.08.14 – 1983.11.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B. (later Archbishop) (1977.06.06 – 1980.03.05)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Raymond James Vonesh (1968.01.05 – 1991.05.07)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Romeo Roy Blanchette (1965.02.08 – 1966.07.19)

as of 2020.06.16

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