{"id":125013,"date":"2026-02-06T11:55:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:55:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/125013\/"},"modified":"2026-02-06T11:55:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T11:55:07","slug":"new-yorks-archbishop-designate-ronald-hicks-to-be-formally-installed-at-st-patricks-cathedral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/125013\/","title":{"rendered":"New York’s Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks to be formally installed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop Ronald Hicks will officially assume his new title as New York’s archbishop at a service Friday afternoon.<\/p>\n

The installation Mass<\/a> will take place at 2 p.m. at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Midtown Manhattan. It will start with the Illinois-native knocking on the doors where Cardinal Timothy Dolan will welcome him in, marking the start of an official transfer of leadership.\u00a0<\/p>\n

A vespers ceremony<\/a>\u00a0was held Thursday night, which included psalms, hymns, scriptures and prayers. This gave clergy and religious people a way to pray for the new archbishop and the diocese.\u00a0 <\/p>\n

CBS News New York will stream the full installation Mass with special coverage starting at 1:30 p.m. <\/p>\n

The installation ceremony will be full of symbolism<\/p>\n

The larger-than-normal Mass will feature many important symbols<\/a>.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The 58-year-old will be formally appointed as an official document from Pope Leo XIV\u00a0<\/a>is read. Then, he will sit in the cathedra, which is the bishop’s chair. This symbolizes his new authority over the archdiocese.<\/p>\n

Two thousand people are expected to attend, including numerous religious figures such as bishops, priests and deacons. <\/p>\n

At a news conference Thursday, Hicks said there will also be representatives from other faith traditions, “plus we’ll have people from government, business, labor, service, education, first responders, the arts.”<\/p>\n

Some of Hicks’ family members will also attend. His brother, sister-in-law, cousin and her husband will be bringing up the gifts at Mass, and his oldest nephew read at the vespers ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Scriptures, psalms and gospels will be read, and the Holy Communion will be given, like a typical Mass.\u00a0<\/p>\n

The archbishop-designate also said the ceremony will feature some Spanish because it’s important to include the Latino community.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Tasks on the agenda for the new archbishop<\/p>\n

One of the incoming archbishop’s biggest first tasks will be overseeing the implementation of a $300 million settlement<\/a> that Cardinal Dolan finalized to compensate sex abuse victims who sued the church. <\/p>\n

He will also have to navigate relations with the Trump administration and its immigration crackdown. This is a topic he has not shied away from.<\/p>\n

“My message is, how do we treat each other with respect? How simply do we see each other as brothers and sisters? And. And use that as a foundation for everything else,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hicks’ ties to Pope Leo XIV<\/p>\n

Hicks comes to New York from the diocese of Joliet, Illinois.<\/p>\n

He grew up in suburban Chicago, just 14 blocks away from the pope’s childhood home.<\/p>\n

Besides their shared roots, both men speak fluent Spanish and ministered to the poor in South America.<\/p>\n

“They come from almost the same neighborhood in suburban Chicago, and they spent those years as missionaries in Latin America. It gave them a whole new perspective, a shared perspective on what the church needs to do,” said Fordham University’s David Gibson.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Hicks lived in El Salvador for five years, starting in 2005, working as a regional director of an organization caring for orphaned and abandoned children.\u00a0<\/p>\n

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