{"id":73410,"date":"2025-12-17T15:57:20","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:57:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/73410\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T15:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T15:57:20","slug":"bishop-hicks-head-of-joliet-diocese-reported-to-be-headed-for-new-york-city-shaw-local","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/73410\/","title":{"rendered":"Bishop Hicks, head of Joliet diocese, reported to be headed for New York City \u2013 Shaw Local"},"content":{"rendered":"

Bishop Ron Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet<\/a>, appears to be poised to be named the next archbishop of New York.<\/p>\n

Catholic media, the New York Post, and local Catholics are hearing that Hicks <\/a>is headed for New York City.<\/p>\n

The Diocese of Joliet did not respond to requests for comment, and the announcement ultimately would come from Pope Leo XIV, a Chicago-area native with relatives in Will County<\/a>.<\/p>\n

But speculation about Hicks appointment has been spreading quickly this week.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat\u2019s what I\u2019m hearing,\u201d Michael Hansen, a retired Joliet attorney who is active in the Catholic community, told Shaw Local on Monday as media speculation about Hick\u2019s appointment first began to surface.<\/p>\n

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Bishop Ronald Hicks, of the Diocese of Joliet, at a Mass celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV on Friday, May 9, 2025, at Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet. (Felix Sarver)<\/p>\n

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Bishop Ronald Hicks, of the Diocese of Joliet, at a Mass celebrating the election of Pope Leo XIV on Friday, May 9, 2025, at Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet. (Felix Sarver)<\/p>\n

Hansen said previous speculation was that Hicks would be named archbishop of Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt looks like he\u2019s going on to bigger and better things,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Cardinal Blase Cupich is the archbishop of Chicago.<\/p>\n

\u201cHicks is a very spiritual man, and he\u2019s very close to Cupich, who is really calling the shots for Pope Leo in the United States,\u201d Hansen said.<\/p>\n

Media outlets for two days have been citing unnamed sources in reports that Hicks will be named archbishop of New York.<\/p>\n

The New York Post on Tuesday cited \u201cwell-placed sources\u201d and \u201cinsiders\u201d while reporting that Pope Leo XIV \u201cwill possibly name\u201d Hicks as the next archbishop of New York after accepting Cardinal Timothy Dolan\u2019s resignation.<\/p>\n

Dolan submitted his resignation in February after reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75.<\/p>\n

The pope does not always accept retirements based on age.<\/p>\n

Cardinal Cupich, 76, submitted his resignation last year, which contributed to speculation that he would be replaced by Hicks.<\/p>\n

The Pillar, a Catholic media outlet with a focus on investigative reporting, published a story on Tuesday with the headline \u201cConfirmed: Joliet\u2019s Bishop Hicks to NYC.\u201d<\/p>\n

Citing unnamed sources in Rome, The Pillar reported that an announcement of Hicks appointment as archbishop of New York is likely to be made on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Hicks, who grew up in Harvey, has been bishop of the Diocese of Joliet since 2020.<\/p>\n

Harvey is located near Dolton, which is the hometown for Pope Leo XIV,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Bishop Ron Hicks, head of the Diocese of Joliet, appears to be poised to be named the next…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73411,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[37167,37193,5741,37192,7625,7055,37194,9,24,55,54,56,7057],"class_list":["post-73410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york-city","tag-diocese-of-joliet","tag-dupage-county","tag-faith","tag-grundy-county","tag-joliet","tag-kankakee-county","tag-kendall-county","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-new-york-city-headlines","tag-new-york-city-news","tag-ny","tag-will-county"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73410"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73410\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}