Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
Iolietten(sis) in Illinois
Suffragan diocese · Latin Church · Joliet, Illinois, United States
The Diocese of Joliet in Illinois is a Latin Church diocese covering seven counties in northeastern Illinois, erected in 1948. The see is currently vacant, with Bishop Dennis E. Spies serving as Apostolic Administrator after Ronald A. Hicks was named Archbishop of New York in early 2026.
The see
- Rank
- Suffragan diocese
- Tradition
- Latin Church
- Erected
- 11 December 1948
- Latin
- Iolietten(sis) in Illinois
- Patron
- St. Francis Xavier
- Annuario code
- 001001752
The see in figures
- Catholics
- 520,148
- Population
- 1,961,747
- Catholic share
- 26.5%
- Priests
- 267
- Catholics per priest
- 1,948
- Extent
- 10,925 km²
- Catholics per km²
- 48
of the people living within its bounds
Figures as recorded in the register, from the Annuario Pontificio and the see's own published statements. Shares and ratios are computed from the two figures shown beside them.
The bishop
- Apostolic Administrator
- Dennis E. Spies (Apostolic Administrator)
- Born
- 5 March 1968
- Birthplace
- Clifton
A see whose chair stands empty is recorded as vacant rather than filled with a guess. On what a bishop is, see the bishop.
The cathedral
Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus stands in Joliet, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.
On what a cathedral is, see the cathedral; every see church on earth is gathered at the cathedrals.
The province of Chicago
A suffragan of Archdiocese of Chicago.
The sees of this province:
- Archdiocese of ChicagoChicago
- Diocese of BellevilleBelleville
- Diocese of PeoriaPeoria
- Diocese of RockfordRockford
- Diocese of Springfield in IllinoisSpringfield
On how the Church is ordered into provinces, see the diocese.
What is kept by invitation
The record above is published because it is public: what this see is, when it was erected, who holds its chair, and where it stands among its neighbours.
The working record is not. The chancery's address, telephone and email, the clergy of the see, and the hours of Mass, confession and adoration in the parishes within it are kept for members, and a person reads every request.
Sources
The see's own website · Wikipedia
This record is compiled from the published statements of the see and the references of the Holy See, among them the Annuario Pontificio. On the method, see the keeping of the record. Whoever finds an error is asked, in charity, to write: [email protected].