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Suffragan diocese Peoria, Illinois, United States

Diocese of Peoria

Peorien(sis)

Latin Church

The Diocese of Peoria is a Latin Church diocese in central Illinois erected in 1875 and a suffragan of the Archdiocese of Chicago. Its current ordinary is Bishop Louis Tylka, who succeeded as bishop in 2022.

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The address the register holds for Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception, in Peoria, United States.

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Established
1875
Catholics
121,965
Priests
192
Territory
43,856 km²

Parishes and churches

100 listed churches in our records. Open a parish for Mass times, confession, directions and sources where recorded.

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The bishop

Bishop
Louis Tylka
Born
26 May 1970
Birthplace
Harvey

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The cathedral

Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception stands in Peoria, the church that holds the cathedra from which this see takes its name.

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History

North central Illinois in the United States is served by the Diocese of Peoria (Latin: Diœcesis Peoriensis), a suffragan of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago. Louis Tylka is the bishop, and the diocese's mother church is the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception in Peoria.

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  • Bishop Louis Tylka to merge St Mary and St John parishes into Blessed Fulton J. Sheen Parish

    Bishop Louis Tylka of the Diocese of Peoria announced that St. Mary Catholic Church in El Paso, Illinois, will merge with St. John Parish in nearby Benson to form Blessed Fulton J. Sheen Parish. The new parish name will take effect on December 9, the feast day of the newly beatified archbishop. The announcement followed a Mass of Thanksgiving held on September 26 at St. Mary, the site where Fulton J. Sheen was baptized in 1895. While the new parish will carry the name of the blessed archbishop, the individual church buildings will retain their original names. Bishop John Barres of the Diocese of Rockville Centre celebrated the Mass. Barres, who was baptized by Sheen, spoke about the significance of the location where Sheen's life in Christ began. The merger follows the recent beatification of Sheen, who was declared blessed on September 24 in St. Louis.

    Sep 28, 2026 · Dioceses · 9 sources

  • Cardinal Tagle leads beatification Mass for Fulton Sheen

    Sep 28, 2026 · Vatican · 22 sources

  • Blessed Sheen's baptismal church to be part of 1st parish named for him (OSV News)

    Sep 28, 2026 · Dioceses

  • Bishop Louis Tylka to merge St. Mary’s Church in El Paso, Illinois, with St. John Parish in Benson on Dec. 9

    Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria announced Sept. 26 that St. Mary Catholic Church in El Paso, Illinois, will merge with St. John Parish in nearby Benson. The newly formed parish will be named Blessed Fulton J. Sheen and is scheduled to begin on Dec. 9, the first feast day observance for the newly beatified archbishop. The announcement followed a Mass of Thanksgiving at St. Mary’s, the site where Blessed Sheen was baptized on May 12, 1895. Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Centre, New York, celebrated the Mass. Bishop Barres, who was baptized by Blessed Sheen, noted during his homily that the location holds significance because it is where Sheen received the sacrament of baptism.

    Sep 28, 2026 · Dioceses · 3 sources

  • Cardinal Luis Tagle receives relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen

    Cardinal Luis Tagle received a first-class relic of Blessed Fulton Sheen during the beatification Mass in St. Louis. James Fulton Engstrom, the teenager whose 2010 miraculous healing led to Sheen's beatification, presented the relic to Tagle, who served as the main celebrant. The relic is the mandible, or jawbone, of Fulton J. Sheen. Bishop Louis Tylka of the Diocese of Peoria, Sheen's home diocese, said the choice of the jawbone is significant because of Sheen's ability to preach, teach, and communicate the faith. Engstrom was declared dead for 61 minutes following his birth before breathing spontaneously, an event the Church attributed to Sheen's intercession. Msgr. Jason Gray, executive director of the Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen Foundation, noted that those healed in such miracles often participate in the beatification process.

    Sep 28, 2026 · Vatican · 4 sources

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