Diocese of Joliet
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Diocese of Joliet in Illinois Dioecesis Joliettensis in Illinois |
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| Location | |
| Country | United States |
| Ecclesiastical province | Chicago |
| Metropolitan | Chicago |
| Statistics | |
| Area | 4,218 sq mi (10,920 km2) |
| Population - Total - Catholics |
(as of 2010) 1,904,000 655,051 (34.4%) |
| Parishes | 120 |
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| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Rite | Latin Rite |
| Established | December 11, 1948 (68 years ago) |
| Cathedral | Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus |
| Patron saint | St. Francis Xavier |
| Current leadership | |
| Pope | Francis |
| Bishop | R. Daniel Conlon |
| Auxiliary Bishops | Joseph M. Siegel |
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| Website | |
| www.dioceseofjoliet.org | |
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois (Latin: Dioecesis Joliettensis in Illinois) is an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. It comprises the City of Joliet in Illinois and its surrounding counties: DuPage, Ford, Grundy, Iroquois, Kankakee, Kendall and Will. It is governed by a bishop, who is a suffragan of the Archbishop of Chicago. The mother church is the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus.
On May 17, 2011, the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States, Archbishop Pietro Sambi, announced that Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop R. Daniel Conlon, 62, until then Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville in Steubenville, Ohio (part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Cincinnati, Ohio), as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet (part of the Ecclesiastical Province of Chicago, Illinois), succeeding Archbishop James Peter Sartain, who became archbishop of Seattle, Washington in September 2010.
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