Francis Joseph Kane
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Francis Joseph Kane |
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| Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago Titular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie |
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| Archdiocese | Chicago |
| Appointed | January 24, 2003 |
| Installed | March 19, 2003 |
| Other posts | Titular Bishop of Sault Sainte Marie |
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| Ordination | May 14, 1969 by John Cody |
| Consecration | March 19, 2003 by Francis George, Raymond E. Goedert, and Ricardo Watty Urquidi |
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| Born |
October 30, 1942 Chicago, Illinois |
| Motto | THY KINGDOM COME |
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Styles of Francis Joseph Kane |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Francis Joseph Kane (born October 30, 1942) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He currently serves as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago (serving as Episcopal Vicar of the Archdiocese of Chicago's Vicariate II, which encompasses much of the North Side of Chicago, and several parishes in northern Cook County, Illinois).
Effective Monday, July 1, 2013, he replaced the retiring Monsignor John F. Canary (who will be active at the Archdiocese's Cardinal Stritch Retreat House and in service to nearby parishes in his retirement as a senior priest), as the Vicar General of the Archdiocese.
Born in Chicago, Illinois, Francis Kane attended Our Lady of Peace Elementary School and graduated from Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary in 1961. He then earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Niles College in 1963, and a Bachelor of Sacred Theology from St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in 1969.
Kane was ordained to the priesthood by John Cardinal Cody at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary on Wednesday, May 14, 1969. He then served as associate pastor at St. John Fisher Parish until 1975, and was also named associate director of Center for Pastoral Ministry in 1973. He was associate pastor at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish from 1975 to 1979, and director of the Office for the Ministry of Peace and Justice (1979-1985) and of the Office of Evangelization and Christian Life (1983-1993). He was director of Catholic Relief Services from 1982 to 1987.
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