Robert Daniel Conlon
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Robert Daniel Conlon |
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| Bishop of Joliet | |
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| Archdiocese | Chicago |
| Diocese | Joliet |
| Appointed | May 17, 2011 |
| Installed | July 14, 2011 |
| Predecessor | J. Peter Sartain |
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| Ordination | January 15, 1977 |
| Consecration | May 31, 2002 by Daniel Edward Pilarczyk, Gilbert Sheldon, and Sydney Anicetus Charles |
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December 4, 1948 Cincinnati, Ohio |
| Previous post | Bishop of Steubenville |
| Motto | TAKE COURAGE |
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Styles of Robert Daniel Conlon |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Robert Daniel Conlon (born December 4, 1948) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois.
From August 6, 2002 until May 17, 2011 Bishop Conlon served as Bishop of the Diocese of Steubenville, Ohio. As the current Bishop of Joliet, Conlon succeeds Archbishop James Peter Sartain who in September 2010 was appointed Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle, Washington.
Robert Conlon was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, as the eldest of the six children of Robert and Carla (née Holzman) Conlon. He attended St. Mary Church in Hyde Park as a child, and received the diaconate on March 9, 1974. Conlon obtained his Master's in Divinity from the Athenaeum of Ohio in 1975,
Conlon served as a deacon at St. Agnes Church in Cincinnati, where he was ordained to the priesthood on January 15, 1977. He then served as associate pastor at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Cincinnati until July 1982.
From 1981 to 1983, Conlon worked within the archdiocesan curia of Cincinnati, as director of the Office of Planning and Research and assistant chancellor. He then furthered his studies at St. Paul University in Ottawa, from where he earned his doctorate in canon law and in philosophy in January 1987. Upon his return to the United States, Conlon was made chancellor for Cincinnati and director of its Department of Executive Services. He later became pastor of Holy Redeemer Church in New Bremen on August 6, 1996.
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