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Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet

Diocese of Joliet in Illinois
Dioecesis Joliettensis in Illinois
Joliet Crest.svg
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
Information
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
Map
Diocese of Joliet in Illinois map 1.png
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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