Bishop Ronald Hicks has been an acolyte of Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich, and is one of the pope’s first major U.S. appointments since being elected as worldwide leader of the Catholic church following the death of Pope Francis.

Pope Leo ‌replaced Cardinal Timothy Dolan ​as the leader of the ‍Catholic Church in ​New York, the ​Vatican ⁠announced on Thursday, side-lining a prominent U.S. Church figure in a major shake-up of th...

Joliet Bishop Ronald Hicks will replace the retiring Cardinal Timothy Dolan, a prominent conservative figure in the U.S. Catholic hierarchy.