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In 1880 Rome designated the Diocese of Chicago an archdiocese, raising it to preeminence among all dioceses in the region and establishing its bishop as an archbishop. Ethnic Expansion: 1879–1915 Two bishops presided over this era of recovery and growth, Patrick A. Feehan and James Edward Quigley.
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The late nineteenth century saw more generalized service...
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Lake County, 33 miles NW of the Loop. An 1850s settlement of...
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California became part of the Diocese of Sonora in 1779. The Diocese of Both Californias, based in San Diego, was established in 1840. After the Mexican–American War, the Mexican portion was split off in 1849, with the United States portion becoming the Diocese of Monterey.
Click to enlarge. Chicago, Archdiocese of (CHICAGIENSIS); diocese created November 28, 1843; raised to the rank of an archdiocese, September 10, 1880; comprises the State of Illinois, U.S.A., north of the south line of Whiteside, Lee, DeKalb, Grundy and Kankakee Counties, a territory of 10,379 square miles.
Jun 5, 2011 · Queen of All Saints Parish was created in 1929 in what the “History of the Parishes of the Archdiocese of Chicago” (1980) called a “remote prairie wilderness” inhabited by about 40 Catholic families.
By 1964 there were over 3.7 million Catholics in the state, and in 1991, Los Angeles topped Chicago as the single largest archdiocese in the country. Growth, Achievements and Challenges. The immediate impact of all this was a sharp increase in both parochial and Catholic school building.
Nov 27, 2016 · When Chicago became an archdiocese in 1880, its leaders from that point on were made archbishops. All but the first two of the nine archbishops have been named cardinals. Six of Chicago’s ordinaries were born in Europe or Canada and seven were born in the United States.
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CHICAGO, ARCHDIOCESE OF A metropolitan see (Chicagiensis ) comprising Cook and Lake counties, IL, an area of 1,411 sq. miles, with a population (1999) of 5,682,000, of whom 2,358,000 (41%) were Catholics; the diocese was erected Nov. 28, 1843; the archdiocese, Sept. 10, 1880.
