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The Archdiocese of Chicago (Latin: Archidiœcesis Chicagiensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, an archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Northeastern Illinois, in the United States. It was established as a diocese in 1843 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1880.
- United States
- Blase J. Cupich
- November 28, 1843; 179 years ago
Jun 18, 2010 · From around the third century B.C., what we call “classical” Latin was the language of the Roman aristocracy and the educated classes. Around the time Jesus was born, during the reign of Augustus Caesar, the language began to change.
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Oct 2, 2022 · Nick Chapello, who directs St. John Cantius’ language program, reports that its Latin masses, the only remaining ones in the Chicago Archdiocese, draw South Siders who formerly attended Christ...
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.
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
Dec 27, 2021 · Cardinal Blase Cupich has issued a new policy for the Archdiocese of Chicago that curtails the celebration of the Traditional Latin Mass and prohibits the use of pre-Vatican II Roman missals...
- CNA Staff
Jul 20, 2021 · The Church used Latin for centuries because it was born in the Roman Empire and when that empire fell, it kept it as a way to unify Catholics around the entire world.
Roman Catholicism became firmly established in Chicago when the initial French settlement organized the city’s first parish, Old St. Mary’s, in 1833 under the direction of Fr. Jean Marie Ireneaus St. Cyr.
