HOLY FATHER APPOINTS MOST REVEREND R. DANIEL CONLON
AS NEW BISHOP FOR THE DIOCESE OF JOLIET
His Holiness, Pope Benedict XVI, has named Most Reverend R. Daniel Conlon currently Bishop in the Diocese of Steubenville Ohio as the new Bishop for the Diocese of Joliet-in Illinois.
The appointment was announced in Washington on May 17, 2011 by Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Apostolic Nuncio to the United States.
After his installation, Bishop-designate Conlon will be the fifth Bishop for the Joliet diocese, which includes more than 650,000 Catholics throughout seven counties in the northeast part of Illinois. He will be installed on July 14 2011 at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus in Joliet.