Bishop Ronald Hicks is being installed at St. Patrick’s Cathedral today as the next archbishop of New York, replacing Cardinal Timothy Dolan, who has led the state’s 2.8 million Catholics for more than 15 years.
“I accept this appointment with humility and an open heart,” Hicks said, on his appointment by Pope Leo XIV, a fellow Chicagoan. “I ask for your support and your prayers, and I ask God to support us as always.”
Born in Harvey, Ill., Hicks grew up in South Holland, not far from the Chicago suburb of Dalton, where the pontiff was raised. Their similarities extend to much of their ideologies as well. Like Leo, Hicks has embraced a more welcoming and inclusive vision of Catholicism, in part inspired by the late Pope Francis, with a specific focus on social justice.
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