Fifteen Permanent Catholic Deacons will be Ordained on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at 10 a.m. at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago
The Archdiocese of Chicago has the largest Catholic diaconate in the world with 459 active deacons.
Chicago, (May 6, 2025) – Fifteen permanent Catholic deacons will be ordained at 10 a.m. on Saturday, May 10, 2025, at Holy Name Cathedral, 735 N. State St., Chicago. Bishop Lawrence Sullivan, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Chicago, will be the main celebrant at the ordination and will offer the homily. The newly ordained deacons will be assigned to parishes in Blue Island, Chicago, Cicero, Des Plaines, Flossmoor, Inverness, Lake Forest, Mundelein, Niles, Oak Lawn, River Forest, Skokie, Wadsworth, Wauconda and Waukegan.
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