Peoria Diocese to Reduce the Number of Parishes in the Diocese by Half
The Peoria Diocese covers 26 counties in Illinois. Out of a total population of 1.4 million, nearly 11% of that population is Catholic, the diocese says.
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Peoria Diocese Continues Promoting Beatification Cause of Fulton Sheen
Born in El Paso, Illinois on May 8, 1895, Peter John Sheen was ordained a priest of the Peoria diocese on Sept. 20, 1919. He was called “Fulton” in honor of his mother’s maiden name.
Pope Francis Names Chicago Priest Coadjutor of Peoria Diocese
According to the Diocese of Peoria, due to the strict quarantine imposed on Illinois during the coronavirus, the date of Bishop elect Tylka’s episcopal ordination and installation at the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Immaculate Conception “may be undecided for some time.”
Peoria Official: Venerable Fulton Sheen Beatification Delay an Act of ‘Sabotage’
Venerable Fulton Sheen was an American archbishop and television personality who was set to be beatified Dec. 21.
Court Rules Bishop Sheen’s Body Goes to Peoria
The cause for the canonization of Archbishop Sheen, held up since 2014, appears ready to move forward.
Let Archbishop Sheen’s Cause Proceed!
COMMENTARY: Many of us are eager to see the great preacher canonized.
Progress on Archbishop Sheen’s Cause?
Diocese of Peoria Announces Relatives’ Request to Transfer His Body
