Bishop Brendan Cahill was installed Wednesday as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Joliet as part of a Mass at the Cathedral of St. Raymond Nonnatus. Bishop Cahill was previously the Bishop of Victoria, TX, and presently serves as Chairman of the Committee on Immigration for the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB).
Bishop Cahill heard and accepted the mandate from Pope Leo XIV to begin his ministry as Bishop of Joliet. (Source: Diocese of Joliet on YouTube)
“Pope St. John Paul II had a vision of one America, with Mary, Our Lady of Guadalupe, as one mother of all these people,” Bishop Cahill said in his homily. “Let us all live with love and respect for one another – one body, one spirit in Christ, loving one another as Our Savior taught us. We can live that friendship with Jesus in our friendship with others. Vatican II and Gaudium et spes teach us that everyone must love every other person as a neighbor.”
Bishop Chris Glancy, CSV, processed in with his brother bishops, including Bishop Cahill’s predecessor Archbishop Ronald Hicks of New York. Cardinal Blase Cupich, Archbishop of Chicago, opened the liturgy and introduced Apostolic Nuncio Archbishop Gabriele Giordano Caccia, who welcomed Bishop Cahill and read the papal mandate from Pope Leo XIV. Then, representatives of the diocesan clergy, local religious, and the laity came forward to greet the newly installed bishop. The Mass included prayers, readings, and music in English, Spanish, Polish, and more.
Bishop Brendan J. Cahill (Source: DioJoliet.org/Diocese of Joliet)
Bishop Cahill also affirmed his predecessors and the good work already underway in the Diocese of Joliet. “Bishop Conlon and Archbishop Hicks have already begun that path with ‘Go’ and ‘Make’ to go make disciples – I thought it was a new idea, but you’ve already gotten us started. We already have pastoral letters. So, Lord Jesus, how can I make time, how can I arrange my life, how I can be open to someone and make room for others most in need?”
Viatorians administer and serve several parishes in the Diocese of Joliet: Pastor Fr. Jason Nesbit, CSV, and Parochial Vicar Fr. Moses Mesh, CSV, serve Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Bourbonnais, IL; Pastor Fr. Patrick Render, CSV, serves St. George Parish in Bourbonnais, IL; Pastor Bishop Chris Glancy, CSV, serves St. Patrick Parish in Kankakee, IL, and Sacred Heart Church in Pembroke Township, IL. St. Patrick Pastor Emeritus Fr. John Peeters, CSV, and Director of Novices Fr. Dan Lydon, CSV, both assist with Sacraments in the area, and many Viatorian associates belong to and serve these parishes, too. Several of our priests attended and concelebrated the installation Mass.
May God bless Bishop Cahill!
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