Among their other duties, many auxiliary bishops of Chicago have served as episcopal vicars of the archdiocese’s vicariates. A vicariate is a geographical region of the archdiocese. Each vicar acts as a sort of day-to-day administrator on the archbishop’s behalf and report back to him about the needs and concerns of the people in the vicariates. Bishop Mark Bartosic will be episcopal vicar for Vicariate II. Bishop Robert Casey will be episcopal vicar for Vicariate III. Bishop Ronald Hicks will remain in his post as vicar general.Bishop Alberto Rojas will move from Vicariate III to Vicariate I. Here is a look at our vicariates based on the most recent data from the Office for Strategic Planning and Implementation. Vicariate I Bishop Alberto Rojas Number of parishes/missions: 53 October count: 85,000 Registered families: 111,000 Elementary schools: 29 Secondary schools: 4 Vicariate II Bishop Mark Bartosic Number of parishes/missions: 61 October count: 70,000 Registered families: 90,000 Elementary schools: 37 Secondary schools: 6 Vicariate III Bishop Robert Casey Number of parishes/missions: 53 October count: 57,000 Registered families: 45,000 Elementary schools: 27 Secondary schools: 6 Vicariate IV Bishop John Manz Number of parishes/missions: 59 October count: 75,000 Registered families: 70,000 Elementary schools: 29 Secondary schools: 6 Vicariate V Bishop Andrew Wypych Number of parishes/missions: 60 October count: 80,000 Registered families: 95,000 Elementary schools: 38 Secondary schools: 5 Vicariate VI Bishop Joseph Perry Number of parishes/missions: 61 October count: 29,000 Registered families: 27,000 Elementary schools: 21 Secondary schools: 6
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