Bishop Alberto Rojas says goodbye to archdiocese

Cardinal Cupich joined other Chicago auxiliary bishops and clergy from the San Bernardino Diocese at an evening vespers service for Bishop Alberto Rojas at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on Jan. 19, 2020. Pope Francis recently named him coadjutor bishop of San Bernardino (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

A member of the congregation records the opening procession. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Gloria Alcalá, secretary to Bishop Rojas when he served in Vicariate III, proclaims a reading during the service. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Karen Gorajski, administrative assistant for Vicariate I, delivers the intercessions. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

People hold hands in prayer during the service. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Rojas addresses the congregation. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Rojas was the main celebrant during a Mass where 18 people were instituted rites of Lectorate and Acolyte as part of the Instituto de Liderazgo Pastoral at St. Nicholas of Tolentine Parish, 3721 W. 62nd St., on Aug. 23, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Rojas smiles as he accepts the gifts during a Mass celebrating the 100th anniversary of Immaculate Conception Parish, 2745 W. 44th St., on Sept. 21, 2014. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Rojas plays a guitar and serenades Mary during a Mass to celebrate a new image of Our Lady of Guadalupe at Centro Espiritual Caminoy y Esperanza in St. Anne, Ill., on Dec. 10, 2011. Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic

Bishop Rojas washes the feet of teens during St. Agnes of Bohemia's “Pascua Juvenil” on Holy Thursday April 5, 2012. The three-day event was held at the Blessed Sacrament Youth Center, 3600 W. Cermak Road, in Little Village. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Rojas joins participants in song during an immigration posada outside St. Peter’s Church in the Loop on Dec. 19, 2014. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Rojas hands out white carnations at the end of a Mother’s Day Mass at St. Joseph Church, 4821 S. Hermitage Ave., on May 11, 2014. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Rojas blesses a boy during Communion at a Mass at Holy Family Church on Jan. 15, 2017. The Mass was held before the March for Life Chicago. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Rojas carries the Eucharist through the crowd during adoration at a concert for Cielo Abierto on June16, 2018. Cielo Abierto (Open Sky) is a Latin-American based initiative that uses sacred music and powerful preaching to evangelize. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Rojas calls worshipers to prayer during the beginning of Mass for Guadalupe Societies from parishes in the archdiocese at the shrine in Des Plaines on July 21, 2012. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Alberto Rojas blesses the congregation at the conclusion his ordination as an archdiocesan auxiliary bishop at Holy Name Cathedral on Aug. 10, 2011. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Cardinal Francis George anoints the head of Bishop Rojas during his ordination as a bishop at Holy Name Cathedral on Aug. 10, 2011. (Jon Hendricks/Chicago Catholic)