The Archdiocese of Chicago is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction or archdiocese of the Catholic Church located in Northeastern Illinois, in the United States. It was established as a diocese in 1843 and elevated to an archdiocese in 1880. It serves the more than 2.2 million Catholics in Cook and Lake counties in the state of Illinois, an area of 1,411 square miles (3,650 km2). The archdiocese is divided into six vicariates and 31 deaneries.
John George Vlazny is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
A territorial prelate is, in Catholic usage, a prelate whose geographic jurisdiction, called territorial prelature, does not belong to any diocese and is considered a particular church.
The Archdiocese of Porto Alegre is a Latin Rite Metropolitan Archbishopric of the Roman Catholic Church in Rio Grande do Sul state, southernmost Brazil.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cusco is a Latin Metropolitan archdiocese with see in the city and old Inca imperial capital of Cusco, in Peru.
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Arequipa is an archdiocese located in the city of Arequipa in Peru. It was erected by Pope Gregory XIII on 15 April 1577 at the request of King Phillip II of Spain.
The Territorial Prelature of Itaituba is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature located in the city of Itaituba in the Ecclesiastical province of Santarém in Brazil.
The Territorial Prelature of São Félix is a Roman Catholic territorial prelature in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso.
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Sicuani is a Roman Catholic diocese located in the city of Sicuani in the Ecclesiastical province of Cusco in Peru.
Timothy Joseph Lyne was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1983 to 1995.
John Raymond Manz is an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He severed as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago from 1996 to 2021.
Edward Cornelius O'Leary was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of the Diocese of Portland in Maine from1974 to 1988 and as auxiliary bishop of Portland from 1970 to 1974
Mário Roberto Emmett Anglim, C.Ss.R. was an American-born bishop in the Catholic Church. He served as the first Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Coari in the state of Amazonas, Brazil from 1964–1973.
Edwin Michael Conway was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois from 1995 to 2004.
James C. Burke, O.P. was an American-born bishop of the Catholic Church in Peru. He served as the Territorial Prelate of Chimbote from 1965 to 1978. After his retirement he served the Diocese of Wilmington in the U.S. state of Delaware from 1978 to 1994.
Hugo Mark Gerbermann, M.M. was an American-born Catholic missionary and bishop. As a member of the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (Maryknoll) he was assigned to missions in Ecuador and Guatemala. He served as the Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Huehuetenango in Guatemala before becoming the first bishop of the Diocese of Huehuetenango from 1967 to 1975. He then served as an Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of San Antonio in the United States from 1975 to 1982.
Redento Maria Gauci, O. Carm. was a Maltese Carmelite bishop who became the Prelate of Chuquibamba in Peru.
Jerome Arthur Pechillo, T.O.R. was an American missionary and bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the Prelate of Coronel Oviedo in Paraguay from 1961 to 1976, and auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Newark from 1976 to 1991.
Matthias Emich, O. Carm. was a Roman Catholic prelate who served as Auxiliary Bishop of Mainz (1476–1480).
Miguel La Fay Bardi, O. Carm., born Michael La Fay, was an American-born Roman Catholic prelate. La Fay Bardi served as the Prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Sicuani, now known as the present-day Roman Catholic Diocese of Sicuani in Sicuani, Peru, from July 26, 1999, until his retirement on July 10, 2013.
