Robert Gerald Casey

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His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Robert Gerald Casey
Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago
Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Maius
Archdiocese Chicago
AppointedJuly 3, 2018
InstalledSeptember 17, 2018
Other post(s)Titular Bishop of Thuburbo Maius
Orders
OrdinationMay 21, 1994
by  Joseph Bernardin
ConsecrationSeptember 17, 2018
by  Blase J. Cupich, Francis J. Kane, and George J. Rassas
Personal details
Born (1967-09-23) September 23, 1967 (age 56)
Evergreen Park, Illinois
MottoInto your hands
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Religious style Bishop

Robert Gerald Casey (born September 23, 1967) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He has been serving as an auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois since 2018.

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Biography

Early life

Robert Casey was born on September 23, 1967, in Evergreen Park, Illinois. He is the fourth of five children of Michael Casey, a butcher, and Margaret Casey, a nurse. When he was a child, his family moved to Alsip, Illinois. He attended Stony Creek Elementary School and Prairie Junior High School in that town. Casey then entered Marist High School in Chicago, where he started considering the priesthood. [1] [2]

After graduating from Marist in 1985, Casey entered Niles College Seminary of Loyola University Chicago. He graduated from Niles in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. He then entered the University of St. Mary of the Lake, in Mundelein, Illinois, receiving a Master of Divinity degree in 1994 [1] [3]

Priesthood

On May 21, 1994, Casey was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Chicago at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin. [4]

After his ordination in 1994, the archdiocese assigned Casey as associate pastor of St. Ita Parish in Chicago. In 1998, he was also appointed associate director of Casa Jesus, a priesthood recruiting program aimed at Hispanic men. By 1999, Casey was working full time as its director. In 2003, he undertook a 40-day pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela in Spain. [3]

After returning from Spain later in 2003, the archdiocese named Casey as pastor of Our Lady of Tepeyac Parish in Chicago. [2] Casey was suspended in 2008 for four weeks while the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services investigated a sexual abuse allegation against him at that parish. The archdiocese returned him to ministry after the investigation determined the complaint was unfounded. [5]

The archdiocese transferred Casey in 2009 to serve as pastor of St. Barbara Parish in Brookfield, Illinois. Casey left St. Barbara in 2016 to become pastor of St. Bede the Venerable Parish in Chicago. [2]

Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago

Pope Francis appointed Casey as an auxiliary bishop of Chicago on July 3, 2018. [3] [6] On September 17, 2018, Casey was consecrated at Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago by Cardinal Blase Cupich. His co-consecrators were Auxiliary Bishops Francis J. Kane and George J. Rassas. [4]

After his installation, Cupich assigned Casey as vicar for Vicariate III. In 2020, Cupich appointed him as vicar general for the archdiocese. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 Martin, Michelle (September 6, 2018). "Bishop Robert Casey: Call to priesthood came early". Chicago Catholic. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Auxiliary Bishops - Archdiocese of Chicago". www.archchicago.org. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  3. 1 2 3 "Pope Francis Appoints Reverends Ronald Hicks, Robert Casey and Mark Bartosic as Auxiliary Bishops of Archdiocese of Chicago; Accepts Resignation of Auxiliary Bishops George Rassas and Francis Kane". US Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved July 3, 2018.
  4. 1 2 "Joseph Louis Cardinal Bernardin [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
  5. ↑ Armentrout, Mitchell (2018-09-15). "Cupich's soon-to-be auxiliary bishop was cleared in '08 misconduct probe: church". Chicago Sun-Times. Retrieved 2024-01-20.
  6. ↑ "Pope Francis Names Three New Auxiliary Bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago". Archdiocese of Chicago. Retrieved July 3, 2018.

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