New York Archbishop-elect Ronald Hicks meets people at St. Patrick’s Cathedral on Dec. 18, 2025, in New York City. / Credit: Adam Gray/Getty Images
Vatican City, Dec 18, 2025 / 06:00 am (CNA).
Pope Leo XIV has appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois, as the next archbishop of New York — the most consequential U.S. episcopal appointment of Leo’s pontificate thus far — the Vatican announced Thursday.
The appointment was first reported by Spanish outlet Religión Digital on Dec. 15 and independently confirmed by EWTN News on Dec. 17.
For more on the new leader of Catholics in the Archdiocese of New York, read Jonathan Liedl’s profile here.
This is a developing story.
