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The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago is a Particular Church of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States . The Archdiocese of Chicago is one of the largest dioceses in the nation by population and comprises Cook and Lake counties, covering 1,411 square miles (3,653 km&2) of Illinois . The original Diocese of Chicago was created on November 28 , 1842 , and was elevated to the dignity of an archdiocese on September 10 , 1880 . On September 27 , 1908 , the Diocese Of Rockford was broken off from the Archdiocese, and to create the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois on December 11 , 1948 , territory was taken from Peoria, Rockford and Chicago diocese. The Archbishop of Chicago concurrently serves as Metropolitan Bishop of the Ecclesiastical Province of Chicago, whose Suffragan Bishop s are the bishops of Belleville , Joliet , Peoria , Rockford , and Springfield .1 It has become customary for each successive Archbishop of Chicago to be raised to the rank of Cardinal by the Pope in Consistory , but the offices are not formally linked. Francis Eugene Cardinal George , OMI is the current Archbishop of Chicago. |
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