From NY Post: Timothy Cardinal Dolan’s 16-year tenure as Archbishop of New York came to an end on Thursday, with a bishop from Pope Leo XIV’s native Windy City set to assume the holy throne.
Pope Leo accepted Dolan’s resignation and appointed Bishop Ronald Hicks from his home state of Illinois as Dolan’s successor as the head of the Archdiocese of New York, the Vatican confirmed.
Hicks, 58, head of the Diocese of Joliet, had been rumored to be next in line after Dolan reached the mandatory retirement age of 75 in February, church insiders told The Post earlier this week.
Hick inherits the Archdiocese in New York as it works to raise $300 million to settle over 1,000 child sex abuse claims against clergy and staff members.
According to the report, the legal settlement has led to cost-cutting measures, layoffs, and the sale of valuable church property.
Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of His Eminence Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, 75, from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of New York, and has appointed Most Reverend Ronald A. Hicks, currently Bishop of Joliet, as the Metropolitan Archbishop of New York.
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