Bishop Ronald Hicks welcomed to New York by Cardinal Dolan
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Cardinal Timothy Dolan reveals book and documentary offers as he steps down from his role as archbishop of New York, a position he has held for 16 years.
Multiple news reports indicated that Pope Leo XIV had chosen Bishop Ronald Hicks, 58, of the Diocese of Joliet, Illinois — the pontiff's hometown is on the south side of Chicago — to be the next archbishop of New York.
The Vatican is reportedly preparing to accept Cardinal Timothy Dolan's resignation as Archbishop of New York, a move that could herald the appointment of an Illinois bishop to lead America's largest Catholic archdiocese.