Bishop from Pope Leo’s home state may be named today to replace Cardinal Dolan in NY

Pope Leo XIV is expected to appoint Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet as the next Archbishop of New York, The Pillar has confirmed, with an announcement expected as early as today. Sources close to the bishop say he was close to the late Cardinal Francis George, who led the archdiocese from 1997 until 2014. The bishop said that he saw similarities between himself and Prevost, with the two having grown up nearby one another, having “played in the same parks, went swimming in the same pools, liked the same pizza places.”