Milwaukee, Wis., Nov 14, 2009 / 10:28 am
The Most Rev. Jerome E. Listecki, until now Bishop of La Crosse and a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army, has been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI to succeed the Most Rev. Timothy Dolan as the new Archbishop of Milwaukee.
“I am humbled by my selection as the Archbishop of Milwaukee. I will do my best to fulfill the confidence His Holiness Benedict XVI has placed in me," said the Archbishop-elect in a statement.
Jerome Listecki was born March 12, 1949 in Chicago. He attended St. Michael the Archangel Grammar School, Quigley Preparatory Seminary, South High School and Niles College of Loyola University. He began his graduate studies at the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary in 1971 and was ordained a priest on May 14, 1975.
His first assignment as a priest was at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Chicago from 1975-1976.