Among their other duties, many auxiliary bishops of Chicago have served as episcopal vicars of the archdiocese’s vicariates.
A vicariate is a geographical region of the archdiocese. Each vicar acts as a sort of day-to-day administrator on the archbishop’s behalf and reports back to him about the needs and concerns of the people in the vicariates.
Bishop Kevin Birmingham will continue as director of the Department of Parish Vitality and Mission.
Here is a look at our vicariates based on the most recent data from the Office for Strategic Planning and Implementation.
Vicariate I
Bishop Jeffrey Grob
Number of parishes/missions: 51
October count: 79,000
Registered families: 113,000
Elementary schools: 26
Secondary schools: 4
Vicariate II
Bishop Mark Bartosic
Number of parishes/missions: 52
October count: 63,500
Registered families: 86,000
Elementary schools: 36
Secondary schools: 5
Vicariate III
Bishop Robert Lombardo, CFR
Number of parishes/missions: 43
October count: 48,000
Registered families: 44,000
Elementary schools: 25
Secondary schools: 6
Vicariate IV
Bishop John Manz
Number of parishes/missions: 52
October count: 72,000
Registered families: 68,000
Elementary schools: 26
Secondary schools: 5
Vicariate V
Bishop Andrew Wypych
Number of parishes/missions: 55
October count: 76,500
Registered families: 91,000
Elementary schools: 34
Secondary schools: 5
Vicariate VI
Bishop Joseph Perry
Number of parishes/missions: 49
October count: 26,000
Registered families: 25,000
Elementary schools: 20
Secondary schools: 6