Bishop John Manz: 50 years a priest, 25 years a bishop

Bishop Manz tours a farmworker community with worker advocates Lucas Benitez, left, and Gerardo Reyes Chávez in Immokolee, Fla., Nov. 3, 2004. (CNS photo by Ed Foster Jr.)

Bishop Manz listens to a confirmation candidate answer a question at St. Adalbert Church, 1650 W. 17th St., on June 6, 2009. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz joins faithful from combined parishes in the Pilsen neighborhood to celebrate a community Mass at the Resurrection Project (old St. Vitus Church plaza) at the corner of Paulina Street and 18th Place on Aug. 27, 2010. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Rev. Jesse Jackson speaks on the purpose of the day as Catholics joined people from different denominations at First Baptist Congregational Church, 1613 W. Washington Blvd., for a rally focusing on immigration and human rights on Jan. 16, 2010. To the right of him is Bishop Manz. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz blesses the construction site for a new parish center at St. Aloysius Church, 2300 W. LeMoyne St., on June 19, 2011. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz celebrates Mass at Ronan Park (located at Sacramento & Ainslie Streets in Chicago) to launch an Archdiocesan-wide 40 Days of Prayer, Fasting and Action for Congress as part of Our Lady of Mercy Parish’s actions for immigration reform on Aug.15, 2013. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz talks to migrant worker after celebrating Mass in a barn on a tomato farm with workers in Steele, Alabama on Oct. 24, 2013. Bishop Manz toured Alabama Oct. 21-24 to visit migrant workers on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Cultural Diversity in the Church. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz joins participants during an immigration posada in downtown Chicago on Dec. 19, 2014. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz speaks to a group of deacons and their wives during the Diaconate Convocation Feb. 21-23, 2014, in Schaumburg. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz presides over a blessing and send-off ceremony of over 1,300 stuffed animals that were donated for Central American unaccompanied children on at the Cardinal Meyer Center in Chicago on Oct. 15, 2014. The stuffed animals were transported to the Children’s Village, an affiliate of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New York. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz smiles after receiving the gifts from a religious education student during a Mass celebrating the 125th anniversary of St. Catherine of Sienna-St. Lucy Church and School in Oak Park on Oct 19, 2014. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz presides during a Mass celebrating the blessing and dedication of “Christ the Mount” at Our Lady of the Mount Parish in Cicero on Nov. 1, 2015. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz questions catechumens during a rite of election liturgy at Holy Name Cathedral on Feb. 14, 2016. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz blesses Maria Jimenez and her three children Mauricio (baby), Juan and Andrea after celebrating Mother’s Day Mass for Expectant Mothers in Spanish at St. Joseph Parish, 1723 W. 48th St., on May 8, 2016. (Karen Callaway/ Chicago Catholic)

Stallion Manager Richard Barry shows American Pharaoh to Bishop Manz. The horse, which won the Triple Crown in 2015, lives on Ashford Farm where he earns $200,000 for each breeding session. Bishop Manz made a pastoral visit to migrant workers in Kentucky on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops the week of Sept. 19-22, 2016. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz learns what it is like to cut a tobacco plant at the Barton Tobacco and Corn Farm in Lexington, Ky., on Sept. 22, 2016. Bishop Manz made a pastoral visit to migrant workers in Kentucky on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops the week of Sept. 19-22, 2016. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz celebrates Mass for workers at the Thoroughbred Training Center in Lexington, Ky., on Sept. 22, 2016. He made a pastoral visit to migrant workers in Kentucky on behalf of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Sept. 19-22, 2016. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz leads eucharistic adoration during Holy Fire at UIC Pavilion on Oct. 14, 2016. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz celebrates a Mass honoring the visit of relics of St. Pio Pietrelcina, more commonly known as Padre Pio, at St. Francis Borgia Church, 8033 W. Addison St. on Sept. 25, 2017. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz blesses the keys to the new St. Joseph Chapel at the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Des Plaines on April 21, 2018. The blessing took place prior to an inaugural Mass at the chapel. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz presides at a commissioning ceremony for 21 members of Iskali, a community of young Latino Catholics, at Misión San Juan Diego in Arlington Heights on April 28, 2018. Bishop Manz has been a supporter of the group since its inception. The group named its center in Maywood after the bishop. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz shares a lighthearted moment following Mass with Deacon Harold Burke-Sivers, one of the keynote speakers during Holy Fire at the UIC Pavilion on Oct. 26, 2018. More than 10,000 young people from five states came together on Oct. 26 or Oct. 27 to dance, laugh, pray and worship, all in the context of deepening their faith. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz fist bumps altar servers after the final procession for a Vicariate IV Altar Server Appreciation Mass at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Melrose Park on March 30, 2019. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz prays over participants from Vicariate IV during an afternoon prayer service on Sept 6, 2019 as part of a Renew My Church Vision Day at St. John Brebeuf Church in Niles. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

Bishop Manz, one of the co-consecrators during ordination, shares the sign of peace with Bishop Kevin Birmingham during the ordination of Birmingham and Bishops Jeffrey Grob and Robert Lombardo, CFR on the feast of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, Nov. 13, 2020, at Holy Name Cathedral. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)