January 8, 2001
Updated: Sat, Apr 7, 2001

COVER STORY:

Joyous ordination slated for Jan. 8

Bishop-designate Jerome E. Listecki, pastor of St. Ignatius Parish, will be ordained to the episcopacy Jan. 8, the Feast of the Baptism of Our Lord, at Holy Name Cathedral. Cardinal George will be the consecrator and principal celebrant of the 2 p.m. Mass during which the new bishop will receive the office of teaching, governing and sanctifying.

Co-consecrators at the ceremony will be two former Chicagoans, Archbishop John G. Vlazny of Portland, Ore., and Archbishop James P. Keleher of Kansas City, Kan. Archbishop Vlazny formerly headed Niles College Seminary and Archbishop Keleher was rector of St. Mary of the Lake Seminary.
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