AMERICA/UNITED STATES - PMS National Director Landry: "Congratulations and prayers" for Ronald Hicks, new Archbishop of New York

New York (Agenzia Fides) - The Pontifical Mission Societies of the United States of America express their congratulations and promise prayers to accompany the new Archbishop of New York, Ronald Hicks, in the new mission entrusted to him by Pope Leo XIV today, transferring him from the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois.

"On behalf of the whole team of the Pontifical Mission Societies USA," National Director Roger Landry said in a statement released after the news of the appointment was published in the Daily Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office, "I express sincerest congratulations and prayers to Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks as he prepares to lead the Archdiocese of New York, the city St. John Paul II called the 'capital of the world'."

The headquarters of the Pontifical Mission Societies in the USA, Father Landry recalls, has been based in New York "since the time his fellow Illinois native, Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen, served as National Director." And "we look forward," adds the PMS National Director, referring to new Archbishop Hicks, "to working with him as he exercises his solicitude for all the Churches, especially those that are young, poor and persecuted."

The National Director of the USA PMS also extends prayers, congratulations, and thanks to Cardinal Timothy Dolan, Archbishop Emeritus of New York, "upon his well-deserved retirement." He, recalls Archbishop Landry, was "the indefatigable and zealous Chairman of the TPMS-USA board and we’re grateful that that indispensable leadership will continue." Cardinal Dolan, continues the National Director of the PMS USA, "has been for years one of the great champions of the missions, as we witnessed anew by his powerful address to the bishops of the United States this November, and a superb shepherd for all the staff in the Archdiocese of New York. May God reward him for his selfless service and grant him many years of continued fruitfulness.” Ronald Aldon Hicks – reports the Daily Bulletin of the Holy See Press Office – was born on August 4, 1967, in Chicago, Illinois. He attended Niles College Seminary, earning a Bachelor of Philosophy degree from Loyola University in Chicago. He was a volunteer for the Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos Foundation. He completed his ecclesiastical studies at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, Illinois. He subsequently earned a Doctor of Ministry degree from the same university. He was ordained a priest for the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Chicago on May 21, 1994, and subsequently held various positions: Parish Vicar of Our Lady of Mercy in Chicago (1994–1996) and of Saint Elizabeth Seton in Orland Hills. (1996-1999); Dean of Formation at Saint Joseph College Seminary (1999-2005); Regional Director of the Nuestros Pequeños Hermanos charitable organization in Mexico and El Salvador (2005-2009); Faculty Member and then Dean of Formation at the University of Saint Mary of the Lake and Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein (2010-2014); Vicar General (2015-2020).
Appointed by Pope Francis as Titular Bishop of Munaziana and Auxiliary of Chicago on July 3, 2018, Hicks received episcopal consecration on September 17. On July 17, 2020, he was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois. (EG) (Agenzia Fides, 18/12/2025)

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