BELLEVILLE (IL)
KWQC
BELLEVILLE, Ill. The Belleville diocese will have to wait several months before learning who will replace Bishop Wilton Gregory.
Gregory led the diocese for nearly eleven years and is leaving to become archbishop of Atlanta.
The Belleville diocese now faces a time-consuming process for selecting candidates for a new bishop. According to the bishops conference, it often takes eight months or more to complete.
The archbishop of Chicago, Cardinal Francis George, will distribute the names of candidates submitted by Gregory and other bishops to all the Illinois bishops.
Posted by kshaw at December 10, 2004 03:41 PM