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| 2024 | Dennis E. Spies begins service as Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet |
| 2024 | The Diocese announced the closure of five Catholic churches and two Catholic schools in the Joliet area, with 19 additional parishes under consideration for merger or closure. |
| December 8 2024 | Closing Liturgy of the 75th Anniversary Celebration held at Saint Raymond Cathedral, concluding the year-long commemoration. |
| September 28 2024 | Regional Mass held at Louis University as part of the 75th Anniversary Celebration. |
| September 14 2024 | Regional Mass held at Montini High School as part of the 75th Anniversary Celebration. |
| June 22 2024 | Regional Mass held at Bishop MacNamara High School as part of the 75th Anniversary Celebration. |
| 2023 | Illinois Attorney General released a report revealing that Bishop Joseph Imesch had covered up sexual abuse by transferring priests to unsuspecting parishes. |
| December 11 2023 | Opening Mass of the 75th Anniversary Celebration held at Saint Raymond Nonnatus Cathedral in Joliet, Illinois, inaugurated by Bishop Ronald Hicks. |
| May 23 2023 | The Illinois Attorney General released a critical report on Catholic clergy child sex abuse, with specific criticism of the Diocese of Joliet's handling of abuse cases. |
| March 2023 | The estate of a young man sued the diocese, claiming sexual abuse by Alejandro Flores in 2008. |
| January 2023 | Richard Jacklin was sentenced to 18 years in prison for sexual assault. |
| 2022 | Richard Jacklin was convicted of sexual assault. |
| October 12 2022 | Bishop Francois Beyrouti's episcopal consecration held at St. Anne Melkite Greek-Catholic Co-Cathedral in North Hollywood, Los Angeles. |
| August 20 2022 | Patriarch Joseph Absi announced Bishop Francois Beyrouti's election. |
| June 23 2022 | Bishop Francois Beyrouti elected by the Melkite Synod to lead the Eparchy. |
| July 17 2020 | Ronald A. Hicks appointed as Bishop of Joliet, succeeding Robert Daniel Conlon |
| July 17 2020 | Richard E. Pates concludes his term as Apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois. |
| 2019 | Bishop Robert Conlon took a medical leave. |
| December 27 2019 | Richard E. Pates begins serving as Apostolic administrator of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois. |
| October 2019 | Bishop Conlon and the diocese were named in a $100,000 sexual abuse lawsuit related to Richard Jacklin. |
| August 2018 | The diocese released a list of 35 clergy credibly accused of sex abuse and paid $1.4 million to three men sexually abused by Reverend Leonardo Mateo in the early 1980s. |
| 2017 | Reverend Richard Jacklin was discovered performing oral sex on a developmentally disabled man at Shapiro Developmental Center. |
| October 18 2017 | Joseph M. Siegel's tenure as Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet ends, appointed Bishop of Evansville |
| 2015 | Pope Francis designated Saint Anne Church in Los Angeles as a co-cathedral for the Eparchy. |
| April 2015 | The diocese settled a lawsuit with 14 sex abuse victims for over $4 million. |
| September 2012 | Bishop Conlon initially reinstated Reverend F. Lee Ryan to ministry, but quickly reversed this decision after negative feedback and permanently removed him from ministry. |
| May 17 2011 | Robert Daniel Conlon becomes the Bishop of Joliet |
| 2010 | Pope Benedict XVI appointed J. Peter Sartain as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Seattle. |
| September 2010 | Flores pleaded guilty to one count of criminal sexual assault. |
| January 2010 | Alejandro Flores was accused of sexually abusing a boy. Shortly after the accusation, he attempted suicide. |
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