The Vatican on Thursday accepted the resignation of Cardinal Timothy Dolan and announced that Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, will become the next archbishop of New York.
Hicks, 58, will succeed Dolan, who has led the archdiocese since 2009. He will become the fourteenth bishop and the eleventh archbishop to lead the Archdiocese of New York. Dolan submitted his mandatory letter of retirement upon turning 75 in February.
Dolan will continue to oversee the archdiocese as apostolic administrator until Archbishop-designate Hicks formally takes office on Feb. 6, 2026, at St. Patrick’s Cathedral…