The Old Roman Catholic Diocese of Chicago is the oldest Diocese in the country founded on October 17th 1917 by Bishop Rudolph Francis Edward Hamilton de Lorraine-Brabant, the Prince de Landes Berghes a bishop of the Old Roman Catholic Church in Great Britain.

Bishop de Landes Berghes                                1917 - 1919

Archbishop Carmel Henry Carfora                 1919 - 1958

Bishop Sigismund Vipartas                              1958 - 1961

Archbishop John E. Schweikert                       1961 - 1988

Archbishop Theodore J. Rematt                      1988 - 2016


2016 - See vacant

The Right Reverend Nioclás Canon Kelly        Vicar Capitular




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