Bishop Malloy's Public Schedule
September 27, 2023
ROCKFORD - 6:00 p.m., Knights of Columbus Recognition Dinner, Holy Family Parish
September 30, 2023
DEKALB - 9:00 a.m., St. Vincent de Paul Vincentian Mass, Christ the Teacher Parish
October 1, 2023
ROCKFORD - 7:30 a.m., Sunday Mass, Cathedral of St. Peter
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October 3-4, 2023
WASHINGTON, D.C. - USCCB Committee Meetings
October 8, 2023
ROCKFORD - 7:30 a.m., Sunday Mass, Cathedral of St. Peter
October 10, 2023
BYRON - 5:30 p.m., Confirmation, St. Mary Church
October 14, 2023
AURORA - 10:00 a.m., Confirmation, St. Rita of Cascia Church
October 15, 2023
ROCKFORD - 7:30 a.m., Sunday Mass, Cathedral of St. Peter
October 17, 2023
AURORA - 5:30 p.m., Confirmation, St. Peter Church

Bishops of the Rockford Diocese

First Bishop of Rockford
Most Rev. Peter James Muldoon, D.D.


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Appointed: Sept. 28, 1908
Installed: Dec. 15, 1908
Died: Oct. 8, 1927


Third Bishop of Rockford
Most Rev. John Joseph Boylan, D.D., Ph.D.

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Appointed: Nov. 21, 1942
Installed: Feb. 24, 1943
Died: July 19, 1953


Fifth Bishop of Rockford
Right Rev. Donald Martin Carroll, D.D.

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Appointed: June 27, 1956
Resigned due to ill health: Sept. 25, 1956
Died: Jan. 3, 2002


Seventh Bishop of Rockford
Most Rev. Arthur Joseph O’Neill, D.D., V.G.

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Appointed: Aug. 19, 1968
Installed: Oct. 11, 1968
Died: April 27, 2013


Ninth Bishop of Rockford
Most Rev. David J. Malloy, D.D., J.C.L., S.T.D.

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Appointed: March 20, 2012
Installed: May 10, 2012

Second Bishop of Rockford
Most Rev. Edward Francis Hoban, D.D., S.T.D. 

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Appointed: Feb. 10, 1928
Installed: May 15, 1928
Died: Sept. 22, 1966


Fourth Bishop of Rockford
Most Rev. Raymond Peter Hillinger, D.D.

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Appointed: Nov. 3, 1953
Installed: Jan. 14, 1954
Died: Nov. 13, 1971


Sixth Bishop of Rockford
Most Rev. Loras Thomas Lane, D.D., J.C.D.

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Appointed: Oct. 11, 1956
Installed: Nov. 20, 1956
Died: July 22, 1968


Eighth Bishop of Rockford
Most. Rev. Thomas George Doran, D.D., J.C.D.

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Appointed: April 19, 1994
Installed: June 24, 1994
Died: September 1, 2016