Bishop Jerome Listecki - Biography

Most Rev. Jerome E. Listecki began his graduate studies at the University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein Seminary in 1971 and was ordained a priest on May 14, 1975. On November 7, 2000 he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago by Pope John Paul II and was ordained a bishop on January 8, 2001.

Bishop Listecki was first assigned as a deacon at St. Michael Parish in Orland Park from 1974-1975. His first assignment as a priest was at St. Margaret Mary Parish in Chicago from 1975-1976. In 1976 he was appointed Dean of Students at Quigley Preparatory Seminary North in Chicago. Also in 1976 he was assigned to Mater Christi Parish in North Riverside.

He began his graduate studies in Canon Law and Moral Theology in 1979 at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, Italy earning a licentiate and doctorate degree. In 1976 he earned a civil law degree from DePaul University in Chicago.

Upon returning from Rome he began teaching Canon Law and Moral Theology at the Archdiocesan major seminary, the University of St. Mary of the Lake in Mundelein, Illinois. He taught at Mundelein Seminary until being named pastor of St. Ignatius Parish in August, 2000. On November 7, 2000 he was appointed as Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago by Pope John Paul II and was ordained a bishop on January 8, 2001. In January, 2002 Bishop Listecki was named the Episcopal Bishop of Vicariate I of the Archdiocese of Chicago.

In addition to his duties as Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar for Vicariate 1, he is also a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserves, still supporting the local troops.

Bishop Listecki is a member of numerous boards and committees. He has also been involved in many different projects including an Appellate Judge for the Matrimonial Tribunal, in-house legal counsel for the Archdiocese of Chicago form 1985-1987, being a host for WIND Catholic Conversation from 1978-1979, a celebrant fro WGN Mass for Shut-ins and being a producer for several television programs.

Bishop Listecki was installed as Ninth Bishop of La Crosse in the Year of the Eucharist, Tuesday, March 1, 2005, succeeding the Most Reverend Raymond L. Burke.