Pope Leo replaces New York's Cardinal Dolan with Illinois bishop in shake-up of US church
• Dec 18, 2025, 12:55 AM
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Pope Leo has accepted the resignation of Cardinal Timothy Dolan as leader of the Catholic Church in New York, replacing the prominent conservative prelate with a little-known 58-year-old bishop from Illinois, Ronald Hicks, in a major shake-up of the country's Catholic leadership.