Pope Replaces New York’s Pro-Trump Cardinal with Pro-Migrant Chicagoan
Hicks shares several similarities with Leo including outspoken solidarity with migrants at a time when Trump is ordering mass deportations and portraying migrants and refugees as criminals
The newly named pro-migrant archbishop of New York called himself an “unworthy servant” during his first Mass in the city after Pope Leo XIV named his fellow Chicago native to replace a conservative cardinal Thursday.
In a significant shift for the US Catholic Church, Leo replaced Timothy Dolan, who stepped down after reaching the church’s retirement age of 75, with Ronald Hicks, a 58-year-old bishop from Illinois.
“I’ve always loved the energy of New York,” Hicks said at a Mass for the staff of the New York archdiocese in Manhattan’s St. Patrick’s Cathedral, which he also addressed in Spanish. He will be formally installed February 6. ---More...
A lot of people have been asking my thoughts on the new Bishop in NY. I’m sorry if this seems uncharitable, I’m just trying to be honest. pic.twitter.com/VHLILoCqsx
— Anthony (@Catholicizm1)December 19, 2025
A lot of people have been asking my thoughts on the new Bishop in NY. I’m sorry if this seems uncharitable, I’m just trying to be honest
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