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Chicago Father Louis Tylka is seen in an undated photo. Pope Francis named him the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, May 11, 2020. Bishop-designate Tylka will eventually succeed Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, 73, who has led the diocese for 18 years. The normal retirement age for a bishop is 75. (CNS photo/courtesy Diocese of Peoria via The Catholic Post)
May 11, 2020
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON -- Pope Francis has appointed Father Louis Tylka, a pastor in the Archdiocese of Chicago, to be the coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois.
Bishop-designate Tylka, who will celebrate his 50th birthday May 26, will eventually succeed Bishop Daniel R. Jenky, 73, who has led the diocese for 18 years. The normal retirement age for a bishop is 75.
The appointment of the coadjutor bishop was announced May 11 in Washington by Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Vatican nuncio to the United States.
The new coadjutor bishop currently is pastor of St. Julie Billiart parish in Tinley Park and president of the Archdiocesan Presbyteral Council.
Born May 26, 1970, in Harvey, Illinois, he attended Marian Catholic High School in Chicago Heights before enrolling at Niles College Seminary of Loyola University Chicago, where he earned a bachelor of arts degree.
He then entered Mundelein Seminary, earning a bachelor's in theology and a master of divinity degree. He was ordained to the priesthood May 18, 1996.
He served as associate pastor at St. Michael parish in Orland Park and then at Saints Faith, Hope and Charity parish in Winnetka before being named pastor of Mater Christi parish in North Riverside in 2004. He has been pastor of St. Julie Billiart parish since 2014.