Cardinal Cupich’s Ever-Expanding ‘Coaching Tree’, by Jonathan Liedl
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Archbishop Blase Joseph Cupich. April 2015. This image was originally posted to Flickr by Goat_Girl at https://www.flickr.com/photos/112363286@N08/16527074323. It was reviewed on 13 July 2015 by FlickreviewR and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the cc-by-2.0.
By Jonathan Liedl, National Catholic Register, February 3, 2026
Jonathan Liedl is a senior editor for the National Catholic Register. In 2024, he was named “Writer of the Year” by the Catholic Media Association. Liedl earned his B.A. in Political Science and Arabic Studies from the University of Notre Dame, and also holds an M.A. in Catholic Studies from the University of St. Thomas (MN) and an M.A. in Theology from the Saint Paul Seminary. He lives in South Bend, Indiana, with his wife and daughter.
The cardinal-archbishop of Chicago has profoundly reshaped the American hierarchy over the past 10 years and is poised to exert a lasting influence.
At an upcoming Mass in Manhattan, Bishop Ronald Hicks will become the 11th archbishop of New York. But during the Feb. 6 installation in St. Patrick’s Cathedral, the Chicago native will also be the latest addition to another sort of lineage.
Archbishop-designate Hicks is set to become the fourth former deputy of Chicago’s Cardinal Blase Cupich to be named to a major American see in just the past 13 months.
The three other prelates who fit the bill are Archbishop Jeffrey Grob of Milwaukee, Archbishop Michael McGovern of Omaha, and Archbishop Robert Casey of Cincinnati, each of whom was installed as an archbishop in 2025. ….
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