Lucas has led the Archdiocese of Omaha since 2009. McGovern is the youngest child of a large Catholic family. He grew up in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood, where he attended Christ the King Parish and ...

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Lucas has led the Archdiocese of Omaha since 2009. McGovern is the youngest child of a large Catholic family. He grew up in Chicago’s Beverly neighborhood, where he attended Christ the King ...

Pope Francis has appointed Belleville Bishop Michael McGovern as the next archbishop of Omaha, the Belleville diocese announced Monday.

I accept his nomination with gratitude and humility and thank him for the confidence he has placed in me,” McGovern says.

"I look forward to meeting the clergy and faithful in the Archdiocese of Omaha. The Church in Omaha has a great reputation for supporting Catholic education, including many parochial schools ...

McGovern, who said he heard from the pope “very recently” about his Omaha appointment, became the ninth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Belleville in 2020. Pope Francis is recovering from ...

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