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On Sunday, Timothy Cardinal Dolan led his final Mass at a packed St. Patrick's Cathedral. Cardinal Dolan turned 75 last year - the age when Catholic bishops are required to retire. He led New York's Archdiocese for 16 years.
In Joliet, Illinois, Bishop Ronald Hicks oversaw a number of efforts to embed ecological concern deeper into Catholic life, including joining the Vatican's premier initiative to live out Francis' call to care for God's creation.
Cardinal Dolan led his final Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral, ending his tenure as the archbishop of New York, with an emotional farewell from parishioners.
Sunday morning marked the end of an era in New York City, as Timothy Cardinal Dolan presided over his last Mass as archbishop after nearly 17 years in the post​.
Archbishop-designate Ronald Hicks sketched a pastoral tone rooted in simplicity, shaped by evangelization, attentive to immigrants and the poor, and focused on building a missionary church that reaches outward.