Pope Leo XIV has named Bishop Ronald Hicks of Joliet, Illinois, to succeed retiring Timothy Cardinal Dolan as archbishop of New York.Dolan was named Archbishop of New York by Pope Benedict XVI in 2009 and led the archdiocese for 16 years.

Is a Chicago-area bishop going to be the next Catholic archbishop of New York? That’s what’s being reported by a number of religious-oriented news sources, including the Catholic News Agency, that Ron...