CHICAGO ORDAINS LARGEST CLASS OF PRIESTS IN A DECADE

CHICAGO, IL -- During a three-hour ceremony, at Chicago's Cathedral on Saturday, Cardinal Francis George ordained 16 men to the priesthood-the largest ordination class of any diocese in the U.S.

Ranging in age from 26 to 46, the group, some of whom hail from as far away as Poland, Ecuador, Peru and Mexico, are also overall, one of the youngest ordination classes in the country.

The Archdiocese reached its low point in 1990, ordaining only 6 men, but those numbers have been steadily growing since. [More]

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