Bishop Jeffrey Grob - Following Jesus Guest Speaker Event

We have the most important, relevant, incredible, good, and timely message in all of human history! 

As part of our Following Jesus theme, come hear from our very own Bishop Jeffrey Grob as he shares our Christ-given mission and his vision for how to start living it right here in our region!

The Church isn't irrelevant, nor is it dying. The opposite is true, and YOU have a role to play! Don't miss this event, we'll discover our mission as God's Family and how to start doing it well.


About Bishop Grob:

On September 11, 2020 Pope Francis appointed three new auxiliary bishops for the Archdiocese of Chicago: diocesan priests Rev. Kevin Birmingham, Rev. Jeffrey Grob, and Rev. Robert Lombardo, a Franciscan Friar of the Renewal. The episcopal ordination took place on the feast of St. Francis Xavier Cabrini, November 13. Bishop Grob now serves as the Episcopal Vicar of Vicariate I, a region of the archdiocese that consists of the northwest suburbs of Cook County and all of Lake County.

Bishop Jeffrey S. Grob, appointed titular bishop of Abora, was born on March 19, 1961, in Madison, Wisconsin, to Bonnie (Meinholz) and the late Gerald J. Grob. He grew up on a dairy farm outside Cross Plains, Wisconsin.

He attended St. Francis Xavier Grade School in Cross Plains and Holy Name High School Seminary in Madison, Wisconsin. Bishop-elect Grob attended St. Meinrad College in St. Meinrad, Indiana, and graduated from the Pontifical College Josephinum, Columbus, Ohio, in 1988 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in religious studies.

He spent a year at St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota, before earning a Master of Divinity degree in 1992 from the University of St. Mary of the Lake/Mundelein Seminary in Mundelein, where he was also awarded a licentiate in sacred theology in 1999. Bishop Grob earned a licentiate in canon law and a doctorate in canon law from St. Paul University in Ottawa, Ontario, in 2000 and 2007, respectively. He earned a doctorate in philosophy from the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario, also in 2007.

Bishop Grob was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago by Cardinal Joseph Bernardin on May 23, 1992. He served as resident and assistant pastor at Ss. Faith, Hope and Charity Parish, Winnetka, from 1992 to 1998, and as a weekend assistant at St. Basil Parish in Ottawa, Ontario, from 1998 to 2002. He was dean of Deanery IV-D from 2008 to 2009 and pastor of St. Celestine Parish in Elmwood Park from 2008 to 2013.

Bishop Grob has served the archdiocese in many, often simultaneous positions, including assistant chancellor from 1994 to 1998, judge on the Court of Appeals from 2003 to 2013, judicial vicar from 2013 to 2015, chancellor from 2015 to 2017, archbishop’s delegate to the Independent Review Board from 2010 to the present, archbishop’s liaison to lay ecclesial movements and new communities from 2015 to the present, and judicial vicar and vicar for canonical affairs from 2017 to the present.

In addition to his primary roles as Auxiliary Bishop and Vicar of Vicariate I, Bishop Grob is episcopal moderator of the Archdiocesan School Board and a member of the USCCB Committee on the Protection of Children and Young People.