NEW ORLEANS, Louisiana, Oct. 9 -- Xavier University of Louisiana issued the following news:

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Xavier IBCS Alumnus Bishop Brendan Cahill Appointed to Lead Diocese of Joliet

05 October 2026

Xavier University of Louisiana celebrates Bishop Brendan J. Cahill '94, an alumnus of Xavier's Institute for Black Catholic Studies (IBCS), following his appointment by Pope Leo XIV as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois.