First Parish to Be Named After Blessed Fulton J. Sheen

First parish to be named after Blessed Fulton J. Sheen

The Diocese of Peoria announced that its first parish named after Blessed Fulton J. Sheen will be established on December 9 by uniting two existing parishes.

Blessed Sheen’s baptismal parish in Illinois to be first in world named for him

Announced at Mass celebrated by New York bishop Blessed Sheen baptized in 1960 EL PASO, Ill. (OSV News) — St. Mary Catholic Church in El Paso, Illinois, will become the… The post Blessed Sheen’s baptismal parish in Illinois to be first in world named for him first appeared on OSV News.

Illinois bishop announces first-ever parish to be named after Blessed Fulton Sheen

The combined parish of St. Mary in El Paso, Illinois, and St. John in Benson, Illinois, will be the first parish in the world to be named after the new blessed. [...]

Fulton Sheen's baptismal church will be part of the world's first parish named for him - Deacon Greg Kandra

From OSV News:  St. Mary Catholic Church in El Paso, Illinois, will become part of the first parish in the world named for Blessed Fulton J. Sheen, Bishop Louis Tylka of Peoria announced Sept. 26 following a Mass of Thanksgiving at the parish where Blessed Sheen was baptized. According to Bishop Tylka, St. Mary’s Church

Parish where Fulton Sheen was baptized first to be named after him

Bishop Louis Tylka of the Diocese of Peoria, Illinois, announced at the end of a Mass celebrated on Saturday the first-ever parish named for Blessed Fulton Sheen. The combined parish of St. Mary in El Paso, Illinois — where Sheen was baptized — and St. John in Benson, Illinois, will be the first parish in the world to be named after the new blessed.

Blessed Sheen's baptismal parish in Illinois to be first in world named for him

Bishop John O. Barres of Rockville Centre, chairman of the Board of Directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies, celebrated Mass Sept. 26, 2026, at St. Mary Church in El Paso, Illinois, the site of Blessed Fulton Sheen's baptism in 1895. Bishop Barres was baptized by Blessed Sheen in 1960.