Curriculum Vitae

Most Reverend Dennis E. Spies

Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet & Vicar for Clergy

Date of Birth: March 5, 1968
Date of Priesthood Ordination: June 1, 2002
Date of Episcopal Ordination: November 6, 2024, Joliet, IL.

Education

• Sacred Theology Degree & License (STL), University of St. Mary of the Lake (2010)
• University of St. Mary of the Lake, Mundelein, M.Div. (2002)
• Southern Illinois University, Carbondale BS AG Business Economics (1990)
• Clifton Central High School, Clifton
• Ashkum Elementary, Ashkum

Pastoral Assignments and Other Positions

• Vicar for Clergy, Diocese of Joliet (2024 – Present)
• Director of Pre-Theology & Internship, Mundelein Seminary, (2016 – 2024)
• Pastor, St. Mary, Park Forest (2013 – 2016) 
• Pastor, St. Liborius, Steger (2011 – 2016)
• Pastor, Immaculate Conception, Roberts (2008 – 2011)
• Pastor, Our Lady of Lourdes, Gibson City (2008 – 2011)
• Pastor, St. George Mission, Melvin (2008 – 2011)
• Parochial Vicar, St. Mary Immaculate, Plainfield (2005 – 2008)
• Parochial Vicar, St. Walter, Roselle (2002 – 2005)