Jeffrey Grob will be installed as Archbishop of Milwaukee on Tuesday
A service was held Monday night in celebration of Grob's installation…[Nate’s Mission] protested outside, demanding justice for sexual abuse survivors
By Fox6 News Digital Team, Fox6 News, January 13, 2025
The Brief
The Most Reverend Jeffrey Grob will be officially installed as the 12th Archbishop of Milwaukee on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 14.
The installation will happen at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist.
Grob, 63, succeeds the Most Reverend Jerome E. Listecki, who gave his notice of retirement on his 75th birthday.
MILWAUKEE - Archbishop-Designate Jeffrey Grob will be officially installed as the 12th Archbishop of Milwaukee on Tuesday afternoon, Jan. 14.
Archbishop's installation
What we know:
The installation is scheduled for 1:30 p.m. at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, 812 N. Jackson Street, in Milwaukee. The Papal Nuncio to the United States, Christophe Cardinal Pierre, will be in attendance on behalf of Pope Francis.
Grob, 63, succeeds the Most Reverend Jerome Listecki, who gave his notice of retirement on his 75th birthday March 12, as required.
"I'm deeply grateful to be appointed archbishop of Milwaukee. I will do everything in my power to serve with a faith-filled heart," Grob said in a news conference in November. "The church still has many things to offer and speaks to a waiting world."
Archbishop-Designate Grob has served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago since Nov. 13, 2020.
The archbishop-designate said he plans to serve with a faith-filled heart.
"For me, so much of the work is evangelization," Grob said. "So many people don’t know the depth of their Catholic faith or how to come to know Jesus better. The work is bountiful."
Protest outside cathedral
The other side:
A service was held Monday night in celebration of Grob's installation. During that service, people protested outside, demanding justice for sexual abuse survivors in the clergy. The group is called Nate's Mission.
In his first 100 days of leadership, the group wants Grob to provide abuse-related documents and evidence to the Wisconsin Department of Justice, update the Milwaukee archdiocese’s list of restricted priests, and remove anyone from leadership involved in covering up sexual abuse.
Nate's Mission says the archbishop agreed to meet with them soon.