Jerome Edward Listecki (born March 12, 1949) is an American archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church. He was an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago (2001–2004) before serving as Bishop of La Crosse (2004–2009). He was named Archbishop of Milwaukee by Pope Benedict XVI on November 14, 2009. He was installed on January 4, 2010 by the Apostolic Nuncio to the United States of America, Archbishop Pietro Sambi. As Archbishop of Milwaukee, the metropolitan see of the Ecclesiastical Province of Milwaukee (the entire state of Wisconsin), he received the pallium on June 29, 2010 from Pope Benedict XVI.
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