Queen of All Saints Basilica

Reverend Michael Cronin, resident

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Father Michael Cronin was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Chicago in 1973 by Cardinal John Cody.  After having been a deacon at St. Martha’s in Morton Grove, he served as associate pastor for St. Cyprian in River Grove for five years, and then as associate pastor at St. James in Sauk Village. In 1980 he became an associate at St. Ferdinand in Chicago.  In 1985 Father Cronin was asked to serve on the faculty at Quigley Preparatory Seminary North. In 1990 he became Dean of Formation for Archbishop Quigley high-school seminary when Quigley North and South merged.

In 1992 Father Cronin moved to the college seminary, Niles College of Loyola University. He served on the faculty until 1998, during which time it became St. Joseph College Seminary.

From 1998 until 2003 Father Cronin was the executive director of the National Organization for the Continuing Education of the Roman Catholic Clergy, which is an association of directors of continuing formation for priests of dioceses and religious orders across the country.

Cardinal George asked him to return to the diocese and to be temporary administrator of St. Alphonsus parish in Lemont, and then of Our Lady of the Snows parish in Chicago. In 2004, he became pastor of St. Patrick parish in Lemont. In 2010 he was named pastor of St. Edward in Chicago, until retiring in June of 2018. At that time, Fr. Braganza invited him to reside and help out at Queen of All Saints.