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SPRINGFIELD, ILL. -- Tuesday, June 22nd the Rite of Reception and Installation of Bishop Thomas John Paprocki as ninth bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois will be streamed live on the Internet on the diocesan website.

Click here to view the website. 

Seating for the installation is by ticket only, so for many Catholics in the diocese and elsewhere, watching on the Internet may be the only opportunity to witness the liturgy.

The liturgy will begin at 2 p.m. Tuesday, June 22, at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield. More than 50 bishops are expected to attend, including Cardinal Francis George, OMI, of the Archdiocese of Chicago; and the former bishop of the Springfield diocese, Archbishop George J. Lucas of Omaha.

Check back to ConnectTriStates.com Tuesday at 2:00 p.m. and we will link viewers directly to the live streamed event.

The Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is 131 parishes in 28 counties in central Illinois.