Hoban opened many elementary and high schools in the diocese, modernized charitable institutions, and established a diocesan newspaper. in 1942, Pope Pius XII appointed Hoban as coadjutor bishop for the Diocese of Cleveland. The next bishop of Rockford was Reverend John Boylan, appointed by Pius XII in 1942. During his tenure as bishop, Boylan was able to reduce the diocese's debt while adding new parishes and schools to meet population growth.In 1948, Pope Pius XII established the Diocese of Joliet and transferred Kendall County, Illinois, from Rockford to Joliet. After Boylan died in 1953, Pius XII named Reverend Raymond Hillinger to replace him that same year. Three years later, Pius XII appointed Hillinger as an auxiliary bishop in Chicago. Auxiliary Bishop Loras Lane from the Archdiocese of Dubuque replaced Hillinger in 1956, appointed by Pius XII. Lane died in 1968, leaving Pope Paul VI to name Reverend Arthur O'Neill from the Diocese of Providence to take Lane's place. Bishop of Rockford for 26 years, O'Neill retired in 1994. Pope John Paul II made Reverend Thomas G. Doran the next bishop of Rockford. Doran retired in 2012. The current bishop of Rockford is David Malloy, appointed by Pope Benedict XVI in 2012. Sexual abuse In May 2002, Bishop Doran confirmed that Harlan Clapsaddle, a diocese priest, had sexually abused three brothers when they were children during the 1970's. When the boys complained in 1996 to the diocese, it removed Clapsaddle immediately after an investigation. The family said they urged Doran at that time to report Clapsaddle to the police and search for other victims, but he instead told them to stay silent about it. The brothers each received a $27,000 cash settlement in 1997. On November 15, 2018, Bishop Malloy released a list of clerics from the diocese who had been accused of acts of sexual abuse from 1925 to 1991. In March 2019, Malloy revoked the priestly faculties of Joseph Jablonski, a priest of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart. While ministering in the Diocese of San Bernardino in California in 2014, Jablonski allegedly made remarks to a young boy that constituted sexual grooming. The Diocese of San Bernardino immediately reported him to authorities and banned him from ministering in its parishes. When Jablonski moved to the Archdiocese of Chicago, the Missionaries did not notify the archdiocese about his record in California. Bishops Bishops of Rockford Peter Muldoon (1908-1927) Edward