Gerald Frederick Kicanas

**Gerald Frederick Kicanas** (an haife shi a ranar 18 ga Agusta, 1941) shugaban cocin Roman Katolika ne na Amurka. Ya yi aiki a matsayin bishop na Diocese na Tucson da ke Arizona daga 2002 zuwa 2017 kuma yana aiki a matsayin mai kula da cocin tun 2025. Ya kasance mai kula da cocin Diocese na Las Cruces da ke New Mexico daga Satumba 2018 zuwa Yuli 2019.

## Tarihin Rayuwa

### Rayuwa ta farko
An haifi Gerald Kicanas a ranar 18 ga Agusta, 1941, a Chicago, Illinois, [1] ga Frederick da Eva Kicanas. [2] Asalin ƙabilarsa 'yan Lebanon ne; kakanninsa an haife su ne a Lebanon, kuma an yi masa baftisma kuma an tabbatar da shi a Melkite Rite . [3] Ya halarci Makarantar Firamare ta Immaculate Heart da kuma Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary a Chicago. Kicanas ya sami lasisinsa a fannin Tauhidi Mai Tsarki daga St. Mary of the Lake Seminary da ke Mundelein, Illinois.

### Firist
An naɗa Kicanas a matsayin firist na Archdiocese na Chicago a St. Mary of the Lake a ranar 27 ga Afrilu, 1967, ta hannun Cardinal John Patrick Cody .  Daga nan ya sami digirin digirgir na ilimin halayyar ɗan adam da digirin Master na Ilimi a fannin jagoranci da ba da shawara daga Jami'ar Loyola Chicago . 

Ya yi aiki a matsayin mataimakin fasto har zuwa 1978 sannan ya riƙe ofisoshi daban-daban a makarantar sakandare ta archdiocesan tsawon sama da shekaru 25. Ya yi aiki a matsayin shugaban makaranta, babban jami'i, da kuma shugaban makarantar a Quigley Preparatory Seminary South da ke Chicago, sannan ya zama shugaban makarantar Mundelein Seminary a Jami'ar St. Mary of the Lake da ke Mundelein, Illinois, a 1984.  A lokacin da yake shugaban makaranta, ya kasance malami a fannin ci gaban al'umma da ƙungiyoyi a Loyola.

Sauran ayyukan da Kicanas ya yi sun haɗa da yin aiki a matsayin darektan Shirin Cocin Katolika na Cibiyar Tsare-tsare ta Matasa da ke Chicago, a matsayin mai kula da shari'o'i na ƙungiyoyin agaji na Katolika, da kuma a matsayin limamin Makarantar Iyaye ta Chicago, wani wuri ga yara maza masu fama da matsaloli.

### Bishop na Mataimakin Chicago
A ranar 24 ga Janairu, 1995, Paparoma John Paul na II ya naɗa Kicanas a matsayin bishop na mataimakin Chicago kuma bishop na Bela .  Ya karɓi nadinsa na bishop a Cocin Holy Name da ke Chicago a ranar 20 ga Maris, 1995, daga Cardinal Joseph Bernardin, tare da Bishop Alfred Abramowicz da Timothy Lyne waɗanda ke aiki a matsayin masu tsarkakewa tare .  Kicanas ya zaɓi ya bayyana taken bishop ɗinsa da Sifaniyanci da Turanci: "La Justicia Promueve La Paz" da "Justice behaves peace", wanda aka ɗauko daga Ishaya 32:17. 

A lokacin da yake aiki a matsayin bishop na mataimakinsa, Kicanas ya yi aiki a matsayin babban firist na Vicariate I a cikin babban dakikar, wanda ya haɗa da Gundumomin Lake da Cook . Ya kuma shiga cikin ayyukan hannu, diaconate na dindindin, da kuma ƙarfafa hidimar fastoci .

A lokacin da yake Chicago, Kicanas ya shagaltu sau biyu wajen kula da shari'o'in firistoci da ake zargi da cin zarafin mata. Duk da cewa shari'ar kotu da ake ci gaba da yi ta kawo cikas ga amsa dalla-dalla, ya amince da sanin halayen da ba su dace ba da ke da alaƙa da rashin girma ko barasa, kuma ya ce da ya amsa da ƙarfi da ƙarfi idan ya san ƙarami yana da hannu.   Ya kuma yi jayayya sosai kan rahotannin manema labarai saboda rashin ambaton tushe da kuma bayar da mahallin. 

### Bishop na Tucson
An nada Kicanas a matsayin bishop na Tucson a ranar 30 ga Oktoba, 2001,  kuma ya zama bishop bayan murabus din Bishop Manuel Moreno a ranar 7 ga Maris, 2003.  Diocese ta fuskanci da'awar cin zarafin mata da yawa daga firistoci, kuma an yaba wa Kicanas saboda yadda ya tafiyar da martanin diocese, gami da amfani da fatarar kudi ba don guje wa diyya ga wadanda abin ya shafa ba, amma don kafa tsarin diyya.  Alkalin fatarar ya yaba masa, tara kudaden diocese ya inganta, kuma wani kwararre a fannin tsarin mulki na Amurka ya kira aikinsa "samfurin kasa". 

A ranar 13 ga Nuwamba, 2007, an zaɓi Kicanas a matsayin mataimakin shugaban taron Bishof na Katolika na Amurka (USCCB), inda ya sami ƙarin ƙuri'u 22 fiye da Bishop Timothy Dolan .  A ranar 28 ga Fabrairu, 2008, USCCB ta zaɓi Kicanas a matsayin memba na tawagarta zuwa taron Majalisar Bishop na Duniya na goma sha biyu a birnin Vatican a watan Oktoba na 2008.  A watan Yuni na 2009, Kicanas ya yi jawabi a taron shekara-shekara na taron shugabannin ƙasa kan Gudanar da Coci a Makarantar Wharton da ke Philadelphia. Jawabinsa ya yi magana game da buƙatar sadarwa mai inganci a Cocin Katolika.  

A ranar 16 ga Nuwamba, 2010, Dolan ya kayar da Kicanas a zaɓen shugaban USCCB.  Wannan shine karo na farko a tarihin USCCB da ba a zaɓi mataimakin shugaban ƙasa mai ci a matsayin shugaban ƙasa ba.  A cewar wani labari a mujallar Jesuit *America*, ƙungiyoyin Katolika masu ra'ayin mazan jiya sun yi ƙaƙƙarfan kamfen na yin kamfe a kan Kicanas.   A ranar 17 ga Nuwamba, 2010, Cardinal Francis George, shugaban USCCB mai barin gado, ya naɗa Kicanas a matsayin shugaban kwamitin gudanarwa na Catholic Relief Services .