Chicago, IL (September 24, 2007) – It was announced today that Dr. Nicholas Wolsonovich would be leaving his position as superintendent of Catholic Schools for the Archdiocese of Chicago by the end of the 2007-2008 school year.

In accepting his resignation, Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I., Archbishop of Chicago, expressed his gratitude to Dr. Wolsonovich for his years of leadership and service to the Church and schools of the Archdiocese. The Cardinal remarked, “We greatly appreciate Dr. Wolsonovich’s strengthening of the educational mission of the Archdiocese these past seven years. His devotion to the administrators, faculty and staff at our Catholic schools has helped instill a vigorous sense of hope in the future of Catholic education for our children in Cook and Lake counties.”

Dr. Wolsonovich, who has been superintendent of Catholic schools since 2001, said his decision to leave the Archdiocese was made after a great deal of prayer, personal reflection and consultation with family and colleagues.

Dr. Wolsonovich was the first parent in the history of the Archdiocese of Chicago to hold the position of superintendent of Catholic schools. With a career in education that now spans more than 40 years, Dr. Wolsonovich became superintendent in the Archdiocese of Chicago after serving in the same position in the Diocese of Youngstown, Ohio. He began his career with the Diocese of Youngstown as a junior high school religion and Latin instructor and later served as a high school director of guidance and a high school principal as well as director of government programs and director of curriculum and instruction.

Dr. Wolsonovich holds his PhD. From Kent State University in Education Leadership. He also holds a master’s of science in education from Westminister College, New Wilmington, Pa., a master’s degree in religious education from Loyola University of New Orleans and earned his bachelor’s degree from The Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.