Francis John Dunn

20th-century American Catholic bishop

Most Reverend Francis J. Dunn JCL, DD
Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque
Church	Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Turris Tamalleni
Appointed	June 1, 1969
In office	August 27, 1969 – November 17, 1989
Orders
Ordination	January 11, 1948 by Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald
Consecration	August 27, 1969 by James Joseph Byrne
Personal details
Born	(1922-03-22)March 22, 1922 Elkader, Iowa
Died	November 17, 1989(1989-11-17) (aged 67) Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Motto	Light of God, guide my steps

Francis John Dunn (March 22, 1922 – November 17, 1989) was a bishop in the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque in the state of Iowa from 1969 to 1989.

Biography

Early life and ministry

Dunn was born in Elkader, Iowa, the son of Peter and Josephine (Feeney) Dunn.^[1] He was educated at St Joseph Grade and High School in Elkader before receiving his college education at Loras College in Dubuque. He studied for the priesthood at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis.

Dunn was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Dubuque on January 11, 1948, by Auxiliary Bishop Edward Fitzgerald at St. Raphael’s Cathedral. He served as the associate pastor at St. Cecilia Parish in Ames from 1948–1950, St. Martin Parish in Cascade from 1950 to 1952, and at Nativity Parish in Dubuque from 1952 to 1955. In 1956 he was named assistant chancellor and chaplain of St. Anthony’s Home for the Aged in Dubuque. He was sent to Rome for further studies and when he returned he served as chancellor and head of the Family Life Bureau. From 1961 to 1969 he served as the chaplain for the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse and as Director of Catholic Cemeteries for the archdiocese.^[1]^[2]

Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque

On June 1, 1969, Pope Paul VI named Dunn Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni and Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque. He was ordained a bishop by Archbishop James Byrne of Dubuque in St. Raphael’s Cathedral on August 27, 1969. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Leo Binz of St. Paul and Minneapolis and Bishop Edward Fitzgerald now of Winona.^[3] His was the first episcopal ordination in the archdiocese that used the Rite of Ordination in English.^[4] While he served as auxiliary bishop in Dubuque he was also the vicar general of the archdiocese and pastor of St. Joseph the Worker Church. On February 8, 1987, Archbishop Daniel Kucera announced his plans to divide the archdiocese into three regions with a resident bishop in each region. Bishop Dunn served the Cedar Rapids Region, Bishop William Franklin served the Waterloo Region, and the archbishop in Dubuque.^[5] Dunn died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on November 17, 1989, at the age of 67.

References

^ ^a ^b Gallagher, Mary Kevin, ed. (1987). Seed/Harvest: A History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. Duduque, Iowa: Archdiocese of Dubuque Press. p. 163.
^ "DUNN, Francis John". Encyclopedia Dubuque. Retrieved 2010-07-20.
^ "Bishop Francis John Dunn". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2010-07-20.^{[self-published source]}
^ Gallagher 1987, p. 140.
^ "KUCERA, Daniel". Encyclopedia Dubuque. Retrieved 2010-07-20.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque

Ordinaries

Bishops: Mathias Loras; Clement Smyth

Archbishops: John Hennessy; John Keane; James Keane; Francis Beckman; Henry Rohlman; Leo Binz; James Byrne; Daniel Kucera; Jerome Hanus; Michael Jackels; Thomas Robert Zinkula

Auxiliary bishops

Churches

Cathedral: St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque

Parishes: Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville; St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids; Holy Ghost, Dubuque; Holy Trinity, Luxemburg; Sacred Heart, Dubuque; Sacred Heart, Fillmore; St. Boniface, New Vienna; St. Donatus, St. Donatus; St. Joseph, Elkader; St. Joseph, Key West; Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque; St. Martin, Cascade; St. Mary, Guttenberg; St. Patrick, Dubuque; St. Patrick, Garryowen; St. Lawrence, Otter Creek; St. Paul, Worthington; Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg