Francis John Dunn
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| Most Reverend Francis J. Dunn |
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| 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 | March 22, 1922 Elkader, Iowa |
| Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. Cedar Rapids, Iowa |
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
Dunn was born in Elkader, Iowa. He received his college education at Loras College in Dubuque. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Dubuque on January 11, 1948 by Auxiliary Bishop Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald at St. Raphael’s Cathedral. His first assignments were outside the city of Dubuque. From 1952 to 1955 he served Nativity Parish in Dubuque as an assistant pastor. In 1956 he was named assistant chancellor and chaplain of St. Anthony’s Home for the Aged. He was sent to Rome for further studies and when he returned he served as 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 Mount Carmel Convent and as Director of Catholic Cemeteries for the archdiocese.[1]
On June 1, 1969 Pope Paul VI named him 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.[2] 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 Edwin Franklin served the Waterloo Region, and the archbishop in Dubuque.[3] Dunn died in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on November 17, 1989 at the age of 67.
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Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque 1969–1989 |
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- 1922 births
- 1989 deaths
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops
- American Roman Catholic bishops
- Loras College alumni
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque
- People from Elkader, Iowa
- People from Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- Religious leaders from Iowa
