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On December 21, 1918, Heelan was appointed as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Sioux City and titular bishop of Gerasa by Pope Benedict XV. [2] He received his episcopal consecration on April 8, 1919, from Archbishop James Keane, with Bishops James J. Davis and Patrick McGovern serving as co-consecrators. [2]
Garrigan died in 1919, and Pope Benedict XV named Auxiliary Bishop Edmond Heelan as his successor in 1920. [3] During his term as bishop, Heelan greatly expanded Catholic education in the diocese. In 1929, Heelan donated land in Sioux City to the Sisters of St. Francis for the establishment of Briar Cliff College for women. [4]
Bishop Heelan is a private, Catholic high school in Sioux City, Iowa. It is located in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sioux City . The school mascot is Crusaders, and their colors are navy and old gold.
Bishop Heelan sweeps its way through Class 4A Iowa high school state volleyball tournament championship, the Crusaders' first since 2007.
On the death of Bishop Edmond Heelan on September 20, 1948, Mueller automatically succeeded him as the third bishop of Sioux City8. [2] As bishop, Mueller built several new schools, churches, and other parish facilities. [3] He also attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome between 1962 and 1965.
In March 1929, Mother Mary Dominica Wieneke, Major Superior of the Sisters of Saint Francis of the Holy Family [1] of Dubuque, Iowa, along with Edmond Heelan, Bishop of the Sioux City Diocese, co-founded Briar Cliff College after meeting with members of the Sioux City community, who committed to raising $25,000 to support the establishment of a Catholic women's college in Sioux City.
Edmond Heelan: 253 267 306: 1919: Sioux City (auxiliary), II Sioux City: 339: William A. Hickey: 209 274 277: 1919: III Providence: 340: Albert Daeger: 251 302 321: 1919: VI Santa Fe: 341: Thomas William Drumm: 253 267 338: 1919: II Des Moines: 342: John Gregory Murray: BU2° 288 317: 1919: Hartford (auxiliary), V Portland in Maine, V Saint ...
[2] [3] In the meantime, Heelan had become auxiliary bishop of Sioux City. He returned to Fort Dodge to dedicate the new church in 1922. The city's third Catholic parish, Holy Rosary, was created from Sacred Heart in 1946. In 2000, the parishes in Webster County formed the Catholic Team Parishes.