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Francis J. Haas of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee was the next bishop in Grand Rapids, appointed by Pius XII in 1943. Haas served the diocese for ten years until his death in 1953. In 1954, Pius XII appointed Auxiliary Bishop Allen James Babcock of Detroit as bishop of Grand Rapids. [9] Babcock died in 1969.
Diocese of Grand Rapids in red. This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids.The diocese is located in the western portion of Michigan's lower peninsula and includes the city of Grand Rapids and 11 counties: Ionia, Kent, Lake, Mason, Mecosta, Montcalm, Muskegon, Newaygo, Oceana, Osceola, and Ottawa.
The new archbishop would become Milwaukee's 12th prelate, overseeing a 10-county archdiocese in southeast Wisconsin with 187 parishes and 101 schools. ... Kansas City and Omaha will be due for new ...
Francis Joseph Haas (March 18, 1889 – August 29, 1953) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the sixth bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids in Michigan from 1943 until his death in 1953. An advocate for organized labor, Haas served as a U.S. Government labor mediator for major labor strikes before being appointed ...
The new archbishop would become Milwaukee's 12th prelate, overseeing an archdiocese with about 190 parishes and 100 schools. ... As is the case for leaders of the Catholic Church nationwide, the ...
The next archbishop of Milwaukee was Auxiliary Bishop Timothy M. Dolan of St. Louis, named by John Paul II in 2001. [33] Dolan took a special interest in priests and vocations, [34] [35] and the number of seminary enrollments rose during his tenure. [36] In 2009, Dolan was appointed archbishop of New York.
Sedgwick Daniels, a member of one of Milwaukee's most influential families, rose to prominence in the 2000s as a spiritual and political leader.
Walter Allison Hurley (born May 30, 1937) is a Canadian-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.. Hurley served as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit in Michigan from 2003 to 2005 and as bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids in Michigan from 2005 to 2018.