Bishop Francis John Dunn †

Deceased

Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni

Motto: Light Of God Guide My Steps

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
22 Mar 1922		Born
11 Jan 1948	25.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
1 Jun 1969	47.1	Appointed	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA
1 Jun 1969	47.1	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni
27 Aug 1969	47.4	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Turris Tamalleni
17 Nov 1989	67.6	Died	Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque, Iowa, USA

MicroData Summary
Francis John Dunn
Bishop Francis John Dunn
(born 22 Mar 1922, died 17 Nov 1989)
Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque

Event Place
Birth Place Elkader, IA, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Ordained Priest Elkader, IA, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa
Ordained Bishop St. Rapael, Cathedral, Dubuque, Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa

a priest for 41.8 years
a bishop for 20.2 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald †
Titular Bishop of Cantanus
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop James Joseph Byrne †
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Archbishop Leo Binz †
Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis, Minnesota
Bishop Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald †
Titular Bishop of Zerta

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop James Joseph Byrne † (1947)
Archbishop of Dubuque, Iowa
Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani † (1933)
Titular Archbishop of Laodicea in Phrygia
Raffaele Carlo Cardinal Rossi, O.C.D. † (1920)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Prassede
Gaetano Cardinal De Lai † (1911)
Cardinal-Bishop of Sabina
Pope Pius X (1884)
(St. Giuseppe Melchiorre Sarto †)
Lucido Maria Cardinal Parocchi † (1871)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Croce in Gerusalemme
Costantino Cardinal Patrizi Naro † (1828)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Carlo Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J. † (1823)
Cardinal-Priest of Santi XII Apostoli
Giulio Maria Cardinal della Somaglia † (1788)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Hyacinthe-Sigismond (Jean-François) Cardinal Gerdil, B. † (1777)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Marcantonio Cardinal Colonna (Jr.) † (1762)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria della Pace
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Deacon:
Archbishop Thomas Robert Zinkula (1989)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop William Edwin Franklin † (1987)

External Link(s):

WikiData: Q2115361

Source(s):

d: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 120
c1: CB, 11 Feb 2018
ob/c2+: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 8, Number 378

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