Joseph Francis Donnelly

Joseph F. Donnelly
Joseph F. Donnelly
Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford
	Donnelly in 1970
Church	Catholic Church
See	Titular Bishop of Nabala
Appointed	November 9, 1964
In office	January 28, 1965 – June 30, 1977
Orders
Ordination	June 29, 1934
Consecration	January 28, 1965; by Henry Joseph O'Brien
Personal details
Born	May 1, 1909; Norwich, Connecticut, United States
Died	June 30, 1977 (aged 68); New Haven, Connecticut, United States
Motto	Opus Justitiae Pax; (Peace is the Work of Justice)

Joseph Francis Donnelly (May 1, 1909 – June 30, 1977) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Hartford from 1965 to 1977.

Biography

Born in Norwich, Connecticut, Donnelly was ordained a priest on June 29, 1934, for the Diocese of Hartford. On November 9, 1964 Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Nabala and Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford. He was consecrated a bishop by Henry O'Brien, Archbishop of Hartford, on January 28, 1965. The principal co-consecrators were Vincent Hines, Bishop of Norwich, and John Hackett, Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford.^[1] Donnelly was an ardent supporter of farm laborers and served as the chairman of the Bishop's Committee on Farm Labor.^[2] He also spent 20 years on the Connecticut Board of Mediation and Arbitration with fifteen of those years as its chairman. He served as Hartford's auxiliary bishop until his death on June 30, 1977, at the age of 68.^[3]

References

^ "Bishop Joseph Francis Donnelly". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
^ O'Brien, John J. (2005). George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice: The Evolution of Catholic Social Thought in America. ISBN 9780742532083. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
^ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-17.

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford

Catholic Church titles
New title	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford 1965–1977	Succeeded by John Gregory Murray

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[hierarchy-1] "Bishop Joseph Francis Donnelly". Catholic-Hierarchy. Retrieved 2014-02-17.

[google-2] O'Brien, John J. (2005). George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice: The Evolution of Catholic Social Thought in America. ISBN 9780742532083. Retrieved 2014-02-17.

[gcatholic-3] "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Archived from the original on 2014-02-21. Retrieved 2014-02-17.

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v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford
Ordinaries	Bishops William Tyler Bernard O'Reilly Francis Patrick McFarland Thomas Galberry, O.S.A. Lawrence S. McMahon Michael Tierney John J. Nilan Maurice F. McAuliffe Archbishops Henry J. O'Brien John Francis Whealon Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Leonard P. Blair Coadjutor archbishops Christopher J. Coyne
Auxiliary bishops	Joseph Francis Donnelly John Francis Hackett Paul Loverde Christie Macaluso John Gregory Murray Henry Joseph O'Brien Peter A. Rosazza Juan Miguel Betancourt
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph, Hartford Basilica Basilica of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury Parishes St. Joseph Church, Ansonia St. Stanislaus Church, Bristol St. Michael the Archangel Church, Derby St. Adalbert Church, Enfield St. Augustine Church, Hartford Holy Trinity Church, Hartford SS. Cyril and Methodius Church, Hartford St. Stanislaus Church, Meriden Holy Cross Church, New Britain Sacred Heart Church, New Britain St. Mary's Church, New Haven St. Joseph's Church, New Haven St. Stanislaus Church, New Haven St. Mary Church, Newington Church of the Immaculate Conception, Norfolk Immaculate Conception Church, Southington St. Joseph Church, Suffield St. Casimir Church, Terryville St. Mary Church, Torrington St. Hedwig Church, Union City St. Patrick - St. Anthony Church, Hartford SS. Peter and Paul Church, Wallingford St. Anne Church, Waterbury Our Lady of Lourdes Church, Waterbury Former parishes St. Anne/Immaculate Conception Parish, Hartford St. Stanislaus Kostka Church, Waterbury
Education	Seminaries St. Thomas Seminary, Bloomfield High schools Academy of Our Lady of Mercy, Lauralton Hall, Milford Canterbury School, New Milford East Catholic High School, Manchester Holy Cross High School, Waterbury Northwest Catholic High School, West Hartford Notre Dame High School, West Haven Sacred Heart Academy, Hamden Sacred Heart High School, Waterbury St. Paul Catholic High School, Bristol
Priests	Peter Leo Gerety Francis Patrick Keough
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