Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald

Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald (February 13, 1893 – March 31, 1972) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Winona from 1949 to 1969.

Biography

Edward Fitzgerald was born in Cresco, Iowa, to Edward and Emma (née Daly) Fitzgerald. He graduated from Loras College in Dubuque in 1913, and earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree from the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Canada in 1915. He was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque on July 25, 1916.^[1]

He then served on the faculty of Loras College until 1941, when he became a pastor in Osage and afterwards in Elkader. On August 3, 1946, Pope Pius XII appointed Fitzgerald auxiliary bishop of the Dubuque Archdiocese, and he was consecrated on September 12, 1946.^[1] On October 20, 1949, Pope Pius XII appointed Fitzgerald Bishop of the Winona Diocese; he retired on January 8, 1969.^[1]

He became known as "the building bishop" for his oversight of the construction of a cathedral, seminary, and several churches in the diocese.^[2] He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965, and subsequently implemented the Council's reforms in the diocese, including introducing English into the Mass.^[2]

Notes

1 2 3 "Bishop Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
1 2 "Past Bishops of Winona Diocese". Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona.

Archdiocese of Dubuque

Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels

Auxiliary Bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin

Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Family, New Melleray Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Nativity, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Ludmila, Cedar Rapids St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former Parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Cascade St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City

Education	Higher Education Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque High Schools Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Primary Schools Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque

Religious Orders	New Melleray Abbey Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Priests	John George Alleman John Patrick Carroll James Vincent Casey Joseph Crétin Justin Albert Driscoll Thomas William Drumm Raymond Philip Etteldorf Daniel Mary Gorman Edward Howard Louis Benedict Kucera Mathias Clement Lenihan Thomas Mathias Lenihan J. A. M. Pelamourgues Joseph Clement Willging

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Diocese of Winona

Bishops	Ordinaries Joseph Bernard Cotter Patrick Richard Heffron Francis Martin Kelly Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Joseph Watters John George Vlazny Bernard Joseph Harrington John M. Quinn Auxiliaries Leo Binz George Henry Speltz

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Sacred Heart, Winona Parishes Basilica of Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Winona Church of St. Augustine, Austin Church of St. Adrian, Adrian Church of the Sacred Heart, Heron Lake Church of the Holy Trinity, Rollingstone Church of St. Kilian, Wilmont Township

Education	Higher Education Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary Saint Mary's University of Minnesota High Schools Cotter High School, Winona Lourdes High School, Rochester Loyola Catholic School, Mankato Pacelli High School, Austin

Priests	Robert Brom Frederick William Freking Michael Joseph Hoeppner John Hubert Peschges

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