Joseph Francis Donnelly

Most Reverend Joseph F. Donnelly
Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford
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
Died	June 30, 1977(1977-06-30) (aged 68) New Haven, Connecticut
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 Archbishop Henry O'Brien on January 28, 1965. The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Vincent Hines of Norwich and Hartford Auxiliary Bishop John Hackett.^[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 15 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. "George G. Higgins and the Quest for Worker Justice: The Evolution of Catholic Social Thought in America". Google Books. Retrieved 2014-02-17.
↑ "Bishops who are not Ordinaries of Sees". Giga-Catholic. Retrieved 2014-02-17.

External links

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Hartford

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Premier	Auxiliary Bishop of Hartford 1965–1977	Succeeded by John Gregory Murray

Archdiocese of Hartford

Ordinaries	Diocese of Hartford, 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 Archdiocese of Hartford, Archishops Henry J. O'Brien John Francis Whealon Daniel Anthony Cronin Henry J. Mansell Leonard P. Blair Auxiliary bishops Joseph Francis Donnelly Paul S. Loverde Christie Macaluso John Gregory Murray Peter A. Rosazza Priests who became bishops Most Reverend Joseph F. Donnelly Most Reverend Peter Leo Gerety Most Reverend John F. Hackett Most Reverend Francis P. Keough, R.J. Most Reverend Christie A. Macaluso Most Reverend Maurice F. McAuliffe Most Reverend Henry J. O'Brien Most Reverend Peter A. Rosazza

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Joseph (Hartford, Connecticut) Basilica Basilica of the Immaculate Conception (Waterbury, Connecticut) Parishes St. Joseph Church (Ansonia, Connecticut) St. Stanislaus Parish (Bristol, Connecticut) St. Michael the Archangel Parish, Derby St. Adalbert Parish (Enfield, Connecticut) SS. Cyril and Methodius Parish, Hartford St. Stanislaus Parish (Meriden, Connecticut) Holy Cross Parish, New Britain Sacred Heart Parish (New Britain, Connecticut) St. Stanislaus Parish (New Haven, Connecticut) St. Mary Parish (Newington, Connecticut) Immaculate Conception Parish, Southington St. Joseph Parish, Suffield St. Casimir Parish, Terryville St. Mary Parish, Torrington St. Hedwig Parish, Union City SS. Peter and Paul Parish, Wallingford St. Stanislaus Kostka Parish, 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

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