Justin Albert Driscoll

Justin Albert Driscoll
Bishop of Fargo
In office	1970-1984
Orders
Ordination	July 28, 1945
Consecration	October 18, 1971 by Archbishop Luigi Raimondi
Personal details
Born	(1920-09-30)September 30, 1920 Bernard, Iowa
Died	November 19, 1984(1984-11-19) (aged 64)
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic
Parents	William and Agnes (née Healey) Driscoll
Education	Loras College
Alma mater	Catholic University of America

Justin Albert Driscoll (September 30, 1920—November 19, 1984) was an American Roman Catholic clergyman. He served as President of Loras College (1967-1970) and Bishop of Fargo (1970-1984).

Biography

Justin Driscoll was born in Bernard, Iowa, to William and Agnes (née Healey) Driscoll.^[1] He studied at Loras College in Dubuque, from where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1942.^[1] He completed his postgraduate studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.^[1] He was ordained to the priesthood on July 28, 1945.^[2] He then served as a teacher at Loras Academy until 1948, when he became secretary to Archbishop Henry Rohlman.^[1] In 1952 he earned his Ph.D. from Catholic University.^[1]

Returning to Iowa, he served as secretary to Archbishop Leo Binz (1952-1953) and superintendent of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Dubuque (1953-1967).^[1] He was president of Loras College from 1967 to 1970.^[1] During his administration, he gave full scholarships to twelve African American students, who after meeting with Jesse Jackson in Chicago returned to Loras and demanded radical reforms from Driscoll.^[3] He was eventually forced to expel the twelve students; the incident made him unpopular with the other faculty, who then sought his resignation.^[3]

On September 8, 1970, Driscoll was appointed the fifth Bishop of Fargo, North Dakota, by Pope Paul VI.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 18 from Archbishop Luigi Raimondi, with Archbishops Leo Binz and James Joseph Byrne serving as co-consecrators.^[2] He remained as bishop for the next fourteen years, until his death at age 64.

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Curtis, Georgina Pell (1966). The American Catholic Who's Who XVII. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
1 2 3 "Bishop Justin Albert Driscoll". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
1 2 Cooper, Brian (2007-06-17). "Msgr. Francis Friedl". Telegraph Herald.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Leo Ferdinand Dworschak	Bishop of Fargo 1970—1984	Succeeded by James Stephen Sullivan

Diocese of Fargo

Bishops	John Shanley James O'Reilly Aloisius Joseph Muench Leo Ferdinand Dworschak Justin Albert Driscoll James Stephen Sullivan Samuel J. Aquila John Folda

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Mary Basilica St. James Basilica Parishes St. Michael's Church, Grand Forks St. Stanislaus Church, Warsaw Chapel St. Joseph's Chapel, Minto Former St. Catherine's Church, Whitman

Education	High School Shanley High School, Fargo

Priests	Raymond W. Lessard William Theodore Mulloy Vincent James Ryan

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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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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 91349318

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