Thomas William Drumm

Most Reverend Thomas W. Drumm, DD
Bishop of Des Moines

Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Des Moines
In office	March 28, 1919—October 24, 1933
Predecessor	Austin Dowling
Successor	Gerald Thomas Bergan
Orders
Ordination	December 21, 1901
Consecration	May 21, 1919
Personal details
Born	(1871-07-12)July 12, 1871 Fore, County Westmeath, Ireland
Died	October 24, 1933(1933-10-24) (aged 62) Des Moines, Iowa

Thomas William Drumm (July 12, 1871—October 24, 1933) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Des Moines from 1919 until his death in 1933.

Biography

Thomas Drumm was born in Fore, County Westmeath, to Thomas and Mary (née Cullen) Drumm.^[1] He came to the United States in 1888, and began his studies at St. Joseph's College in Dubuque, Iowa.^[1] He completed his theological studies at the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Quebec, Canada, where he was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Paul Bruchési on December 21, 1901.^[2] He then furthered his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.^[1] He labored in the diocesan missions of Dubuque, and became pastor of St. Patrick's Church in Cedar Rapids in 1915.^[1]

On March 28, 1919, Drumm was appointed the second Bishop of Des Moines by Pope Benedict XV.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following May 21 from Archbishop John Joseph Keane, with Bishops James J. Davis and Edmond Heelan serving as co-consecrators.^[2] In 1924 he became the first Catholic bishop to preach regularly on the radio, offering monthly broadcasts on WHO.^[3] He remained as bishop until his death at age 62.

References

1 2 3 4 O'Donnell, John Hugh (1922). "The Catholic Hierarchy of the United States, 1790-1922". The Catholic University of America Studies in American Church History (Washington, D.C.) IV.
1 2 3 "Bishop Thomas William Drumm". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
↑ "Bishops of the Diocese of Des Moines" (PDF). Roman Catholic Diocese of Des Moines.

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 Des Moines

Bishops	Austin Dowling Thomas W. Drumm Gerald T. Bergan Edward C. Daly, OP George Biskup Maurice J. Dingman William H. Bullock Joseph L. Charron, CPpS Richard E. Pates

Churches	Cathedral St. Ambrose Cathedral, Des Moines Parishes All Saints, Stuart Basilica of St. John, Des Moines St. Boniface, Westphalia St. Patrick's, Cumming St. Patrick Church, Imogene St. Patrick's, Perry St. Peter's, Council Bluffs

Education	Dowling Catholic High School, West Des Moines Saint Albert High School, Council Bluffs

Priest	John Joseph Boylan

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