Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque, USA

Special Churches

Cathedral: St. Raphael Cathedral, Dubuque, Iowa
Minor Basilica: Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville, Iowa

Churches by City (192)

Des Moines (↙), Sioux City (←), Winona–Rochester (↑), La Crosse (↗), Madison (↗), Rockford (→), Davenport (↓)

Present Prelates

Metropolitan Archbishop:	vacant
Apostolic Administrator (2023.04.04 – ...):	Bishop Richard Edmund Pates (80) Bishop emeritus of Des Moines (USA)

Ordinaries

Metropolitan Archbishops of Dubuque (Roman Rite)

Bishop Richard Edmund Pates (80)
(Apostolic Administrator 2023.04.04 – ...)

Archbishop Michael Owen Jackels (69)
(2013.04.08 – 2023.04.04)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque (USA)

Ecce adsum

Born:	1954.04.13 (Rapid City, SD, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1981.05.30
Consecrated Bishop:	2005.04.04

Bishop of Wichita (USA) (2005.01.28 – 2013.04.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (2013.04.08 – 2023.04.04)

Archbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (82)
(1995.10.16 – 2013.04.08)

Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque (USA)

To serve rather than to rule

Born:	1940.05.25 (Brainard, NE, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1966.07.30
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.08.24

President of Swiss-American Benedictine Congregation (1984 – 1987.07.06)

Bishop of Saint Cloud (USA) (1987.07.06 – 1994.08.23)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1994.08.23 – 1995.10.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1995.10.16 – 2013.04.08)

Archbishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B.
(1983.12.20 – 1995.10.16)

Benedicite Domino

Born:	1923.05.07 (Chicago, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1949.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	1977.07.21
Died:	2017.05.30 († 94)

Titular Bishop of Natchez (1977.06.06 – 1980.03.05)

Auxiliary Bishop of Joliet (USA) (1977.06.06 – 1980.03.05)

Bishop of Salina (USA) (1980.03.05 – 1983.12.20)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1983.12.20 – 1995.10.16)

Archbishop James Joseph Byrne
(1962.03.07 – 1983.08.23)

Ad Jesum per Mariam

Born:	1908.07.28 (Saint Paul, MN, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1933.06.03
Consecrated Bishop:	1947.07.02
Died:	1996.08.02 († 88)

Titular Bishop of Etenna (1947.05.10 – 1956.06.16)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul (USA) (1947.05.10 – 1956.06.16)

Bishop of Boise City (USA) (1956.06.16 – 1962.03.07)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1962.03.07 – 1983.08.23)

Archbishop Leo Binz
(1954.12.02 – 1961.12.16)

Christo vivere

Born:	1900.10.31 (Stockton, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1924.03.15
Consecrated Bishop:	1942.12.21
Died:	1979.10.09 († 78)

Titular Bishop of Pinara (1942.11.21 – 1949.10.15)

Coadjutor Bishop of Winona (USA) (1942.11.21 – 1949.10.15)

Titular Archbishop of Silyum (1949.10.15 – 1954.12.02)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1949.10.15 – 1954.12.02)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1954.12.02 – 1961.12.16)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul (USA) (1961.12.16 – 1966.07.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1966.07.11 – 1975.05.28)

Archbishop Henry Patrick Rohlman
(1946.11.11 – 1954.12.02)

Born:	1876.03.17 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1901.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.07.25
Died:	1957.09.13 († 81)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (1927.05.20 – 1944.09.08)

Titular Archbishop of Macra (1944.09.08 – 1946.11.11)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1944.09.08 – 1946.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1946.11.11 – 1954.12.02)

Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1954.12.02 – 1957.09.13)

Archbishop Francis Joseph Beckman
(1930.01.17 – 1946.11.11)

Born:	1875.10.25 (Cincinnati, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1902.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1924.05.01
Died:	1948.10.17 (Chicago, IL, USA † 72)

Bishop of Lincoln (USA) (1923.12.23 – 1930.01.17)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1930.01.17 – 1946.11.11)

Titular Archbishop of Phulli (1946.11.11 – 1948.10.17)

Archbishop James John Keane
(1911.08.11 – 1929.08.02)

Beati pedes evangelizantium

Born:	1857.08.26 (Joliet, IL, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1882.12.23
Consecrated Bishop:	1902.10.28
Died:	1929.08.02 (Dubuque, IA, USA † 71)

Bishop of Cheyenne (USA) (1902.06.10 – 1911.08.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1911.08.11 – 1929.08.02)

Archbishop John Joseph Keane
(1900.07.24 – 1911.04.28)

In spiritu et veritate

Born:	1839.09.12 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1866.07.02
Consecrated Bishop:	1878.08.25
Died:	1918.06.22 († 78)

Bishop of Richmond (USA) (1878.03.28 – 1888.08.12)

Titular Bishop of Iassus (1888.08.12 – 1897.01.29)

Titular Archbishop of Damascus (1897.01.29 – 1900.07.24)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1900.07.24 – 1911.04.28)

Titular Archbishop of Cius (1911.04.28 – 1918.06.22)

Archbishop John Hennessy
(1893.06.15 – 1900.03.04)

Born:	1825.08.20 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1850.11.01
Consecrated Bishop:	1866.09.30
Died:	1900.03.04 († 74)

Bishop of Dubuque (USA) (1866.04.24 – 1893.06.15)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1893.06.15 – 1900.03.04)

Bishops of Dubuque (Roman Rite)

Bishop John Hennessy (later Archbishop)
(1866.04.24 – 1893.06.15)

(see above)

Bishop Timothy Clement Smyth, O.C.S.O.
(1858.02.20 – 1865.09.22)

Born:	1810.02.24 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1841.05.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1857.05.03
Died:	1865.09.22 († 55)

Titular Bishop of Tanasia (1857.01.09 – 1858.02.20)

Coadjutor Bishop of Dubuque (USA) (1857.01.09 – 1858.02.20)

Bishop of Dubuque (USA) (1858.02.20 – 1865.09.22)

Bishop Pierre-Jean-Mathias Loras
(1837.07.28 – 1858.02.19)

Born:	1792.08.30 (France)
Ordained Priest:	1815.11.12
Consecrated Bishop:	1837.12.10
Died:	1858.02.19 († 65)

Bishop of Dubuque (USA) (1837.07.28 – 1858.02.19)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Jerome George Hanus, O.S.B. (82) (1994.08.23 – 1995.10.16)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Leo Binz (1949.10.15 – 1954.12.02)
Coadjutor Archbishop: Archbishop Henry Patrick Rohlman (1944.09.08 – 1946.11.11)
Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop Timothy Clement Smyth, O.C.S.O. (1857.01.09 – 1858.02.20)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop William Edwin Franklin (92) (1987.01.29 – 1993.11.12)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Francis John Dunn (1969.06.01 – 1989.11.17)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Loras Joseph Watters (1965.06.21 – 1969.01.08)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop George Joseph Biskup (later Archbishop) (1957.03.09 – 1965.01.30)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Loras Thomas Lane (1951.05.29 – 1956.10.11)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald (1946.08.03 – 1949.10.20)

Tweets

Contact Info

Address: 1229 Mouint Loretta Ave., P.O. Box 479, Dubuque, IA 52004-0479, USA

Phone: +1 (563) 556-2580

Websites:

Statistics

Area: 45,074 km²

Population: 186,779 Catholics (18.5% of 1,007,531 total) (2020)

Statistics: 165 parishes, 1 mission, 183 priests (151 diocesan, 32 religious), 117 deacons, 649 lay religious (174 brothers, 475 sisters), 21 seminarians (2020)

Celebrations

Patron Saint: St. Raphael (September 29), Saint John Vianney (August 4)

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: July 7

History

1837.07.28: Established as Diocese of Dubuque / Dubuquen(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Saint Louis and became suffragan of Baltimore)
1847.07.20: Became suffragan of Saint Louis
1850.07.19: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Saint Paul
1881.06.14: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Davenport
1893.06.15: Promoted as Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque / Dubuquen(sis) (Latin) (with suffragan sees Davenport, Lincoln and Omaha)
1902.01.15: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Sioux City and gained suffragan see Sioux City
1911.08.12: Gained suffragan see Des Moines
1912.03.08: Gained suffragan see Kearney
1917.04.11: Lost suffragan see Kearney and gained suffragan see Grand Island
1945.08.04: Lost suffragan sees Grand Island, Lincoln and Omaha