John Joseph Paul

Styles of John Paul

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Your Excellency
Posthumous style	not applicable

John Joseph Paul (August 17, 1918 – March 5, 2006) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Auxiliary Bishop and Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin.

Biography

Early years

Paul was born in La Crosse, Wisconsin. He graduated from Aquinas High School in 1935 and from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa in 1939.

Ordination and ministry

Paul was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on January 24, 1943 by Auxiliary Bishop William Richard Griffin at St. Rose of Viterbo Convent in La Crosse, which is the motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. While stationed in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Paul help established Regis High School.^[1]

In 1955, Paul became rector of Holy Cross Seminary in La Crosse. On October 7, 1956, Pope Pius XII made Paul a monsignor. In 1956, he received a masters in education degree from Marquette University. In 1966, Paul became rector of the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman in La Crosse.

Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Paul was appointed auxiliary bishop for the Diocese of La Crosse on May 17, 1977 and was consecrated on August 4, 1977.^[2]

On October 14, 1983 Paul was appointed Diocesan Bishop succeeding Frederick William Freking and on December 5, 1983, he was installed as Bishop. In 1986, Paul convened the fourth diocesan synod following the revised Canon Law of 1983; in 1987, the decrees of the fourth diocesan synod were published as: The Bishop With His People.^[3] In 1992, Paul founded the Aquinas Middle School.

On December 10, 1994, Paul retired and was succeeded as Bishop by Raymond Leo Burke. Paul died at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center in La Crosse at the age of 87.^[4]

References

↑ "Regis Granted Steel for New High School". The Daily Telegram. January 31, 1953. p. 3. Retrieved June 22, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ "Outpouring of Affection Flows to New Bishop Paul". The La Crosse Tribune. August 5, 1977. p. 1. Retrieved June 21, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
↑ The Bishop With His People: Fourth Synod of the Diocese of La Crosse.
↑ http://www.dioceseoflacrosse.com/files/bppaulobitfuneral.pdf

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Preceded by Frederick William Freking	Bishop of La Crosse 1983–1994	Succeeded by Raymond Leo Burke
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of La Crosse 1977–1983	Succeeded by –

Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse

Bishops	Ordinaries Michael Heiss Kilian Caspar Flasch James Schwebach Alexander Joseph McGavick John Patrick Treacy Frederick William Freking John Joseph Paul Raymond Leo Burke Jerome Edward Listecki William P. Callahan Auxiliary William Richard Griffin

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman Parishes Notre Dame Church, Chippewa Falls Sacred Heart of Jesus-St. Patrick's Church, Eau Claire Sacred Heart-Saint Wenceslaus Church, Pine Creek Former Our Lady of Spring Bank Abbey Saint Ann's Church, Greenwood Shrine Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse Chapel Maria Angelorum Chapel, La Crosse

Education	Higher Education Viterbo University High Schools Aquinas High School, La Crosse Assumption High School, Wisconsin Rapids Columbus Catholic High School, Marshfield McDonell Central Catholic High School, Chippewa Falls Newman Catholic High School, Wausau Pacelli High School, Stevens Point Regis High School, Eau Claire Former Campion High School, Prairie du Chien

Priests	Solanus Casey Robert Herman Flock George Albert Hammes Felix Ley

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