Edmund Michael Dunne (February 2, 1864 – October 17, 1929) was an Americanprelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Peoria from 1909 until his death in 1929.
Biography[]
Edmund Dunne was born in Chicago, Illinois, to an Irish family, and attended the parochial school of Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago.[1] He studied at St. Ignatius College in Chicago before entering Niagara University in New York.[2] He completed his theological studies at the American College in Leuven, Belgium.[2] He was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Patrick Feehan on June 24, 1887.[3]
Dunne furthered his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, from where he obtained a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1890.[2] Following his return to the United States, he received his first pastorate at St. Columbkille Church in Chicago, where he remained for eight years.[2] He was later named pastor of Guardian Angels Parish and chancellor of the Archdiocese of Chicago.[2]
On June 30, 1909, Dunne was appointed the second Bishop of Peoria by Pope Pius X.[3] He received his episcopalconsecration on the following September 1 from Archbishop Diomede Falconio, O.F.M., with Bishops John Janssen and Peter Muldoon serving as co-consecrators.[3] He served as the spiritual leader of Catholics in Central Illinois for twenty years, until his death at age 65.
