Michael Joseph Keyes
Michael Joseph Keyes, S.M. (February 28, 1876 – August 7, 1959) was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Savannah, Georgia from 1922 to 1935.
Biography[]
Keyes was born in Dingle, County Kerry, and ordained as a priest of the Society of Mary on June 21, 1907.[1][better source needed]
On June 27, 1922, he was appointed the eighth Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, by Pope Pius XI.[1][better source needed] He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 18 from Archbishop Michael Joseph Curley, with Bishops Denis J. O'Connell and Patrick Joseph Barry serving as co-consecrators.
After thirteen years as Bishop, Keyes resigned on September 23, 1935; he was named Titular Bishop of Areopolis on the same date.[1][better source needed] He later died at age 83.
See also[]
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References[]
- ^ a b c "Bishop Michael Joseph Keyes". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
External links[]
Episcopal succession[]
- 1876 births
- 1959 deaths
- Irish emigrants to the United States (before 1923)
- Irish expatriate Catholic bishops
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Roman Catholic bishops of Savannah, Georgia
- People from Dingle
- American Roman Catholic bishop stubs