Robert F. Morneau
Robert Fealey Morneau | |
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| Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay Titular Bishop of Massa Lubrense | |
| Archdiocese | Milwaukee |
| Diocese | Green Bay |
| Appointed | December 19, 1978 |
| Installed | February 22, 1979 |
| Term ended | October 7, 2013 |
| Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Massa Lubrense |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 28, 1966 |
| Consecration | February 22, 1979 by Aloysius John Wycislo, Mark Francis Schmitt, and John Benjamin Grellinger |
| Personal details | |
| Born | September 10, 1938 New London, Wisconsin |
| Styles of Robert Fealey Morneau | |
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| Reference style | |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Robert Fealey Morneau (born September 10, 1938) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay.
Biography[]
The fourth of six children, Robert Morneau was born in New London, Wisconsin, to Leroy and Catherine (Fealey) Morneau. He graduated from and studied at St. Norbert College in De Pere and Sacred Heart Seminary in Oneida before earning his bachelor's and master's degrees from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
He was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Grellinger on May 28, 1966, and worked as an assistant pastor in New London before accepting appointments in Manitowoc where he was a faculty member at Holy Family College (then known as Silver Lake College) and chaplain at the UW community college and . He has also taught at the Summer Theological Institute of St. Norbert College and served on the college's Board of Trustees.
On December 19, 1978, Morneau was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay and Titular Bishop of Massa Lubrense by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on February 22, 1979 from Bishop Aloysius Wycislo, with Bishops Mark Schmitt and John Grellinger serving as co-consecrators. Through the years, he has served the Diocese as a member of the College of Consultors and the Diocesan Finance Council; as the Vicar for Priests and the Vicar General; and as pastor of Resurrection Parish in Allouez. On October 7, 2013, Morneau retired.[1][2]
Writer[]
Robert. F Morneau is also a writer.[3]
Retirement[]
On September 10, 2013, Bishop Morneau turned 75, the age at which bishops must submit a retirement request to the Vatican. On October 7, 2013, Pope Francis accepted his retirement.
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
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- Writers from Wisconsin
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- Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay
- 21st-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops
- American male writers
- Catholics from Wisconsin