Robert Joseph Banks

Styles of
**Robert Joseph Banks**
Styles of; Robert Joseph Banks
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Robert Joseph Banks
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Robert Joseph Banks
Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay
Archdiocese	Milwaukee
Diocese	Green Bay
Appointed	October 16, 1990
Installed	December 5, 1990
Term ended	October 10, 2003
Predecessor	Adam Maida
Successor	David Zubik
Orders
Ordination	December 20, 1952; by Luigi Traglia
Consecration	September 19, 1985; by Bernard Francis Law, Daniel Anthony Cronin, and John Aloysius Marshall
Personal details
Born	February 26, 1928 (age 93); Boston, Massachusetts
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
Motto	Blessed be God

Robert Joseph Banks (born February 26, 1928) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin from 1990 to 2003.^[1]

Biography[]

Early life, ordination and ministry[]

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on February 20, 1952, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. From 1967 to 1981 he served as rector of St. John's Seminary in Boston. He was removed from that position by Cardinal Medeiros in 1981^{[citation needed]} and served as parochial vicar of St. Mark's Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts. Upon the arrival of Archbishop Law in 1984 he was named as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Roslindale, Massachusetts until 1985, when at the request of Cardinal Law he was made an Auxiliary Bishop of Boston . He also served at St. Mary's Church in Dedham, Massachusetts.^[2]

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston[]

On July 26, 1985, at the request of Bernard Cardinal Law, Archbishop of Boston, Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of the Boston Archdiocese, and he was consecrated on September 19, 1985.

Bishop of Green Bay[]

On October 10, 1990, at the request of Bernard Cardinal Law, Archbishop of Boston, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Banks the Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese. Bishop Banks retired as ordinary on October 10, 2003.^[3]^[4]

Abuse scandal[]

Bishop Banks was credibly accused of overlooking several priest's alleged pedophilia in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal while he was an auxiliary bishop at Boston.^[5]

References[]

^ http://www.gbdioc.org/what-the-church-can-do-for-you/archives/bishops-of-the-diocese.html
^ Commemorative Booklet of the Jubilee Mass in Celebration of the One-Hundredth Anniversary of Saint Mary of the Assumption Church Dedham, Massachusetts 1880-1890. October 17, 1980.
^ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbanks.html
^ http://www.gbdioc.org/whoarewe/bishops.html
^ "Green Bay bishop overlooked priest's alleged pedophilia". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. 2002-11-21. Archived from the original on 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay 2003–present	Succeeded by –
Preceded by Adam Maida	Bishop of Green Bay 1990–2003	Succeeded by David Zubik
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston 1985–1990	Succeeded by –

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[1] ttp://www.gbdioc.org/what-the-church-can-do-for-you/archives/bishops-of-the-diocese.html

[booklet-2] Commemorative Booklet of the Jubilee Mass in Celebration of the One-Hundredth Anniversary of Saint Mary of the Assumption Church Dedham, Massachusetts 1880-1890. October 17, 1980.

[3] ttp://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbanks.html

[4] ttp://www.gbdioc.org/whoarewe/bishops.html

[5] "Green Bay bishop overlooked priest's alleged pedophilia". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. 2002-11-21. Archived from the original on 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

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