Francis Quinn

Styles of
**Francis Anthony Quinn**
Styles of; Francis Anthony Quinn
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Francis Anthony Quinn
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Francis Anthony Quinn
Bishop of Sacramento
	Quinn in November 2004
Archdiocese	San Francisco
Diocese	Sacramento
Appointed	December 18, 1979
Installed	February 18, 1980
Term ended	November 30, 1993
Predecessor	Alden John Bell
Successor	William Weigand
Previous post(s)	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco
Orders
Ordination	June 15, 1946
Consecration	June 29, 1978; by John R. Quinn, Joseph Thomas McGucken, and William Joseph McDonald
Personal details
Born	September 11, 1921; Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	March 21, 2019 (aged 97); Sacramento, California, U.S.

Francis Anthony Quinn (September 11, 1921 – March 21, 2019) was an American Roman Catholic prelate who served as the Bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento from 1980 to 1993.

Background

Born in Los Angeles, California, he graduated from St. Joseph’s Seminary in Mountain View, CA (then the local minor seminary for high school and the first two years of college) and then from St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, CA (Bachelor's Degree and four post-graduate years of theology studies) and was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 15, 1946. He earned an MA in education from the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C., in 1947 and an Ed.D. from the University of California, Berkeley, in 1962.^[1]^[2]

Quinn was a teacher at Serra High School, San Mateo, and a counselor at Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, San Francisco, before becoming an assistant superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of San Francisco in 1955. He was editor for the San Francisco Monitor in 1962 and was appointed pastor of St. Gabriel’s Church in 1970.

Bishop

Under Pope Paul VI, Quinn was consecrated an auxiliary bishop of San Francisco on June 29, 1978, and installed as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento on December 18, 1979.

From 1980-1992, seven new parishes, several missions, two elementary schools, and one high school were established. He oversaw a 10-year pastoral plan for the diocese as well as a spiritual renewal program, reorganized the deanery structure, initiated a diocesan pastoral council, and celebrated the hundredth anniversary of the diocese.

Quinn inspired and encouraged women to lead in parish governance, educational, liturgical, financial and social ministries.^{[citation needed]} He also activated lay individuals to continue their formation and assume leadership roles in various groups and movements.^{[citation needed]} He supported the launch of an AIDS hospice and he protested the death penalty on the steps of the Capitol and at prison gates. He also spoke up regarding nuclear disarmament, immigration policies, and many foreign issues.

Bishop Quinn High School in Palo Cedro, California was named in his honor, but it closed in 2008 due to low enrollment.

Retirement and death

Quinn retired in 1993, and spent several years with the Yaquis in Arizona. In 2007, he returned to the Diocese of Sacramento. He took up residence at Mercy McMahon Terrace, a residence for seniors run by the Sisters of Mercy in midtown Sacramento, and continued to serve as an activist for social justice and human rights issues, especially for the poor.

Quinn died on March 21, 2019, at the age of 97. At the time of his death, he was the oldest living bishop in the United States.^[3]

References

^ "Bishop Emeritus Francis A. Quinn's Biography". Diocese-sacramento.org. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2014.
^ "Bishop Francis Anthony Quinn". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.
^ Dávilla, Robert D.; Bretón, Marcos (March 21, 2019). "Sacramento's Bishop Quinn, oldest living Catholic bishop in America, dies". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved March 22, 2019.

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento official website
A conversation with Bishop Francis A. Quinn last retrieved February 25, 2007.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Alden John Bell	Bishop of Sacramento 1979–1993	Succeeded by William Weigand
Preceded by -	Auxiliary Bishop of San Francisco 1978–1979	Succeeded by -

[1] "Bishop Emeritus Francis A. Quinn's Biography". Diocese-sacramento.org. Archived from the original on 23 June 2017. Retrieved 21 December 2014.

[2] "Bishop Francis Anthony Quinn". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.

[3] Dávilla, Robert D.; Bretón, Marcos (March 21, 2019). "Sacramento's Bishop Quinn, oldest living Catholic bishop in America, dies". The Sacramento Bee. Retrieved March 22, 2019.

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Bishops	Ordinaries Patrick Manogue Thomas Grace Patrick Joseph James Keane Robert John Armstrong Joseph Thomas McGucken Alden John Bell Francis Quinn William Weigand Jaime Soto Auxiliaries Patrick Joseph James Keane John Stephen Cummins Alphonse Gallegos Richard John Garcia Myron Joseph Cotta Reynaldo Bersabal
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Ordinaries	Archbishops Joseph Sadoc Alemany Patrick William Riordan Edward Joseph Hanna John Joseph Mitty Joseph Thomas McGucken John R. Quinn William Levada George Hugh Niederauer Salvatore Cordileone Auxiliary bishops Denis J. O'Connell Edward Joseph Hanna Thomas Arthur Connolly Hugh Aloysius Donohoe James Thomas O'Dowd Merlin Guilfoyle William Joseph McDonald Norman Francis McFarland Francis Quinn Pierre DuMaine Daniel F. Walsh Carlos Arthur Sevilla Patrick Joseph McGrath John Charles Wester Ignatius C. Wang William J. Justice Robert W. McElroy Robert Francis Christian Coadjutor bishops George Thomas Montgomery
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