008_1967 Yearbook
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008_1967 Yearbook
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BISHOP HAYES RETIRES
In September of 1966, Bishop Ralph L. Hayes submitted" his
resignation to Pope Paul VI. The 82 year old prelate's tender
was accepted by the Holy Father on October 19. Thus Bishop
Hayes became the first Bishop to resign in keeping with the
prescriptions of the recent "motu proprio Ecclesiae Sanctae" of
Vatican II, which requested bishops to submit their resignation
by their 75th birthday.
Bishop Hayes, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been a priest
for 57 years and a bishop for 33 years. He was installed as
Head of the Davenport Diocese on January 11, 1945.
On Wednesday October 26, Pope Paul VI named the Most
Reverend Gerald F. O'Keefe, auxiliary to Archbishop Leo Binz
of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minn., to succeed Bishop Hayes as
bishop of Davenport.
NEW PRELATE: MOST REVEREND GERALD F. O'KEEFE
Bishop O'Keefe was ordained to the priesthood on January 24,
1944 in St. Paul, Minn. On August 25, 1945, he was named
Chancellor of the Archdiocese.
Pope Pius XII appointed him a domestic prelate with the title
of Right Reverend Monsignor on June 14, 1957.
He was named titular Bishop of Candyba and auxiliary to the
late Archbishop William O. Brady of St. Paul on May 5, 1961.
He was consecrated on July 2, 1961. At the time of his appointment at age 43, he was one of the youngest bishops in
the United States.
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In September of 1966, Bishop Ralph L. Hayes submitted" his
resignation to Pope Paul VI. The 82 year old prelate's tender
was accepted by the Holy Father on October 19. Thus Bishop
Hayes became the first Bishop to resign in keeping with the
prescriptions of the recent "motu proprio Ecclesiae Sanctae" of
Vatican II, which requested bishops to submit their resignation
by their 75th birthday.
Bishop Hayes, a native of Pittsburgh, Pa., has been a priest
for 57 years and a bishop for 33 years. He was installed as
Head of the Davenport Diocese on January 11, 1945.
On Wednesday October 26, Pope Paul VI named the Most
Reverend Gerald F. O'Keefe, auxiliary to Archbishop Leo Binz
of St. Paul-Minneapolis, Minn., to succeed Bishop Hayes as
bishop of Davenport.
NEW PRELATE: MOST REVEREND GERALD F. O'KEEFE
Bishop O'Keefe was ordained to the priesthood on January 24,
1944 in St. Paul, Minn. On August 25, 1945, he was named
Chancellor of the Archdiocese.
Pope Pius XII appointed him a domestic prelate with the title
of Right Reverend Monsignor on June 14, 1957.
He was named titular Bishop of Candyba and auxiliary to the
late Archbishop William O. Brady of St. Paul on May 5, 1961.
He was consecrated on July 2, 1961. At the time of his appointment at age 43, he was one of the youngest bishops in
the United States.
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