Diocese of Davenport, USA

Continent: North America

Rite: Roman (Latin)

Type: Diocese Diocese

Name: Davenport / Davenporten(sis) (Latin)

Ecclesiastical Province: Dubuque

Depends on: Dicastery for Bishops

Websites:

Celebrations

Cathedral Dedication Anniversary: November 15

Liturgical Calendar (National) 📅

History

1881.06.14: Established as Diocese of Davenport / Davenporten(sis) (Latin) (from Diocese of Dubuque and became suffragan of Saint Louis)
1893.06.15: Became suffragan of Dubuque
1911.08.12: Lost territory to establish Diocese of Des Moines

Contact Info

Address: Diocesan Pastoral Center, 2706 North Gaines St., Davenport, IA 52804-1996, USA

Phone: +1 (563) 324-1911

Present Prelates

Bishop (2024.06.25 – ...):

Bishop Dennis Gerard Walsh (59)

Ordinaries

Bishops of Davenport (Roman Rite)

Bishop Dennis Gerard Walsh (59)
(2024.06.25 – ...)

Bishop of Davenport (USA)

In manus tuas Domine

Born:	1965.07.16 (Lima, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1992.05.27
Consecrated Bishop:	2024.09.27

Priest of Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer (Redemptorists) (1992.05.27 – 2000.07.19)

Priest of Toledo (USA) (2000.07.19 – 2024.06.25)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (2024.06.25 – ...)

Bishop Thomas Robert Zinkula (67) (later Archbishop)
(2017.04.19 – 2023.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA)

Fiat voluntas tua

Born:	1957.04.19 (Mount Vernon, IA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1990.05.26
Consecrated Bishop:	2017.06.22

Priest of Dubuque (USA) (1990.05.26 – 2017.04.19)

Prelate of Honour of His Holiness (2012.11.19 – 2017.04.19)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (2017.04.19 – 2023.07.26)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (2023.07.26 – ...)

Bishop Martin John Amos (83)
(2006.10.12 – 2017.04.19)

Bishop emeritus of Davenport (USA)

Doce me Domine

Born:	1941.12.08 (Cleveland, OH, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1968.05.25
Consecrated Bishop:	2001.06.07

Priest of Cleveland (USA) (1968.05.25 – 2001.04.03)

Titular Bishop of Meta (2001.04.03 – 2006.10.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland (USA) (2001.04.03 – 2006.10.12)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (2006.10.12 – 2017.04.19)

Bishop William Edwin Franklin (94)
(1993.11.12 – 2006.10.12)

Bishop emeritus of Davenport (USA)

Faith, hope, love

Born:	1930.05.03 (Parnell, IA, USA)
Ordained Priest:	1956.02.04
Consecrated Bishop:	1987.04.01

Priest of Dubuque (USA) (1956.02.04 – 1987.01.29)

Titular Bishop of Surista (1987.01.29 – 1993.11.12)

Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque (USA) (1987.01.29 – 1993.11.12)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (1993.11.12 – 2006.10.12)

Bishop Gerald Francis O’Keefe
(1966.10.20 – 1993.11.12)

Tibi totum restituo

Born:	1918.03.30 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1944.01.29
Consecrated Bishop:	1961.07.02
Died:	2000.04.12 († 82)

Titular Bishop of Candyba (1961.05.05 – 1966.10.20)

Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis (USA) (1961.05.05 – 1966.10.20)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (1966.10.20 – 1993.11.12)

Bishop Ralph Leo Hayes
(1944.11.16 – 1966.10.20)

Opere et veritate

Born:	1884.09.21 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1909.09.19
Consecrated Bishop:	1933.09.21
Died:	1970.07.05 († 85)

Bishop of Helena (USA) (1933.06.23 – 1935.10.26)

Titular Bishop of Hieropolis (1935.10.26 – 1944.11.16)

Rector of Pontifical North American College (1935.10.26 – 1944.11.16)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (1944.11.16 – 1966.10.20)

Titular Bishop of Naraggara (1966.10.20 – 1970.07.05)

Bishop Henry Patrick Rohlman (later Archbishop)
(1927.05.20 – 1944.09.08)

Born:	1876.03.17 (Germany)
Ordained Priest:	1901.12.21
Consecrated Bishop:	1927.07.25
Died:	1957.09.13 († 81)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (1927.05.20 – 1944.09.08)

Titular Archbishop of Macra (1944.09.08 – 1946.11.11)

Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1944.09.08 – 1946.11.11)

Metropolitan Archbishop of Dubuque (USA) (1946.11.11 – 1954.12.02)

Titular Archbishop of Cotrada (1954.12.02 – 1957.09.13)

Bishop James Joseph Davis
(1906.12.22 – 1926.12.02)

Born:	1852.11.07 (Ireland)
Ordained Priest:	1878.06.17
Consecrated Bishop:	1904.11.30
Died:	1926.12.02 († 74)

Titular Bishop of Milopotamus (1904.10.07 – 1906.12.22)

Coadjutor Bishop of Davenport (USA) (1904.10.07 – 1906.12.22)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (1906.12.22 – 1926.12.02)

Bishop Henry Cosgrove
(1884.07.11 – 1906.12.22)

Born:	1834.12.19 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1857.08.27
Consecrated Bishop:	1884.09.14
Died:	1906.12.22 († 72)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (1884.07.11 – 1906.12.22)

Bishop John McMullen
(1881.06.14 – 1883.07.04)

Born:	1832.01.08 (USA)
Ordained Priest:	1858.06.20
Consecrated Bishop:	1881.07.25
Died:	1883.07.04 († 51)

Bishop of Davenport (USA) (1881.06.14 – 1883.07.04)

Former Prelates

Coadjutor Bishop: Bishop James Joseph Davis (1904.10.07 – 1906.12.22)
Auxiliary Bishop: Bishop Edward Daniel Howard (later Archbishop) (1923.12.23 – 1926.04.30)