James Patrick Shannon
James Patrick Shannon (born February 16, 1921 in South St. Paul , † August 28, 2003 in Wayzata ) was an American Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop in Saint Paul and Minneapolis .
Life
James Patrick Shannon was ordained a priest on June 8, 1946 . In 1956 he became president of the Diocesan College of Saint Paul and Minneapolis.
Pope Paul VI appointed him on February 8, 1965 auxiliary bishop in Saint Paul and titular bishop of Lacubaza . The Apostolic Delegate to the United States of America , Egidio Vagnozzi , consecrated him bishop on March 31 of the same year ; Co- consecrators were James Joseph Byrne , Archbishop of Dubuque , and Leo Binz , Archbishop of Saint Paul.
He attended the fourth session of the Second Vatican Council . He resigned from his office as auxiliary bishop on November 22, 1968 and 1969 as titular bishop and renounced the priesthood. The reason was Shannon's criticism of Pope Paul's encyclical Humanae Vitae .
Footnotes
- ↑ Thomas Großbölting : The lost sky. Faith in Germany since 1945 . Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 2013, ISBN 978-3-525-30040-4 , p. 112.
Web links
- Entry for James Patrick Shannon on catholic-hierarchy.org
- JAMES P. SHANNON: An Inventory of His Papers at the Minnesota Historical Society
- Appreciation: James Shannon loved the church all his life
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Shannon, James Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Shannon, James P .; Shannon, James |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American Roman Catholic auxiliary bishop |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1921 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | South St. Paul |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 2003 |
| Place of death | Wayzata |