Francis Raymond Shea facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Francis Raymond Shea |
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| Bishop of Evansville | |
| Church | Roman Catholic |
| See | Diocese of Evansville |
| In Office | February 3, 1970 March 11, 1989 |
| Predecessor | Paul Francis Leibold |
| Successor | Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | March 19, 1939 |
| Consecration | February 3, 1970 by Luigi Raimondi |
| Personal details | |
| Born | December 4, 1913 Knoxville, Tennessee, USA |
| Died | August 18, 1994 (aged 80) |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Francis Raymond Shea was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the third bishop of the Diocese of Evansville in Indiana from 1969 to 1989.
Biography
Francis Shea was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 4, 1913. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Nashville on March 19, 1939 in Rome by Bishop Ralph Hayes. Shea served several assignments around Tennessee over the next three decades. He was named a monsignor in 1967.
On December 1, 1969, Shea was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Evansville by Pope Paul VI. Shea was consecrated by Cardinal Luigi Raimondi on February 3, 1970.
Pope John Paul II accepted Shea's resignation as bishop of Evansville on March 11, 1989. Francis Shea died on August 18, 1994.
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