| Styles of John R. Quinn |
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| Reference style | The Most Reverend |
| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Monsignor |
| Posthumous style | not applicable |
John Raphael Quinn (born March 28, 1929) is a Roman Catholic bishop, currently the Archbishop Emeritus of the Archdiocese of San Francisco; he served as the archdiocese's sixth archbishop from 1977 to 1995. A style of office, or honorific, is a term which by Tradition or Law precedes a reference to a person who holds a post or Title, or to the The Reverend is a style used as a Prefix to the names of many Christian Clergy and ministers It is correctly called a style rather Excellency is a Honorific style given to certain members of an organization or state Monsignor, pl monsignori is the form of address for those members of the Clergy of the Catholic Church holding certain Ecclesiastical Events 37 - Roman Emperor Caligula accepts the titles of the Principate, entitled to him by the Senate. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight In Christianity, an archbishop is an elevated Bishop. In the Roman Catholic Church, the Anglican Communion and others this means that they lead Emeritus (ɨˈmɛrɨtəs is an Adjective that is used in the title of a retired Professor, Bishop or other professional Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays Year 1995 ( MCMXCV) was a Common year starting on Sunday. Events of 1995 Archbishop Quinn also served as president of the United States Catholic Conference and National Conference of Catholic Bishops from 1977 to 1980. The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops ( USCCB) is the official leadership body of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States.
Quinn was born in Riverside, California, and was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of San Diego on July 19, 1953. Riverside is the County seat of Riverside County, California, United States. In general religious use ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is set apart as Clergy to perform various religious rites and ceremonies Clergy is the generic term used to describe the formal religious leadership within a given Religion. The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego is a Particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the western region of the United States Events 711 - Muslim forces under Tariq ibn Ziyad defeat the Visigoths led by their king Roderic. Year 1953 ( MCMLIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was named an auxiliary bishop for San Diego and titular bishop of Thisiduo on October 21, 1967, and ordained a bishop December 12. See also Bishop (Catholic Church An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a Diocese because Main article Bishop (Catholic Church A titular bishop is a bishop of the Catholic Church who is not in charge Events 1512 - Martin Luther joins the theological faculty of the University of Wittenberg. Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight Events 627 - Battle of Nineveh: A Byzantine army under Emperor Heraclius defeats Emperor Khosrau II 's Persian
On November 17, 1971, he was appointed Bishop of Oklahoma City-Tulsa. Events 284 - Diocletian is proclaimed emperor by his soldiers Year 1971 ( MCMLXXI) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the 1971 Gregorian calendar. When the diocese was split to form the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City and the Diocese of Tulsa on December 13, 1972, Quinn became the first Archbishop of Oklahoma City. The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Oklahoma City is a Particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the midwestern region of the The Roman Catholic Diocese of Tulsa (Dioecesis Tulsensis is a Particular church of the Latin Rite of the Roman Catholic Church in the Eastern Events 1294 - Saint Celestine V abdicates the papacy after only five months Celestine hoped to return to his previous life Year 1972 ( MCMLXXII) was a Leap year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Oklahoma City is the capital and largest city of the US state of Oklahoma. In 1977, Quinn was reassigned to become the Archbishop of San Francisco. Also 1977 (album by Ash. Year 1977 ( MCMLXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays The Roman Catholic Archbishop of San Francisco is the Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Church in San Francisco, California in the United States
Episcopal Ministry in San Franscisco
Quinn's was a popular appointment in 1977 and for almost his entire ministry in San Francisco he enjoyed the support of priests and lay people. The City and County of San Francisco is the fourth most populous city In the early years of his time as Archbishop he was simultaneously president of the USCC/NCCB, which kept him away from the archdiocese.
Quinn was an irenic and liberal presence in San Francisco who, in the 1970s and 1980s, offered national leadership to Catholics in the United States on issues as diverse as U. S. women religious, the moral permissibility of nuclear weapons, and sanctuary for Central American refugees. A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from Nuclear reactions either fission or a combination of fission and fusion. After the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero in March, 1980, Quinn issued a statement lauding the murdered prelate as "a voice for the poor and the oppressed. AssassiNation is the sixth album by Krisiun, released in 2006 on Century Media. Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez ( August 25 1917 &ndash March 24 1980) commonly known as Monseñor Romero, was a Bishop " Quinn later attended Archbishop Romero's funeral in San Salvador. San Salvador is the Capital and largest city of the nation of El Salvador.
Early in his career in San Francisco, Quinn recognized that the Archdiocese was too large and he was instrumental in devising plans for the creation of the Diocese of San Jose which was erected by Pope John Paul II on January 27, 1981. The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Jose in California ( Dioecesis Sancti Josephi in California) is an ecclesiastical territory or Diocese of the Roman Catholic Pope The first bishop of the new diocese was Bishop Pierre DuMaine who had until then been an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of San Francisco. Roland Pierre DuMaine (b August 2, 1931) is an American Roman Catholic bishop See also Bishop (Catholic Church An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a Diocese because Links between the two adjacent dioceses remain strong, as the second (and current) Bishop of San Jose is the former San Francisco auxiliary Bishop Patrick Joseph McGrath. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Patrick Joseph McGrath (b July 11, 1945) is the second Roman Catholic Bishop of San Jose in California, USA
In 1985, Archbishop Quinn initiated the Catholic Church's first institutional response to the AIDS/ARC epidemic. Catholic Charities San Francisco is currently the largest provider of housing to people with AIDS on the West Coast.
In the 1990s, Quinn turned his attention to the needs of the archdiocese after the Loma Prieta earthquake, which damaged many churches. The Loma Prieta earthquake, also known as the Quake of '89 and the World Series Quake, was a major Earthquake that struck the San Francisco Bay The Archdiocese of San Francisco drew up a plan which would see the closure of a dozen parishes whose churches had been damaged in the earthquake. This plan drew the wrath of many priests, 41 of whom signed a petition to Quinn dissenting from his plan.
Throughout his episcopal ministry he maintained strong links with the Catholic Church in England visiting it regularly and maintaining strong personal links with the country. England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland After his retirement from the full-time ministry he spent time at Campion Hall, Oxford where in 1996 he gave a celebrated paper on "the claims of the primacy and the costly call to unity", a paper which was a first draft of his 1999 book The Reform of the Papacy. Campion Hall is one of the Permanent Private Halls of the University of Oxford in England.
Published works
- John R. Quinn, The Reform of the Papacy (New York: Crossroad Publishing, 1999). A thoughtful response to Pope John Paul II's request for suggestions on how to reform the papacy in his papal letter Ut Unum Sint. Pope Ut Unum Sint ( Latin: 'may they be one' is an Encyclical by Pope John Paul II of May 25 1995.
References
| Preceded by Victor Joseph Reed |
Bishop of Oklahoma City-Tulsa 1971–1972 |
Succeeded by None (diocese split) |
| Preceded by None (erected) |
Archbishop of Oklahoma City 1972–1977 |
Succeeded by Charles Salatka |
| Preceded by Joseph Thomas McGucken |
Archbishop of San Francisco 1977–1995 |
Succeeded by William Levada |
| Preceded by Joseph Cardinal Bernardin |
President of the United States Catholic Conference and National Conference of Catholic Bishops 1977–1980 |
Succeeded by John Roach |
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