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List of Accused Davenport Clergy and Allegations

On July 17, 2008, the Diocese of Davenport released two versions of a list of accused priests to fulfill one of the nonmonetary requirements of its bankruptcy settlement. See List released of accused clergy and List of Credible Allegations Against Priests. This list is useful, but it explicitly excludes some accused priests and all nonparish assignments and chancery appointments.

In order to provide a more complete picture of the accused priests and their assignments, we have supplemented the diocese's list by adding 1) all accused priests whose names are known, 2) all nonparish assignments and 3) chancery positions within the diocesan management. We have used the color-coding so that our supplements in the table below are clearly marked. If you scroll through the table, the red and purple additions will show how incomplete the diocese's original list was.

Why does this matter? Many accused Davenport priests worked and offended in school settings, and the diocesan offices that some priests held provided them with increased opportunities to offend, as well as the ability to help themselves and other offenders. An unusual number of accused Davenport priests held chancery offices, including the offices of vicar general, chancellor, dean, youth director, Boy Scout director, vocations director, and the like. See our lists of chancery officials and deans. It appears that the culture of child abuse pervaded the Davenport hierarchy to a degree difficult to match in other U.S. dioceses.

In Davenport, we also see the mobility of sexually offending priests, as well as the way the hierarchy compounded this problem by its transfer policies. Order priests, whose provinces transcend diocesan boundaries, will sometimes make an order parish a very dangerous place for children, as the Benedictines did in Burlington, Iowa. For order priests and externs, we have included assignments in other dioceses, and when Davenport priests who were accused of sexual abuse were sent away, we record those assignments as well. For all assignments outside the Davenport diocese, we have shown the city and state in red. We mark with a the assignment where the diocese states that the earliest abuse occurred.

We have added brief notes indicating seniority and position, using this shorthand to conserve space: P=pastor, A=administrator, C=chaplain, T=teacher, D=director, R=in residence, S=student, Pres=president, Pr=principal, M=member, AssPr=assistant principal, AthD=athletic director, DoS=dean of students, SpAss=special assignment, AssocPub=associate publisher, MMDF=minister and missionary to deaf-mutes. If two abbreviations are separated by a space in our table, they were concurrent. If they are linked by a hyphen, one was followed by the other. The approximate length of each assignment has been added to the table in a separate column.

We have reformatted the original table slightly to make it easier to read, added links at the top to improve navigation, and provided photos. Sometimes the diocese missed a parish assignment in compiling its list or added parish assignments that are incorrect. Parishes that we have added are indicated in blue; parishes that we have deleted are discussed in the notes.

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We hope this enhanced version of the diocese's list provides a more complete and useful picture of the abuse situation in the Davenport diocese. Our supplemented table is still incomplete, however, and we expect that the diocese will eventually release the names of other accused priests. Even in its partial state, our enhanced list shows that two-thirds of the diocese's parishes had an accused priest in the rectory. See our spreadsheet of parishes at risk, which shows 153 assignments of accused priests in 86 parishes in 60 towns of the Davenport diocese. Please note that the parish situation, horrible as it is, does not show the full extent of the damage—sex offending priests preyed on many children at Catholic high schools in the diocese.

We have compiled this table carefully, but no doubt we have made some mistakes. Please contact us at staff@bishop-accountability.org if you have corrections. This page was last updated on 7/24/08. We will be updating our detailed assignment records and other Davenport materials to complement this enhanced version of the diocese's list of accused priests and allegations.

[ Francis E. Bass | Herman V. Bongers | Bernard Brugman | Sylvester Conrad | Orville F. DeCoursey | Paul A. Deyo | Martin J. Diamond | Daniel K. Embrich | Thomas J. Feeney | Fidelis Forrester OSB | Theodore A. Geerts | Thomas E. Hackett | Joseph P. Hines | James M. Janssen | Raymond Kalter CSSR | John T. Kennedy | Placidus Kieffer OSB | James E. Leu | Frank Martinez | Carl H. Meinberg | Richard J. Poster | Br. Mark Quillen | Donald Redmond OSB | Drake R. Shafer | Br. Francis Skube | Lawrence D. Soens | Gerald E. Stouvenel | Louis A. Telegdy CPPS | Alphonse Wagner | Richard J. Welsh | William F. Wiebler ]

Earliest
Claimed
Abuse
Name Year
of
Ordin-
ation
Assignments Dates Years Year
of
Death
Accused of
Sexual Abuse of
Laicized
early
1950s
Francis Bass
1948 St. Mary, Clinton
St. Joseph, Davenport
Vocations D
Personnel Board M
Ottumwa Heights College C
St. Mary, Eddyville P
St. Joseph, East Pleasant Plain P
Immaculate Conception, Polishville P
Sacred Heart, Newton P
Grinnell Dean
St. Patrick, Iowa City P
St. Patrick, Delmar P
St. Anne, Welton P
Retired
VA Hospital, Iowa City
1948-1957
1957-1966
1958-1973
1958-1973
1966-1967
1966-1967
1967-1973
1967-1968
1973-1978
1976-1978
1978-1981
1981-1992
1984-1992
1992
1993-?
9
9
15
15

1
1
6
1
4.5
1
3.5
11
8

?
 
Minor Adult
M F
18  
M F
   

 

P&P
2005
1948 Herman V. Bongers
1939 St. Mary, Keokuk
St. Joseph, Fort Madison
St. Paul, Davenport
Sacred Heart Hospital, Fort Madison C
Prison Chapel, Fort Madison C
Catholic Hospital Assoc-Bishops' Rep
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Clinton C
VA Housing, Clinton C

St. Bridget, Victor P
Retired
Whereabouts unknown
Kahl Home
1939-1941
1941-1943
1943-1945
1945-1949
1945-1949
1947-1963
1949-1962
1949-1962

1962-1965
1965
1965-1968
1968-1971
2
2
2
4
4

16
13
13

3

3
3

1971
Minor Adult
M F
5  
M F
   
 
1963 Bernard E. Brugman
1943 St. Joseph, Davenport
St. Ambrose College, Davenport T
St. Joseph, Montrose
Sacred Heart Hospital, Fort Madison C
Prison Chapel, Fort Madison C

Assumption, Charlotte
St. Patrick, Villa Nova
1943-1946
1946-1951
1950-1951
1951-1963
1951-1963

1963-1965
1963-1965
3
5
1
12
12

2
2
1965
Minor Adult
M F
1  
M F
   
 
early
1960s
Sylvester A. Conrad
1952 St. Patrick, Ottumwa
Our Lady of Lourdes, Bettendorf
Catholic Youth D
St. Mary, Weller P
St. Peter, Lovilia P
Retired
Residence in Albia IA
1952-1958
1958-1967
1962-1983
1967-1996
1974-1997
1997
1997-2003
6
9
21
29
23

6
2003
Minor Adult
M F
  1
M F
   
 
1945 Orville F. DeCoursey
1931 St. Mary, West Point
St. Ambrose College, Davenport T
Mt. St. Clare Academy, Clinton C
St. Patrick, Villa Nova P
St. Joseph, What Cheer P
Our Lady of Lourdes, Keswick P
St. Mary, Fairfield P
1931-1932
1932-1937
1937-1938

1937-1938
1938-1949
1938-1948
1948-1964
1
5
1

1
11
10
16
1964
Minor Adult
M F
4  
M F
   
 
1983 Paul A. Deyo
1976 St. Mary, Clinton
International School, Rome T
Assumption HS, Davenport T
Assumption HS, Davenport AssPr AthD

School Committee M
Holy Childhood Association M

St. Mary, Davenport P-A
Regina HS, Iowa City T
St. Patrick, Iowa City
St. Peter, Cosgrove A
St. Mary, Oxford A
St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City
Bishop Heelan HS, Sioux City IA DoS-Pr
1976-1978
1978-1984
1984-1991
1985-1991

1985-1991
1986-1991

1988-1991
1991-2000
1991-1997
1996-1997
1996-1997
1997-2000
2000-2003
2
6
7
6

6
5

3
9
6
1
1
3
3
 
Minor Adult
M F
3  
M F
   
2005
1967 Martin J. Diamond 1930 St. Peter, Keokuk
St. Mary, Montrose
Mercy Hospital, Iowa City C
State Hospitals, Iowa City C
Oakdale Sanitarium, Iowa City C
St. Joseph's Sanitarium, Iowa City C
Nurse's Training School, Iowa City C
St. Bridget, Nolan Settlement P
St. Mary, Morse P
St. Mary, Solon P
Sts. Peter and Paul, Solon P
U.S. Army Reserve C
St. Joseph's Mercy Hospital, Clinton C
Mt. Alverno Home for Aged, Clinton C
St. Elizabeth, Harper P
St. Peter, Keokuk P
Retired
St. Vincent Center
Kahl Home
1930-1932
1930-1932
1932-1938
1932-1938
1932-1938
1932-1938
1932-1938
1938-1941
1938-1941
1941-1942
1941-1942
1942-1946
1946-1948
1948-1949
1949-1963
1963-1978
1978
1978-1989
1989

2
2
6
6
6
6
6
3
3
1
1
4
2
1
14
15

11
1989
Minor Adult
M F
1  
M F
   
 
1985 Br. Daniel K. Embrich   "Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)      
Minor Adult
M F
   
M F
   
 
1957 Thomas J. Feeney
1937 St. Ambrose College, Davenport T
Catholic University, Washington DC S

Vice Chancellor
Notary of Tribunal
Mercy Hospital, Davenport C
Soc Propagation of Faith D
Chancellor
Council of Administration M
Made Monsignor
Holy Childhood Association D

Mercy Hospital, Davenport C
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport P
Diocesan Consultor
Vicar General
St. Anthony, Davenport P
1937-1938
1938-1941

1941-1942
1941-1953

1942-1948
1942-1946
1942-1953
1942-1953
1949
1951-1953

1952-1953
1953-1968
1967-1981
1968-1981
1968-1981
1
3

1
12

6
4
11
11

2

1
15
14
13
13
1981
Minor Adult
M F
15  
M F
   
 
1955 Fidelis Forrester OSB
1954 St. Benedict's Abbey, Atchison KS
St. John, Burlington
St. Mary, Augusta
Ss. Peter and Paul, Seneca KS
St. John, Burlington
St. Mary, Augusta
St. Benedict's Abbey,
Atchison KS
Absent on Leave KS
Not Indexed
St. Benedict's Abbey, Atchison KS
Not Indexed
1954-1955
1955-1956
1955-1956
1956-1961
1961-1963
1961-1963
1963-1973
1973-1976
1976-1981
1981-1989
1989-2003
1
1
1
5
2
2
10
3
5
7
4
2002
Minor Adult
M F
3  
M F
   
 
1961 Theodore A. Geerts
1946 St. Joseph, Fort Madison
St. Patrick, Clinton
St. Boniface, Farmington P
St. Mary, String Prairie P
St. Mary, Dodgeville P
St. Mary, Kingston P
Leave of Absence
St. Bridget, Las Vegas NV
1946-1947
1947-1962
1962-1969
1962-1969
1969
1969
1970-2004
1991-1992
.3
15
7
7
.3
.3
34
1
2004
Minor Adult
M F
3  
M F
   
 
1940s Thomas E. Hackett
1943 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
St. Joseph, DeWitt
Atlanta, Assistant - Rome
Sacred Heart, Fort Madison
Absent on Leave
St. Joseph, Cresco IA
1943-1943
1943-1945
1945
1945-1946
1946-1950
1950-1951
.3
1.6
.2
.7
4
1
1951
Minor Adult
M F
3  
M F
   
 
Unknown Joseph P. Hines 1945 St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City
St. Mary, Newport
Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport

Holy Name Society D
St. Joseph, Sugar Creek/Brown's Sta P
Immaculate Conception, Petersville P
St. Mary, Lone Tree P
St. Joseph, Columbus Junction P

Priests' Senate
Sacred Heart, Fort Madison P
Keokuk Dean
St. Mary, Tipton P
Retired
1945-1951
1945-1951

1951-1961
1953-1992
1961-1967
1965-1966
1967-1970
1967-1970

1968-1970
1970-1980
1970-1980
1980-1989
1989
6
6
10

39
6
1
3
3

2
10
10
9
1992
Minor Adult
M F
   
M F
   
Unknown
 
1953 James M. Janssen
1948 St. Bridget, Victor
St. Paul, Burlington
St. Irenaeus, Clinton
St. Joseph, East Pleasant Plain
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, Richland
Immaculate Conception, Polishville

Leave of Absence
Sacred Heart, Newton
Leave of Absence
St. Isaac Jogues, Hinsdale IL
St. Michael, Holbrook
Abbey OL New Melleray, Dubuque IA
St. Patrick, Delmar
St. Mary, Davenport
St. Joseph, Fort Madison
St. Joseph, Fort Madison A
St. Joseph, Sugar Creek/Brown's Sta P
St. Mary, Bryant P
Priests' Senate M
Personnel Board M

St. Anthony, Davenport P
Ss. Philip & James, Grand Mound P
Boy Scouts D
Leave of Absence
Retired
1948
1948-1950
1950-1953
1953
1953
1953

1953
1953-1956
1956-1958
1956-1958
1958
1958-1959
1959
1959-1961
1961-1966
1966-1967
1967-1979
1972-1979
1973-?
1976-1989

1979-1980
1980-1990
1980-1990
1990-1991
1991
.3
1.7
3
.1
.1
.1

3
2
1.6
.3
.2
.5
2
5
.2
12.6
6.4

13
1
10
10
1
 
Minor Adult
M F
36  
M F
   
2004
1950s Raymond Kalter CSSR 1930 Immac Concep Sem, Oconomowoc WI T
Mt. St. Clement Novitiate, DeSoto MO T
St. Alphonsus, Chicago IL
Mt St Clement Novitiate, DeSoto MO MMDF
St. Joachim, Old Mines MO A
Holy Redeemer, Detroit MI
St. Alphonsus Convent, St. Louis MO

St. Alphonsus, Davenport
St. Joseph, Wichita KS
1930-1931
1931-1935
1935-1936
1936-1940
1940-1941
1941-1950
1950-1956

1956-1962
1962-1977
1
4
1
4
1
9
6

6
15
1977
Minor Adult
M F
3  
M F
   
 
1960 John T. Kennedy
1936 St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City
St. Mary, Newport
St. Ambrose Academy, Davenport T
St. Ambrose College, Davenport T
Sacred Heart Hospital, Fort Madison C

Immaculate Conception, Petersville P
Assumption, Charlotte P
St. Patrick, Villa Nova P
St. Patrick, Brooklyn P
St. Mary, Wilton Junction P
Retired
St. Vincent Center, Davenport R
1936
1936
1936-1942
1942-1949
1949-1951

1951-1957
1957-1963
1957-1963
1963-1968
1968-1974
1974
1974-1989
.5
.5
6
7
2

6
6
6
5
6

15
1989
Minor Adult
M F
2 1
M F
   
 
1960s Placidus Kieffer OSB 1932 St. Benedict's Abbey, Atchison KS
St. Benedict High School, Atchison KS
St. Benedict's Abbey, Atchison KS
St. Bede, Kelly KS P
Maur Hill School, Atchison KS C-T
St. John, Doniphan KS P

St. John, Burlington
St. Mary, Augusta
St. Charles, Troy KS P
St. Ann, Effingham KS P
Sacred Heart, Sabetha KS P
St. Augustine, Fidelity KS P
Not indexed
St. Benedict's Abbey, Atchison KS
1932-1935
1935-1938
1938-1942
1942-1948
1948-1953
1953-1963

1963-1969
1963-1969
1969-1971
1971-1973
1973-1981
1973-1981

1981-1982
1982-1990
3
3
4
6
5
10
6
6
2
2
8
8
1
8
1990
Minor Adult
M F
2  
M F
   
 
1988 James E. Leu
1971 Holy Family, Davenport
Sacred Heart, Newton
Sacred Heart, Newton A
Our Lady of Victory, Davenport
St. Mary, Lone Tree P
St. Mary, Nichols P
Kahl Home, Davenport C
State Prison

Absent on Leave
Catholic Church, Iowa City Organist
1971-1977
1977-1978
1978
1978-1985
1985-1988
1988
1988-1989
1989-1991

1989-2004
2004
6
1.2
.1
7
3
.3
1
2

5
 
Minor Adult
M F
2  
M F
   
 
1986  Frank R. Martinez, Jr.
1982 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
Sacred Heart, Lost Nation P
St. James, Toronto P
Leave of Absence
St. Mary Hospital, Decatur IL C
St. Peter, Buffalo A
Sacred Heart, Melcher P
St. Joseph, Bauer P
Absent on Leave
St. Vincent Center R
St. Francis Nursing Home, Burlington C
St. Mary, Rochester NY D

Absent on Leave
St. Vincent Center, Davenport R
St. Vincent Center, Davenport SpAss
On Duty Outside Diocese
1982-1984
1984-1985
1984-1985
1985
1985
1985-1986
1986-1987
1986-1987
1987
1987
1987-1988
1988-1990

1990-1995
1995-1996
1996-2001
2001-2003
2
1.8
1.5
.1
.1
.9
.1
.1
.3
.3
.1
2

5
8
5
2
 
Minor Adult
M F
1  
M F
   
Laicized
2008
1943 Carl H. Meinberg
1914 St. Ambrose College, Davenport T
Secretary to Bishop James Davis
Church Music
St. Ambrose College, Davenport SpDir
Promotor Fiscalis
Prosynodal Examiner
Synodal Examiner

St. Ambrose College, Davenport Pres
Consultor
Made Monsignor

St. Mary, Iowa City P
Iowa City Dean
Immaculate Conception, Petersville R
Retired
St. Ambrose College R
1914-1927
1925-1926
1926-1929
1927-1937
1928-1929
1929-1932
1932-1937
1937-1940
1937-1967
1939

1940-1967
1940-1967
1967-1968

1968
1968-1975
13
1
3

10
1
3
5

3
30

27
27
1

8
1975
Minor Adult
M F
4  
M F
   
 
2002 Richard J. Poster
1992 St. Mary, Iowa City
Worship & Spiritual Life Comm M
All Saints, Keokuk
Coordinating Director of Liturgy
St. John Vianney, Bettendorf
St. Ambrose University, Davenport T
Sacred Heart, Lost Nation P
St. James, Toronto P
Sacred Heart, Oxford Junction IA P
Commission on Worship and Prayer
Coordinating Director of Worship
Director of Liturgy
Liturgical Commission
Catholic Messenger, AssocPub

Cath Theological Union, Chicago IL S
Prison
Diocesan janitor, Davenport
1992-1995
1993
1995-1996
1996-?
1996
1996
1996-2001
1996-2001
1996-2001
1997-1999
1997-1999
1999-2002
1999-2002
?-2002

2001-2002
2004
2004-2005
3

1

.3
.3
5
5
5

2
2
3
3


1.4
.7
1.1
 
Minor Adult
M F
   
M F
   
Porn conviction; parole violation involving contact with children.
Laicized 2007
1977 Br. Mark Quillen NA "Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)      
Minor Adult
M F
1  
M F
1  
 
1958 Donald Redmond OSB
1957 St. Benedict's Abbey, Atchison KS
St. John, Burlington
St. Mary, Augusta
Sts. Peter and Paul, Seneca KS
Bishop Lillis HS, Kansas City MO C

St. John, Burlington
St. Mary, Augusta
Kansas U Student Center, Lawrence KS
Holy Family, Eudora KS (A)
Benedictine College, Atchison KS C
St. Benedict parish, Atchison KS P
St. John, Doniphan KS P

St. John, Burlington P
St. Mary, Augusta P
St. Benedict parish, Atchison KS P
Sacred Heart, Sabetha KS P
St. James, Wetmore KS P
St. Augustine, Fidelity KS P
St. Benedict's Abbey, Atchison KS
1957-1958
1958-1961
1958-1961
1961-1964
1964-1965

1965-1967
1965-1967
1967-1969
1969-1972
1972-1973
1973-1974
1973-1974

1974-1984
1981-1984
1984-1998
1998-2002
1998-2002
1999-2002
2002-2003
1
3
3
3
1

2
2
2
3
1
1
1

10
3
14
4
4
3
1
 
Minor Adult
M F
5  
M F
   
 
1974 Drake R. Shafer
1973 St. Mary, Fort Madison (P)
American College, Louvain S
Sacred Heart, Clinton

St. Ambrose College, Davenport T C VP
Davenport Dean
Vicar General
Consultor
1973-1975
1975-1976
1976-1977

1977-2000
1998-2000
2000-2003
2000-2003
2
1
1

23
2
3
3
 
Minor Adult
M F
1  
M F
   
 
1977 Br. Francis Skube NA "Franciscan Brothers of Christ the King" (lay group)      
Minor Adult
M F
1  
M F
1  
 
1963 Lawrence D. Soens
1950 St. Paul, Burlington
St. Ambrose Academy, Davenport T
St. Bridget, Victor
Regina High School, Iowa City Pr
St. Ambrose College, Davenport T

Personnel Board
Diocesan Consultor
Vice Officialis

Assumption, Charlotte P
St. Patrick, Villa Nova P
St. Mary, Clinton P

Clinton Dean
Made Monsignor

Bishop of Sioux City IA
Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City IA
1950-1952
1952-1954
1954-1958
1958-1967
1967-1975

1970-1977
1973-1983
1974-1978

1975-1977
1975-1977
1977-1983

1980-1983
1982

1983-1998
1998-2008
2
2
4
9
8

7
10
4

2
2
6

3

15
10
 
Minor Adult
M F
16  
M F
   
 
1977 Gerald E. Stouvenel 1972 Sacred Heart Cathedral, Davenport
Assumption High School, Davenport
Assumption, West Point
St. Joseph, Montrose P
St. James, St. Paul P
Assumption, West Point P
Church of the Visitation, Camanche P
St. Mary, West Burlington P
St. Mary, Dodgeville P
St. Patrick, Burlington P
SS. Mary and Patrick, West Burlington P

Keokuk Dean
SS. Mary and Joseph, Fort Madison P
Sacred Heart, Fort Madison P
St. Joseph, Montrose P
1972-1975
1975-1977
1977-1980
1980-1981
1981-1983
1983-1991
1991-1994
1994-2000
1995-2000
1995-2000
2000-2007

2005-2007
2007
2007
2007
3
2
3
1
2
8
3
6
5
5
7

2
.2
.2
.2
 
Minor Adult
M F
4  
M F
   
 
1950s Louis A. Telegdy CPPS 1942 St. John the Baptist, Hammond IN
St. Patrick, Richmond VA
St. James, Maine MN P
Annunciation, Mayhew Lake MN A-R
OL of Good Counsel, Cleveland OH

St. Francis, Mystic P
St. Anthony, Rathbun P
St. John the Baptist, Rib Lake WI P
St. Anthony, Park Falls WI P
St. Mary, Garden City KS P
St. Joseph, Beulah ND P
St. Francis Borgia, Sturgis KY P
Sacred Heart, Russellville KY P
St. Pius X, Calvert City KY P
St. Anthony, Manteca CA R
DeWitt Nelson Juvenile Ctr, Stockton CA C
St. Charles Seminary, Carthagena OH
1942-1951
1951-1952
1953
1953-1954
1954-1956
1956-1961
1956-1961

1961-1962
1962-1966
1966-1968
1968-1972
1972-1974
1974-1976
1976-1978
1978-1979
1978-1984
1984-1995
9
1
.5
1
2
5
5
1
4
2
4
2
2
2
1
6
11
1995
Minor Adult
M F
3  
M F
   
 
1969 Alphonse Wagner 1944 St. Mary, Kaukauna WI
St. Vincent de Paul, Oshkosh WI
St. Mark, Two Rivers WI
St. Patrick, Stiles WI P
St. Louis, Abrams WI P

On Sick Leave
St. Anne, Welton
St. Mary, Bryant P
Mt. Alverno Home, Clinton C R
St. Joseph Hospital, Clinton C R

On Duty Outside Green Bay Diocese
Assumption, Charlotte A
St. Patrick, Villa Nova A
1944-1947
1947-1954
1954-1963
1963-1965
1963-1965

1965-1967
1965-1966
1966-1968
1966-1967
1967-1968

1968-1974
1968-1974
1978-1974
3
7
9
2
2

2
1
2
1
1

6
6
6
1974
Minor Adult
M F
2  
M F
   
 
1962 Richard J. Welsh
1952 St. Mary, Ottumwa
St. Mary, Davenport
St. Anthony, Davenport
Immaculate Conception, Petersville P
St. Mary, Lone Tree P
St. Joseph, Columbus Junction P
St. Peter, Buffalo P
1952-1955
1955-1959
1959-1966
1966-1970
1970
1970
1970-1971
3
4
7
4
.4
.1
.2
1971
Minor Adult
M F
6  
M F
   
 
1960 William F. Wiebler
1955 Ss. Peter & Paul, Clear Creek
St. Ambrose Academy, Davenport T
St. Vincent Home, Davenport C
Assumption HS, Davenport T

St. Mary, Clinton
St. Mary, Iowa City
St. Boniface, Farmington P
St. Mary, String Prairie P
Our Lady of Lourdes, Bettendorf P
St. Mary, Ottumwa P
Sacred Heart League, Walls MS Editor
St. Patrick, Tampa FL R

On Duty Outside Diocese
On Duty Outside, St. Petersburg Beach FL
Not Listed
Retired

St. Petersburg Beach FL
St. Vincent Center, Davenport R
1955-1957
1957-1958
1957
1958-1964

1964-1967
1967-1969
1969-1971
1969-1971
1971-1980
1980-1985
1985-1992
1992-1993

1993-1995
1995-2000
2000-2001
2001

2001-2002
2002-2003
2
1
.2
6

3
2
2
2
9
5
7
1

2
5
1

1
1
2006
Minor Adult
M F
29  
M F
   
 

NOTES: Besides the additions shown above in blue (assignments) and purple (chancery positions), the following changes have been made in the records for certain priests.
Brugman: The diocesan list includes assignments to St. Patrick, Charlotte and St. Patrick, Villa Nova for 1963-1965. These two entries refer to the same church, and St. Patrick, Villa Nova is the more accurate entry. We have retained it, and deleted the duplicate entry.
DeCoursey: The diocesan list includes assignments to St. Patrick, Charlotte and St. Patrick, Villa Nova for 1937-1938. These two entries refer to the same church, and St. Patrick, Villa Nova is the more accurate entry. We have retained it, and deleted the duplicate entry.
Deyo: The diocesan lists indicate that he was at St. Patrick's in Iowa City 1991-1992. However, the Official Catholic Directory lists him as a priest at the parish 1991-1992 and as in residence there 1992-1997. We assume he had some parish duties and locate him there for 1991-1997.
Kalter: According to the Directory, this Redemptorist priest arrived in Davenport in 1956, not 1958 as the diocese's list shows.
Kennedy: The diocese's list includes the brief appointment in 1936 at St. Wenceslaus in Iowa City. We assume the 1937 Directory does not list this appointment because Kennedy moved to St. Ambrose later in 1936. In 1936-1937, the priests at St. Wenceslaus attended a mission in Newport called St. Mary's. We have added this church to Kennedy's record. The diocesan list includes assignments to St. Patrick, Charlotte and St. Patrick, Villa Nova for 1957-1963. These two entries refer to the same church, and St. Patrick, Villa Nova is the more accurate entry. We have retained it, and deleted the duplicate entry. For the same years, the diocese's list states that Kennedy was also at Immaculate Conception in Petersville. But the Directory shows Raymond J. McGrath as the pastor and sole priest at Petersville in 1957-1963. We have deleted that assignment from Kennedy's assignment record.
Wagner: The diocesan list includes assignments to St. Patrick, Charlotte and St. Patrick, Villa Nova for 1968-1974. These two entries refer to the same church, and St. Patrick, Villa Nova is the more accurate entry. We have retained it, and deleted the duplicate entry. The Directory does not show this Green Bay diocesan priest's 1965-1966 assignment in Welton per the diocese's list. We assume that the list is correct and the Directory was being reticent, showing Wagner as on sick leave.

 
 

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