Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport - Diocesan Priests Who Became Bishops

Diocesan Priests Who Became Bishops

The following is a list of priests from the Diocese of Davenport who became bishops, along with the years they served the Davenport Diocese as a priest and the diocese they served as bishop:

• † Henry Cosgrove (1881–1884), Bishop of Davenport
• † James J. Davis (1881–1904), Coadjutor and Bishop of Davenport
• † William Lawrence Adrian (1911–1936), Bishop of Nashville
• † Maurice John Dingman (1939–1968), Bishop of Des Moines
• Lawrence Donald Soens (1950–1983), Bishop of Sioux City
• Robert Dwayne Gruss, (1994-2011), Bishop of Rapid City