Roman Catholic Diocese of Peoria - Diocesan Priests Who Became Bishops

Diocesan Priests Who Became Bishops

The following men began their service as priests in Peoria before being appointed bishops elsewhere:

• † Gerald Thomas Bergan - 1934, Bishop of Des Moines; 1948 Archbishop of Omaha
• † Fulton J. Sheen – appointed auxiliary bishop of New York in 1951; ordained a bishop on June 11, 1951; appointed bishop of Rochester in 1966; resigned in 1969; then elevated to titular archbishop; buried in crypt of St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York.
• Jan Vokál - appointed Bishop of Hradec Králové, Czech Republic.

† = deceased