Alexander James Quinn (April 8, 1932 – October 18, 2013) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Cleveland in the state of Ohio from 1983 until 2008.

Biography

Quinn was born in Cleveland to Alexander J. and Mary (Garvey) Quinn, and he was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Cleveland on May 24, 1958. He was educated at

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, St. Charles College in Cantonsville, Maryland, St. Mary's Seminary in Cleveland, the Lateran University in Rome, and

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. Quinn earned both a

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and

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degrees. On October 14, 1983, Pope John Paul II named him Titular Bishop of ''Socia'' and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland. He was consecrated by Bishop

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of Cleveland on December 5, 1983. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Daniel Pilarczyk of Cincinnati and Auxiliary Bishop Gilbert Sheldon of Cleveland. Bishop Quinn served the diocese as an auxiliary and as the vicar for the western region of the diocese for 24 years. Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation on June 14, 2008, and he took up residence at St. Ladislas parish in

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. He died there of natural causes on October 18, 2013, at the age of 81. After his funeral at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist, he was laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery in Cleveland.

References

1932 births 2013 deaths Religious leaders from Cleveland Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology alumni Cleveland State University alumni 20th-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops 21st-century American Roman Catholic titular bishops {{US-RC-bishop-stub