Edmund Michael Dunne (February 2, 1864 – October 17, 1929) was an American

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of the

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. He served as bishop of the

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in Illinois from 1909 until his death in 1929.

Biography

Early life

Edmund Dunne was born on February 2, 1864, in

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, to an

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family, and attended the parochial school of Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago He studied at St. Ignatius College in Chicago before entering Niagara University in Lewiston, New York. He completed his

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studies at the

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in Leuven, Belgium. Dunne could converse in Italian,

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, Greek and French.

Priesthood

Dunne was

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to the priesthood for the

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by Archbishop

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on June 24, 1887. Dunne furthered his studies at the

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in Rome, obtaining a Doctor of Divinity degree in 1890. After returning to Chicago, he received his first pastoral assignment at St. Columbkille Parish in Chicago, where he remained for eight years. He was later named pastor of Guardian Angels Parish and chancellor of the archdiocese.

Bishop of Peoria

On June 30, 1909, Dunne was appointed as the second bishop of the Diocese of Peoria by Pope Pius X. He received his episcopal consecration on September 1, 1909, from Archbishop

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, with Bishops John Janssen and

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serving as co-consecrators. During the early 1920s, the future Archbishop

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, a popular television host in the 1950s, was a priest in the diocese. After spending time in pastoral and teaching jobs in the United Kingdom, Dunne told Sheen to return to Peoria in 1925. Both Columbia University in New York and

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in England offered him teaching positions. However, instead of allowing Sheen to take one of these prestigious position, Dunne assigned him as a curate to St. Patrick's, a poor parish in Peoria. Sheen took the assignment without any complaints and enjoyed his time there. Nine months later, Dunne summoned Sheen to his office. Dunne told him:

I promised you to Catholic University over a year ago. They told me that with all your traipsing around Europe, you'd be so high hat you couldn't take orders. But Father Cullen says you've been a good boy at St. Patrick's. So run along to Washington.

Edmund Dunn died on October 17, 1929, at age 65.

Works

Polemic Chat
(1912)
Memoirs of Zi Pre'
(1914)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Dunne, Edmund Michael 1864 births 1929 deaths Clergy from Chicago 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Catholic University of Leuven (1834–1968) alumni American College of the Immaculate Conception alumni Niagara University alumni Loyola University Chicago alumni Roman Catholic bishops of Peoria