John Patrick Treacy

Styles of John Patrick Treacy

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

John Patrick Treacy (July 23, 1891 – October 11, 1964) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin from 1948 until his death in 1964.

Biography

Early life and education

Treacy was born in Marlborough, Massachusetts, the only child of John and Ann (née O'Kane) Treacy.^[1] He attended the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, and studied at Harvard Law School before enrolling at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.^[2] Following his graduation from the Catholic University in 1912, he returned to Massachusetts and studied at St. John's Seminary in Brighton.^[1]

Priesthood and ministry

He was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Cleveland, Ohio, on December 8, 1918.^[3]

After 12 years in parish work, Treacy became diocesan director of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in 1931.^[2] He was elevated to a domestic prelate by Pope Pius XI in 1934.^[1] In 1939, he was named by President Franklin D. Roosevelt to a 25-member committee for a good-neighbor mission to Latin America.^[2]

Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin

On August 22, 1945, Treacy was appointed coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse, Wisconsin, and titular bishop of Metelis by Pope Pius XII.^[3] He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 2 from Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, with Bishops Edward Francis Hoban and William David O'Brien serving as co-consecrators.^[3]

Upon the death of Bishop Alexander Joseph McGavick, Treacy succeeded him as the fifth Bishop of La Crosse on August 25, 1948.^[3] During his 16-year tenure, he founded Holy Cross Seminary, oversaw the construction of the Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman, and established 47 churches, 43 convents, and 42 schools.^[2] He also ordered the closing of the Necedah Shrine of Mrs. Mary Van Hoof in 1950.^[4] He attended the first two sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1963.^[3]

Treacy died at St. Francis Hospital in La Crosse.^[2]

References

1 2 3 Fisher, Gerald Edward (1969). Dusk Is My Dawn: The First Hundred Years of the Diocese of La Crosse, 1868-1968.
1 2 3 4 5 "BISHOP JOHN TREACY OF LA CROSSE, WIS.". The New York Times. 1964-10-12.
1 2 3 4 5 "Bishop John Patrick Treacy". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
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Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse

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Preceded by Alexander Joseph McGavick	Bishop of La Crosse 1948–1964	Succeeded by Frederick William Freking
Preceded by –	Coadjutor Bishop of La Crosse 1945–1948	Succeeded by –

Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse

Bishops	Ordinaries Michael Heiss Kilian Caspar Flasch James Schwebach Alexander Joseph McGavick John Patrick Treacy Frederick William Freking John Joseph Paul Raymond Leo Burke Jerome Edward Listecki William P. Callahan Auxiliary William Richard Griffin

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Joseph the Workman Parishes Notre Dame Church, Chippewa Falls Sacred Heart of Jesus-St. Patrick's Church, Eau Claire Sacred Heart-Saint Wenceslaus Church, Pine Creek Former Our Lady of Spring Bank Abbey Saint Ann's Church, Greenwood Shrine Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe, La Crosse Chapel Maria Angelorum Chapel, La Crosse

Education	Higher Education Viterbo University High Schools Aquinas High School, La Crosse Assumption High School, Wisconsin Rapids Columbus Catholic High School, Marshfield McDonell Central Catholic High School, Chippewa Falls Newman Catholic High School, Wausau Pacelli High School, Stevens Point Regis High School, Eau Claire Former Campion High School, Prairie du Chien

Priests	Solanus Casey Robert Herman Flock George Albert Hammes Felix Ley

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Diocese of Cleveland

Bishops	Ordinaries Louis Amadeus Rappe Richard Gilmour Ignatius Frederick Horstmann John Patrick Farrelly Joseph Schrembs Edward Francis Hoban Clarence George Issenmann James Aloysius Hickey Anthony Michael Pilla Richard Lennon Auxiliaries Joseph Maria Koudelka James A. McFadden William Michael Cosgrove John Raphael Hagan Floyd Lawrence Begin John Krol Clarence Edward Elwell John Francis Whealon Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon Michael Joseph Murphy James Anthony Griffin James Patterson Lyke Anthony Edward Pevec Alexander James Quinn Martin John Amos Roger William Gries

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist Parishes Holy Rosary Church, Cleveland Immaculate Heart of Mary Church, Cleveland St. Barbara Church, Cleveland St. Casimir Church, Cleveland St. Elizabeth's Magyar Church, Cleveland St. Michael the Archangel Church, Cleveland St. Paul's Church, Cleveland St. Peter Church, Cleveland Shrine Church of St. Stanislaus, Cleveland St. Stephen Church, Cleveland St. Vitus's Church, Cleveland St. Mary's Church, Elyria Immaculate Conception Church, Grafton St. Martin's Church, Valley City St. Patrick's Church, Wellington Former Parishes Annunciation Church, Cleveland Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Cleveland St. Joseph's Church, Cleveland St. Mary's on the Flats, Cleveland Transfiguration Church, Cleveland St. Ladislaus Church, Lorain

Higher Education	Colleges & University John Carroll University Notre Dame College Ursuline College Seminary Saint Mary Seminary and Graduate School of Theology Former college St. John's College, Cleveland

Priests	Timothy P. Broglio John Francis Dearden Raymond Joseph Gallagher Louis de Goesbriand Paul John Hallinan Joseph Patrick Hurley Charles Hubert Le Blond Edward Aloysius Mooney Thomas Charles O'Reilly Michael Joseph Ready John Patrick Treacy

Miscellany	St. Joseph Convent and Academy Complex

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