Robert Joseph Banks

Robert Joseph Banks
Styles of; Robert Joseph Banks
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Robert Joseph Banks
His Excellency, The Most Reverend; Robert Joseph Banks
	Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay
Archdiocese	Milwaukee
Diocese	Green Bay
Appointed	October 16, 1990
Installed	December 5, 1990
Term ended	October 10, 2003
Predecessor	Adam Maida
Successor	David Zubik
Orders
Ordination	December 20, 1952; by Luigi Traglia
Consecration	September 19, 1985; by Bernard Francis Law, Daniel Anthony Cronin, and John Aloysius Marshall
Personal details
Born	February 26, 1928; Boston, Massachusetts
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
Motto	Blessed be God

Robert Joseph Banks (born February 26, 1928) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin from 1990 to 2003.^[1]

Biography

Early life, ordination and ministry

Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on February 20, 1952, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. From 1967 to 1981 he served as rector of St. John's Seminary in Boston. He was removed from that position by Cardinal Medeiros in 1981 and served as parochial vicar of St. Mark's Church in Dorchester, Massachusetts. He served as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Roslindale, Massachusetts until 1985, when he was made an Auxiliary Bishop of Boston. He also served at St. Mary's Church in Dedham, Massachusetts.^[2]

Auxiliary Bishop of Boston

On July 26, 1985 Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of the Boston Archdiocese, and he was consecrated on September 19, 1985.

Bishop of Green Bay

On October 10, 1990, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Banks the Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese. Bishop Banks retired as ordinary on October 10, 2003.^[3]^[4]

Abuse scandal

Bishop Banks was accused of overlooking a priest's alleged pedophilia in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal while he was an auxiliary bishop at Boston.^[5]

References

↑ http://www.gbdioc.org/what-the-church-can-do-for-you/archives/bishops-of-the-diocese.html
↑ Commemorative Booklet of the Jubilee Mass in Celebration of the One-Hundredth Anniversary of Saint Mary of the Assumption Church Dedham, Massachusetts 1880-1890. October 17, 1980.
↑ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbanks.html
↑ http://www.gbdioc.org/whoarewe/bishops.html
↑ "Green Bay bishop overlooked priest's alleged pedophilia". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. 2002-11-21. Archived from the original on 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by –	Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay 2003–present	Succeeded by –
Preceded by Adam Maida	Bishop of Green Bay 1990–2003	Succeeded by David Zubik
Preceded by –	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston 1985–1990	Succeeded by –

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[1] ttp://www.gbdioc.org/what-the-church-can-do-for-you/archives/bishops-of-the-diocese.html

[booklet-2] Commemorative Booklet of the Jubilee Mass in Celebration of the One-Hundredth Anniversary of Saint Mary of the Assumption Church Dedham, Massachusetts 1880-1890. October 17, 1980.

[3] ttp://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbanks.html

[4] ttp://www.gbdioc.org/whoarewe/bishops.html

[5] "Green Bay bishop overlooked priest's alleged pedophilia". Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel. 2002-11-21. Archived from the original on 2008-04-26. Retrieved 2008-08-14.

Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay
Bishops	Ordinaries Joseph Melcher Francis Xavier Krautbauer Frederick Katzer Sebastian Gebhard Messmer Joseph John Fox Paul Peter Rhode Stanislaus Vincent Bona Aloysius John Wycislo Adam Maida Robert Joseph Banks David Zubik David L. Ricken Auxiliary bishops John Benjamin Grellinger Robert F. Morneau Mark Francis Schmitt
Churches	Cathedral St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Parishes St. Mary's Church, Appleton Holy Cross Church, Green Bay St. Willebrord Church, Green Bay Holy Cross Church, Kaukauna St. Mary's Church, Kaukauna St. Gregory's Church, St. Nazianz Former Saint Joseph of the Lake Church, Menominee Indian Reservation St. Ambrose Church, St. Nazianz St. Lawrence Church, Stangelville Shrines Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, Champion National Shrine of Saint Joseph, De Pere Abbey St. Norbert Abbey Oratory St. Joseph's Oratory, Green Bay
Education	Higher education St. Norbert College Silver Lake College High schools Lourdes High School, Oshkosh Notre Dame Academy, Green Bay Roncalli High School, Manitowoc St. Mary Central High School, Neenah St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, Marinette Xavier High School, Appleton
Priests	John Francis Doerfler Frank Joseph Dewane
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Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston
Ordinaries	Bishops Jean-Louis Lefebvre de Cheverus Benedict Joseph Fenwick John Bernard Fitzpatrick Archbishops John Joseph Williams William Henry O'Connell Richard Cushing Humberto Sousa Medeiros Bernard Francis Law Seán Patrick O'Malley Auxiliary Bishops Current: Robert Francis Hennessey Mark William O'Connell Robert Philip Reed Peter J. Uglietto Retired: Emilio S. Allué John Anthony Dooher Walter James Edyvean Francis Xavier Irwin Arthur L. Kennedy Deceased: Joseph Gaudentius Anderson
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Holy Cross Basilica and shrines Basilica and Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, Boston St. Anthony Shrine, Boston St. Clement Eucharistic Shrine, Boston Parishes Holy Name, West Roxbury Holy Trinity, Lowell Our Lady of Czestochowa, Boston Our Lady of Good Voyage, Gloucester Our Lady Help of Christians, Newton Sacred Heart, Cambridge St. Albert the Great, Weymouth St. Charles Borromeo, Waltham St. John the Baptist, Salem St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge St. Joseph, Boston St. Leonard, Boston St. Mary, Dedham (History) St. Mary, Milton St. Mary, Newton St. Mary, Waltham St. Mary, Winchester St. Mary – St. Catherine of Siena, Charlestown St. Paul, Cambridge St. Stanislaus Bishop & Martyr, Chelsea St. Susanna, Dedham Former parishes Holy Cross, Boston Our Lady of Mount Carmel, East Boston St. Aidan, Brookline St. Catherine of Sienna, Charlestown St. Joseph, Roxbury St. Mary, Charlestown St. Stephen, Boston
Education	Seminaries Pope St. John XXIII National Seminary St. John's Seminary Colleges Boston College Emmanuel College Labouré College Marian Court College Merrimack College Regis College St. John's Seminary High Schools Academy of Notre Dame, Tyngsboro Archbishop Williams High School, Braintree Arlington Catholic High School, Arlington Austin Preparatory School, Reading Bishop Fenwick High School, Peabody Boston College High School, Dorchester Cardinal Spellman High School, Brockton Cathedral High School, Boston Catholic Memorial School, West Roxbury Central Catholic High School, Lawrence Cristo Rey Boston High School, Dorchester Elizabeth Seton Academy, Boston Fontbonne Academy, Milton Lowell Catholic High School, Lowell Malden Catholic High School, Malden Matignon High School, Cambridge Mount Alvernia High School, Newton Nazareth Academy, Wakefield Newton Country Day School, Newton Notre Dame Academy, Hingham Notre Dame High School, Lawrence Pope John XXIII High School, Everett Presentation of Mary Academy, Methuen Sacred Heart High School, Kingston Saint Clement High School, Medford St. John's Preparatory School, Danvers Saint Joseph Preparatory High School, Boston St. Mary's High School, Lynn Saint Sebastian's School, Needham Ursuline Academy, Dedham Xaverian Brothers High School, Westwood Closed Marian High School Framingham
Priests	Paul Fitzpatrick Russell
Other	The Pilot (archdiocese newspaper) CatholicTV
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Robert Joseph Banks
Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay
Archdiocese	Milwaukee
Diocese	Green Bay
Appointed	October 16, 1990
Installed	December 5, 1990
Term ended	October 10, 2003
Predecessor	Adam Maida
Successor	David Zubik
Orders
Ordination	December 20, 1952 by Luigi Traglia
Consecration	September 19, 1985 by Bernard Francis Law, Daniel Anthony Cronin, and John Aloysius Marshall
Personal details
Born	(1928-02-26) February 26, 1928 Boston, Massachusetts
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Boston
Motto	Blessed be God

Styles of Robert Joseph Banks

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop