Daniel Kucera
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| Motto | Benedicite Domino (Bless the Lord) |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency | |
| Religious style | Archbishop | |
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Daniel William Kucera, OSB (
Early life and ministry
Kucera was born in a
Kucera was educated at St. Procopius College (now known as
On June 6, 1977,
Bishop of Salina
On March 5, 1980, Pope
Archbishop of Dubuque
On December 20, 1983, Pope John Paul II appointed Kucera as the tenth bishop and eighth archbishop of Dubuque. He was installed as archbishop on February 23, 1984, at the Five Flags Civic Center in Dubuque. One of the first decisions he made was to sell the old episcopal residence and move to a more modest house in Dubuque.[6]
Kucera set about reorganizing the archdiocese. This was accomplished by reorganizing or creating archdiocesan boards, and established the first Archbishop's Cabinet to coordinate the running of the archdiocese. The archdiocese was divided into three regions: Dubuque, Cedar Rapids and Waterloo with a bishop in each region. The number of deaneries were reduced from 16 to 14. Kucera appointed a woman religious chancellor, and two lay people were named to archdiocesan offices.
In 1994, he requested the appointment of a coadjutor. Bishop Jerome Hanus of Saint Cloud was assigned as Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque. On October 16, 1995, Pope John Paul II accepted Kucera's resignation, and he was named archbishop emeritus.
Later life and death
By 2013 Kucera had moved back to Dubuque after living in Aurora, Colorado, for a number of years. On May 31, 2017, church officials confirmed that Kucera had died at Stonehill Care Center in Dubuque on May 30, 2017, at the age of 94.[7] His funeral was held at St. Raphael's Cathedral in Dubuque, and he was interred in the cemetery of St. Procopius Abbey in Lisle.
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
References
- ^ a b c "KUCERA, Daniel". Encyclopediadubuque.org. Retrieved December 23, 2014.
- ^ ISBN 9781592766147.
- ^ "Benedictine Monks Consecrated Bishops". Order of St. Benedict. Archived from the original on August 1, 2018. Retrieved August 26, 2011.
- ^ "Archbishop Daniel William Kucera, O.S.B." Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 23 January 2015.[self-published source]
- ^ "History - Catholic Diocese of Salina". Archived from the original on May 24, 2010. Retrieved 2014-08-23.
- ^ a b c New Catholic Encyclopedia, Second Edition. Vol. 4. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America. 2003. p. 924.
- ^ "Retired Dubuque archbishop, 8th in archdiocese history, dies at age 94". Dubuque, Iowa: Telegraph Herald. May 31, 2017. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
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