Francis Martin Kelly
Diocese of Winona in Minnesota from 1928 to 1949.
Early lifeFrancis Kelly was born in Propaganda University in Rome (1913).
PriesthoodKelly was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Winona by Archbishop Édouard-Charles Fabre in Montreal on November 1, 1912. He became secretary to Bishop Patrick Richard Heffron in 1914, and taught philosophy at St. Mary's College and St. Teresa's College between 1915 and 1926. He was chancellor of the diocese (1919–26) and vice-rector of St. Mary's College (1918–26).
Auxiliary Bishop and Bishop of WinonaOn March 22, 1926, Kelly was appointed Titular Bishop of Mylasa by Pope Pius XI. He was consecrated on June 9, 1926. On February 10, 1928, Pius XI appointed Kelly as bishop of the diocese.[2]
He retired on October 17, 1949.[2] Francis Kelly died in Rochester, Minnesota, on June 24, 1950.[2] References
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