Joseph Michael Gilmore
San Francisco, California , US | |
|---|---|
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Parents | John Joseph and Mary Teresa (née Hanrahan) Gilmore |
| Education | Loras College Urban College of Propaganda |
Joseph Michael Gilmore (March 23, 1893 – April 2, 1962) was an American
Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Helena
in Montana from 1936 until his death in 1962.
Biography
Joseph Gilmore was born in New York City in 1893, to John Joseph and Mary Teresa (née Hanrahan) Gilmore, an Irish family.[1] When Joseph was five, in 1898, his family moved to Anaconda, Montana, where his father John worked in the mining industry.[2]
Joseph Gilmore studied at
Urban College of Propaganda in Rome, earning a Doctor of Sacred Theology
degree in 1915.
Priesthood
While in Rome, Gilmore was
Carroll College. In 1920, he became pastor of St. Teresa's Parish in Whitehall, Montana.[1] He served as pastor of St. Helena's Parish in Butte, Montana, from 1925 to 1927. He next served as chancellor
of the diocese from 1927 to 1936.
Bishop of Helena
On December 9, 1935, Gilmore was appointed the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Helena by
assistant at the pontifical throne in 1959.[1]
At age 69, Joseph Gilmore died unexpectedly in
San Francisco, California, while attending the installation of Archbishop Joseph McGucken.[2]
References
- ^ a b c d Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
- ^ a b c "A brief history of the Diocese of Helena". Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena. Archived from the original on 2008-07-05.
- ^ a b "Bishop Joseph Michael Gilmore". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.[self-published source]