Edward Joseph Dunne

{{Short description|Irish-born prelate}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific_prefix = His Excellency, The Right Reverend | name = Edward Joseph Dunne | honorific_suffix = | title = Bishop of Dallas | image = Edward Joseph Dunne.jpg | image_size = | alt = | caption = | church = Roman Catholic Church | archdiocese = | province = | metropolis = | diocese = | see = Diocese of Dallas | elected =  | term = November 30, 1893 to<br>August 5, 1910 | predecessor = Thomas Francis Brennan | successor = Joseph Patrick Lynch | other_post =  | ordination = June 29, 1871 | ordained_by = Thomas Andrew Becker | consecration = November 30, 1893 | consecrated_by = Patrick Feehan | birth_date = {{Birth date|1848|04|23}} | baptised =  | birth_place = Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1910|08|05|1848|04|23}} | death_place = Green Bay, Wisconsin, US | buried =  | nationality = Irish | parents = | education = St. Mary's Seminary<br>St. Francis Seminary | motto = | signature = | coat_of_arms = }} '''Edward Joseph Dunne''' (April 23, 1848 – August 5, 1910) was an Irish-born prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as bishop of Dallas in Texas from 1894 until his death in 1910.

==Biography==

=== Early life === Edward Dunne was born on April 23, 1848, in Gortnahoe, County Tipperary, to Richard and Judith (née Cooke) Dunne.<ref name="texas">{{cite news|work=Handbook of Texas Online|title=DUNNE, EDWARD JOSEPH (1848-1910)|url=https://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/fdu22}}</ref> At a young age, he and his parents immigrated to the United States, settling in Chicago, Illinois.<ref name="catholic">{{cite news|work=Catholic Encyclopedia|title=Dallas|url=http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04605b.htm}}</ref> Dunne studied at St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, and then at St. Mary's Seminary in Baltimore, Maryland.<ref name="texas" />

=== Priesthood === Dunne was ordained to the priesthood in Baltimore for the Archdiocese of Chicago by Bishop Thomas Becker on June 29, 1871.<ref name="hierarchy">{{cite news|work=Catholic-Hierarchy.org|title=Bishop Edward Joseph Dunne|url=http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bdunnee.html}}</ref>

On his return to Chicago, the archdiocese assigned Dunne as a curate at St. John's Parish in Chicago.<ref name="texas" /> He was transferred in 1873 to St. Mary's Parish, then in 1875 was named pastor of All Saints Parish, both in Chicago.<ref name="catholic" /> Dunne build a church at All Saints in 1880 and a parochial school.<ref name="texas" /> He also served as financial overseer for the archdiocese.<ref name="texas" />

In early 1884, Dunne was sent to St. Anthony of Padua Parish in San Antonio, Florida for health reasons. Spending six months in San Antonio, he was credited by ''The Catholic Review'' with advancing the development of a Catholic school. On April 29, 1884, largely due to Dunne's efforts, St. Anthony Catholic School was officially established and began holding formal classes in the parish church.<ref>Dunne, Sr. Margaret O.S.B. (1984). ''Saint Anthony School Memories of the First Hundred Years''. Saint Leo, FL. Holy Name Priory. p 3</ref> Dunne returned to All Saints Parish in Chicago later in 1884.

=== Bishop of Dallas === thumb|292x292px|University of Dallas, Dallas, Texas (2018) On September 24, 1893, Dunne was appointed the second bishop of Dallas by Pope Leo XIII.<ref name="hierarchy" /> He received his episcopal consecration on November 30, 1893, from Archbishop Patrick Feehan, with Bishops James Ryan and John Samuel Foley serving as co-consecrators, at All Saints Church in Chicago.<ref name="hierarchy" /> He was installed in Dallas in January 1894.

During his tenure, Dunne opened several educational institutions, including Holy Trinity College (today the University of Dallas).<ref name="diocese">{{cite news|work=Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas |title=The Second Bishop of Dallas |url=http://www.cathdal.org/default.asp?contentID=13 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080801152224/http://www.cathdal.org/default.asp?contentID=13 |archive-date=2008-08-01 }}</ref> He established St. Paul Sanitarium in Dallas, and St. Anthony's Sanitarium, the first hospital in Amarillo.<ref name="texas" /> He also erected Sacred Heart Cathedral.<ref name="diocese" /> During his sixteen years as bishop, the number of churches increased from 28 to 90, and the Catholic population tripled in size.<ref name="texas" />

=== Death and legacy === Edward Dunne died from a heart attack while visiting a friend in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on August 5, 1910, at age 62.<ref name="diocese" /> At his brother's request, Dunne was buried at Calvary Cemetery in Evanston, Illinois.<ref name="texas" />

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