{{Short description|American prelate}} {{for|the Australian Army officer|John Joseph Scanlan (soldier)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | type = Bishop | honorific-prefix = His Excellency, The Most Reverend | name = John Joseph Scanlan | honorific-suffix = | native_name = | native_name_lang = | title = Bishop of Honolulu | image = | image_size = 230px | alt = | caption = | church = Roman Catholic | archdiocese = | elected = | appointed = March 6, 1968 | term = 1968-1981 | term_start = | quashed = | term_end = June 30, 1981 | predecessor = James Joseph Sweeney | opposed = | successor = Joseph Anthony Ferrario | other_post = Auxiliary Bishop of Honolulu | ordination = 22 June 1930 | ordained_by = John Francis Norton | consecration = September 21, 1954 | consecrated_by = John Joseph Mitty | birth_name = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1906|05|24}} | birth_place = Inniscarra, County Cork, Ireland | death_date = {{Death date and age|1997|01|31|1906|05|24}} | death_place = San Rafael, California, US | buried = | nationality = Irish | religion = | previous_post = | education = All Hallows College | motto = ''Regis pacis spes nostra''<br>(Our hope is the King's peace) }}
{{Infobox bishopstyles | name= John Joseph Scanlan | dipstyle= *His Excellency *The Most Reverend | offstyle=Your Excellency | relstyle=Bishop | image = Coat of arms of John Joseph Scanlan.svg | image_size = 200px }} thumb|Memorial stone above the crypt of Bishop Scanlan in the sanctuary of the Cathedral of Our Lady of Peace, Honolulu
'''John Joseph Scanlan''' (May 24, 1906 – January 31, 1997) was an Irish-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Honolulu in Hawaii from 1968 to 1981. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the same diocese from 1954 to 1968.
== Biography ==
=== Early life === John Scanlan was born on May 24, 1906, in Iniscarra in County Cork, Ireland.<ref name=":0" /> He trained at All Hallows College in Dublin.
Scanlan was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Francis Norton for the Archdiocese of San Francisco on June 22, 1930, in Dublin.<ref name=":0" /> After his ordination, Scanlan immigrated to California, where he served in pastoral positions at parishes in Oakland, Berkeley and San Jose. He directed the archdiocesan Council of Catholic Men and taught religion in high school.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |date=1997-02-06 |title=John Joseph Scanlan |url=https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/John-Joseph-Scanlan-2856411.php |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=SFGATE |language=en-US}}</ref>
=== Auxiliary Bishop and Bishop of Honolulu === On July 8, 1954, Pope Pius XII appointed Scanlan as an auxiliary bishop of Honolulu and titular bishop of Cenae. Scanlan was consecrated at the Cathedral of Saint Mary of the Assumption in San Francisco on September 21, 1954, by Archbishop John Joseph Mitty.<ref name=":0" /> On November 10, 1967, Scanlan was appointed apostolic administrator and took charge of the diocese.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |title=Bishop John Joseph Scanlan [Catholic-Hierarchy] |url=https://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bscanlan.html |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=www.catholic-hierarchy.org}}</ref>
On March 6, 1968, Pope Paul VI appointed Scanlan as bishop of Honolulu.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wilmington and Honolulu Get New Catholic Bishops |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1968/03/14/79936399.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false |access-date=2022-09-27 |website=timesmachine.nytimes.com |language=en}}</ref>
On June 30, 1981, Scanlan retired but continued to be active as bishop emeritus. John Scanlan died in San Rafael, California, on January 31, 1997.<ref name=":1" />
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