Gerald Francis O'Keefe
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Most Reverend Gerald F. O'Keefe, DD |
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| Bishop of Davenport | |
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| Church | Catholic Church |
| Appointed | October 20, 1966 |
| In office | January 4, 1967 – November 12, 1993 |
| Predecessor | Ralph Leo Hayes |
| Successor | William Edwin Franklin |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | January 29, 1944 by John Gregory Murray |
| Consecration | July 2, 1961 by William O. Brady |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
March 30, 1918 Saint Paul, Minnesota |
| Died | April 12, 2000 (aged 82) Davenport, Iowa |
| Previous post | Titular Bishop of Candyba Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul |
| Motto |
Tibi totum restituo (I give it all back to you) |
Gerald Francis O'Keefe (March 30, 1918 – April 12, 2000) was a 20th-century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Saint Paul in the state of Minnesota from 1961 to 1966 and bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in the state of Iowa from 1966 to 1993.
Gerald O’Keefe was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, to Francis and Lucille (McDonald) O’Keefe. He had a younger sister, Mary, and grew up in suburban Wayzata, Minnesota. His father worked as a railroad signal man. O'Keefe was educated in the city's public schools. He graduated from the College of Saint Thomas and studied for the priesthood at St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. He was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of St. Paul on January 29, 1944 by Archbishop John Gregory Murray. O'Keefe was assigned to the Cathedral of St. Paul and served briefly as a teacher at St. Thomas Military Academy in St. Paul, after which he served the archdiocese as vice chancellor and then chancellor. He also served as chaplain to a convent of Benedictine Nuns. On June 14, 1957 Pope Pius XII named O'Keefe a Domestic Prelate with the title Monsignor.
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