Hubert Newell

Hubert Michael Newell (February 16, 1904 – September 8, 1987) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Cheyenne from 1951 to 1978.

Hubert Newell was born in Denver, Colorado, to Thomas and Ellen (née Taney) Newell; his parents were Irish immigrants from County Galway. A twin himself, he had a total of five siblings, including two sisters and three brothers. Newell studied under the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth before attending Sacred Heart High School and Regis College. After deciding to embark on an ecclesiastical career, he entered St. Thomas Aquinas Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Tihen on June 15, 1930.

Newell served as assistant pastor at Our Lady of Sorrows Church in Walsenburg and at Immaculate Conception Cathedral in Denver. He was assistant principal of Cathedral High School from 1933 to 1937, whence he entered the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. He there obtained a Master's degree in educational administration in 1938, and was named superintendent of parochial schools upon returning to Denver.