John Francis Kinney

His Excellency, The Most Reverend John Francis Kinney
Bishop Emeritus of Saint Cloud
Archdiocese	Saint Paul and Minneapolis
Diocese	Saint Cloud
Appointed	May 9, 1995
Installed	July 6, 1995
Term ended	September 20, 2013
Predecessor	Jerome Hanus
Successor	Donald Joseph Kettler
Orders
Ordination	February 2, 1963 by Leo Binz
Consecration	January 25, 1977 by John Robert Roach, Leo Binz, and James Richard Ham
Personal details
Born	(1937-06-11) June 11, 1937 (age 79) Oelwein, Iowa
Previous post	Auxiliary Bishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis Bishop of Bismarck
Motto	Caritas Christi urget nos

Styles of John Francis Kinney

Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

John Francis Kinney (born June 11, 1937) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the fifth Bishop of Bismarck from 1982 to 1995 and the ninth Bishop of St. Cloud from 1995 to 2013.

John Kinney was born in Oelwein, Iowa, to John and Marie (née McCarty) Kinney. He received his primary education at St. Thomas Elementary School in Winona, Minnesota, and Annunciation Elementary School in Minneapolis. He attended DeLaSalle High School in Minneapolis before entering Nazareth Hall Seminary in St. Paul. Kinney graduated from St. Paul Seminary in 1963, and was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Leo Binz on February 2, 1963, in the Cathedral of Saint Paul.

He then served as assistant pastor of St. Thomas Parish in Minneapolis until 1968, and was named vice-chancellor of the Archdiocese of St. Paul-Minneapolis in 1966. From 1968 to 1971, Kinney completed his graduate studies at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, from where he obtained his doctorate in canon law. Upon his return to the United States, he resumed his post as vice-chancellor, rising to become full chancellor in 1973. He also served as pastor of St. Leonard of Port Maurice Parish in Minneapolis during his tenure as chancellor.