Joseph Crescent McKinney

Joseph Crescent McKinney (September 10, 1928 – June 9, 2010) was a late 20th-century and early 21st-century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Grand Rapids in the state of Michigan from 1968-2001.

Joseph McKinney was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan to Joseph and Antoinette McKinney. He was the oldest of four children. He grew up attending St. Mary’s Church and was educated at the parish grade school. He attended high school at St. Joseph Seminary in Grand Rapids and college at the Seminaire de Philosophie in Montreal, Canada. McKinney studied for the priesthood at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, where he received a licentiate in sacred theology. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Rapids on December 20, 1953 at the Chapel of Propaganda Fide. From 1953-1962 Father McKinney served on the faculty of St. Joseph Seminary. From 1962-1968 he served as a parish priest in Indian River, Mt. Pleasant and Conklin.

On July 24, 1968 Pope Paul VI named McKinney Titular Bishop of Leontium and the Auxiliary Bishop of Grand Rapids. He was ordained a bishop by Archbishop John Francis Dearden of Detroit on September 26, 1968. Bishops Allen James Babcock of Grand Rapids and Charles Salatka of Marquette acted as principal co-consecrators. In addition to Bishop Babcock, he served as auxiliary bishop to Bishops Joseph M. Breitenbeck and Robert John Rose.

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