Lawrence Donald Soens
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Lawrence Donald Soens DD |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Sioux City | |
| Church | Catholic Church |
| Archdiocese | Dubuque |
| Diocese | Sioux City |
| Appointed | June 15, 1983 |
| Installed | August 17, 1983 |
| Term ended | November 28, 1998 |
| Predecessor | Frank Henry Greteman |
| Successor | Daniel DiNardo |
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| Ordination | May 6, 1950 |
| Consecration | August 17, 1983 by James Joseph Byrne, Gerald Francis O'Keefe, and Frank Henry Greteman |
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| Born |
August 26, 1926 Iowa City, Iowa |
| Ordination history of Lawrence Donald Soens | |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Principal consecrator | James Joseph Byrne |
| Date of consecration | August 17, 1983 |
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Bishops consecrated by Lawrence Donald Soens as principal consecrator
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| Daniel DiNardo | October 7, 1997 |
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Styles of Lawrence Donald Soens |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Lawrence Donald Soens (born August 26, 1926) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as Bishop of Sioux City in the state of Iowa from 1983 to 1998.
Soens was born in Iowa City, Iowa on August 26, 1926. He was educated at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, Saint Ambrose College in Davenport, Iowa and studied for the priesthood at Kenrick Seminary near Saint Louis, Missouri. He also completed graduate studies at the University of Iowa.
He was ordained a priest on May 6, 1950 for the Diocese of Davenport. He was engaged in both academic and pastoral work in the diocese as a priest. Soens' first assignment was as an assistant pastor at St. Paul's Church in Burlington. He then joined the faculty of St. Ambrose Academy in Davenport and then became the assistant pastor at St. Bridget's Church in Victor. Soen's next assignment was as director of Regina High School in Iowa City. He went on to become the rector of St. Ambrose Seminary and served on the faculty of St. Ambrose College in Davenport. His next assignment was as pastor at Assumption Church in Charlotte and St. Patrick in Villa Nova. He was pastor at St. Mary's Church in Clinton when Pope John Paul II named him a Prelate of Honor, with the title of Monsignor on December 18, 1981.
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