Lawrence James McNamara
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
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Lawrence James McNamara (August 5, 1928 – December 17, 2004) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Grand Island, Nebraska from 1978 to 2004.
McNamara was born in Chicago, Illinois, and there attended Archbishop Quigley Preparatory Seminary. He also studied at St. Paul Seminary in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he earned a degree in theology. McNamara was ordained a priest of the Diocese of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Missouri, on May 30, 1953. He also held an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws from Benedictine College in Atchison, Kansas.
McNamara held numerous Church and civic posts in the Kansas City area. He was a parish priest and high school teacher, Diocesan Refugee Resettlement Director, Chairman of the United Campaign Agency Executives Association, Chaplain of Jackson County Jail, President of the Kansas City Citizens' Alliance for the War on Poverty. He was also a board member of the Human Resources Commission of Kansas City, State Committee on Aging, and the Jackson County Civil Rights Commission and was Moderator of the Diocesan Family Life Bureau.
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