Most Reverend Michael Owen Jackels |
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Archbishop of Dubuque | |
Jackels in 2013
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Church | Catholic Church |
Archdiocese | Dubuque |
Appointed | April 8, 2013 |
Installed | May 30, 2013 |
Predecessor | Jerome Hanus OSB |
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Ordination | May 30, 1981 by Glennon P. Flavin |
Consecration | April 4, 2005 by Joseph F. Naumann, Fabian Bruskewitz, and Thomas Olmsted |
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Born |
Rapid City, South Dakota |
April 13, 1954
Previous post | Bishop of Wichita (2005–2013) |
Alma mater | |
Motto | ECCE ADSUM (English: Here I am) |
Styles of Michael Owen Jackels |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Archbishop |
Ordination history of Michael Owen Jackels | |
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Episcopal consecration
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Principal consecrator | Joseph Naumann |
Date of consecration | April 4, 2005 |
Bishops consecrated by Michael Owen Jackels as principal consecrator
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Thomas Zinkula | June 22, 2017 |
Michael Owen Jackels (born April 13, 1954) is the twelfth bishop and tenth archbishop of Dubuque in the U.S. state of Iowa. He was previously the Bishop of Wichita in Kansas, replacing Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted. Jackels was consecrated bishop at the Church of the Magdalen in Wichita on April 4, 2005.
Born in Rapid City, South Dakota, on April 13, 1954, Jackels frequently moved as a child of a military family from Wyoming to Spain to California before settling in Nebraska to complete his secondary studies. As a young man he fell away from his faith becoming more of a Buddhist than anything else, but while working as dishwasher in a country club, a sincere Protestant gave him a copy of the New Testament, the reading of which reportedly brought him back to the Catholic faith. Prior to joining Kentucky's St. Pius X Seminary in 1975, Jackels attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Jackels earned his B.A. in philosophy from St. Pius X in 1977. In 1981, he completed his Master's in Theology at Mt. Saint Mary's Seminary, Emmitsburg, Maryland.
After completing his master's degree, Jackels was ordained a priest for the diocese of Lincoln, Nebraska by Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin in 1981. His first assignment was serving as the associate pastor of the Cathedral of the Risen Christ, and he also served as a teacher at Pius X High School in Lincoln. From 1982 to 1985, Jackels was assigned to be the associate pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish on the campus of the University of Nebraska, and in addition to his teaching duties at Pius X High School, he also served as the assistant vocations director for the diocese during this period.