Robert Joseph Banks
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His Excellency, The Most Reverend Robert Joseph Banks |
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| Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay | |
| Archdiocese | Milwaukee |
| Diocese | Green Bay |
| Appointed | October 16, 1990 |
| Installed | December 5, 1990 |
| Term ended | October 10, 2003 |
| Predecessor | Adam Maida |
| Successor | David Zubik |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | December 20, 1952 by Luigi Traglia |
| Consecration | September 19, 1985 by Bernard Francis Law, Daniel Anthony Cronin, and John Aloysius Marshall |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
February 26, 1928 Boston, Massachusetts |
| Previous post | Auxiliary Bishop of Boston |
| Motto | Blessed be God |
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Styles of Robert Joseph Banks |
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| Spoken style | Your Excellency |
| Religious style | Bishop |
Robert Joseph Banks (born February 26, 1928) is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the tenth bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin from 1990 to 2003.
Born in Boston, Massachusetts, he was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on February 20, 1952, for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston. From 1967 to 1981 he served as rector of St. John's Seminary in Boston. He served as pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Roslindale, Massachusetts until 1985.
On July 26, 1985 Pope John Paul II appointed him auxiliary bishop of the Boston Archdiocese, and he was consecrated on September 19, 1985.
On October 10, 1990, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Banks the Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese. Bishop Banks retired as ordinary on October 10, 2003.
Bishop Banks was accused of overlooking a priest's alleged pedophilia in the Roman Catholic Church sex abuse scandal while he was an auxiliary bishop at Boston.
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