NECROLOGY OF PRIESTS 1833-PRESENT BY DATE (update June 9, 2020) The church, institution or place listed is the last known assignment or location. Any omission or error will be graciously accepted. 1850-1859 CRETIN, Most Rev. Joseph, 1st Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota ............................................................ February 22, 1857 LORAS, Most Rev. Mathias, 1st Bishop of Dubuque ................................................................................ February 19, 1858 KAISER, Rev. Eusebius, Saint Joseph, Fort Madison ............................................................................. November 2, 1858 MAGNE, Rev. Peter, Saint James, Washington .............................................................................................. June 29, 1859 1860-1869 BAUMGARTNER, Rev. John B., Saint Mary, Cascade ............................................................................... March 27, 1860 PLATHE, Rev. Gerhard H., Saint Ambrose, Des Moines ................................................................................ April 24, 1860 McKENNA, Rev. Francis, Saint Anne, Welton ...................................................................................... September 26, 1860 WHEELER, Rev. Dennis, Saint Andrew, Bellevue ....................................................................................... March 11, 1861 CUNNINGHAM, Rev. James V., Saint Peter, Temple Hill ................................................................................. June 2, 1863 MAZZUCHELLI, The Venerable Samuel C., O.P., Pioneer Priest, Saint Patrick, Benton, WI ..................... February 23, 1864 HORE, Rev. Thomas, retired, Immaculate Conception, WeXford .................................................................... June 14, 1864 BENNETT, Rev. Andrew, Saint Clement, Bankston ............................................................................... December 16, 1864 MARSH, Rev. John J., Corpus Christi, Fort Dodge .................................................................................. February 22, 1865 SMYTH, Most Rev. Clement, O.C.S.O., 2nd Bishop of Dubuque ........................................................... September 23, 1865 SLATTERY, Rev. James, Saint Alphonus, Mount Pleasant ......................................................................... March 10, 1866 O’BEIRNE, Rev. Michael, Saint Joseph, Elkader ................................................................................... November 26, 1867 DONAGHOE, Rev. Terence J., V.G., Chaplain, Saint Joseph Convent on the Prairie ................................ January 5, 1869 O’REGAN, Rev. Daniel, First Native Iowan Ordained Priest .................................................................... February 10, 1869 MURPHY, Rev. Patrick Joseph R. (or J.P.R.), Saint Mary, Waverly ..................................................... September 10, 1869 1870-1879 SHEILS, Rev. John, Saint Mary, Waverly ........................................................................................................ May 30, 1870 WEIKMANN, Rev. John B., Saint Boniface, New Vienna .......................................................................... October 11, 1870 DONELAN, Rev. James B., Saint Paul, Burlington .................................................................................... January 29, 1871 HANNASCH, Rev. Frederick, Holy Trinity, LuXemburg ............................................................................ February 22, 1872 FLAVIN, Rev. Maurice F., Saint Mary & Saint Anthony, Davenport ................................................................... May 5, 1872 O’GORMAN, Most Rev. James M., O.C.S.O., Vicar Apostolic of Omaha, Nebraska ........................................ July 4, 1874 WALSH, Rev. James, Saint Mary, Wilton Junction ............................................................................... September 13, 1874 McNULTY, Rev. James G., Saint Benedict, Decorah ........................................................................................ May 9, 1875 HEIMBUCHER, Rev. Henry J., Annunciation, Lattnerville .................................................................... September 21, 1875 PELAMOURGES, Rev. Anthony, Saint Anthony, Davenport ................................................................. November 19, 1875 NAGLE, Rev. Richard, Saint Mary, McGregor ............................................................................................ August 15, 1876 LYNCH, Rev. Michael, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Lawler .......................................................................... March 30, 1877 McLAUGHLIN, Rev. Patrick, Saint Mary, Clinton ...................................................................................... January 16, 1879 O’DONNELL, Rev. Michael, Saint John, Placid ................................................................................................ April 2, 1879 1880-1889 KINSELLA, Rev. Michael, Saint Patrick, Burlington ....................................................................................... March 2, 1880 O’SULLIVAN, Rev. Eugene, Saint Peter, Clermont ......................................................................................... May 10, 1880 SWEENEY, Rev. James, Saint James, Sunnyside .......................................................................................... July 22, 1880 GAFFNEY, Rev. Joseph B., Assumption, Cresco ......................................................................................... August 4, 1880 1 Necrology of Priests of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, Iowa SCALLON, Rev. James, Saint Simon, DeWitt ................................................................................................ April 10, 1881 HACKETT, Rev. John, retired, Saint Mary, Strawberry Point ...................................................................... October 5, 1881 PORTZ, Rev. Peter J., Saint Joseph, Bellevue ...................................................................................... November 29, 1881 GAFFNEY, Rev. John B., Saint Mary, Centergrove & Saint Mary, Clinton County ................................ December 12, 1881 QUINN, Rev. William A., Saint Patrick, FairfaX ......................................................................................... February 21, 1882 McCAFFERY, Rev. Bernard Hugh, O.C.S.O., Superior, New Melleray Abbey, Peosta ................................. March 3, 1883 BRENNAN, Rev. Thomas D., Saint Bridget, Postville ....................................................................................... April 4, 1883 FLAMMANG, Rev. Michael J., Saint Donatus, St. Donatus ..................................................................... December 6, 1883 GUERDET, Rev. Joseph, Saint Joseph, Key West ...................................................................................... March 31, 1884 MURPHY, Rev. Daniel W., Saint Mary, Dorchester ............................................................................... December 21, 1884 BRAZILL, Very Rev. John F., Saint Mary, Des Moines .............................................................................. August 25, 1885 BYRNE, Rev. Richard A., Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Lawler ..................................................................... September 5, 1885 GOSKER, Rev. John L., Saint Joseph, Fort Madison ............................................................................ December 25, 1885 NORTON, Rev. Matthew B., Saint Patrick on the Lizard ................................................................................... June 4, 1886 WEGMANN, Rev. Theodore, Holy Angels, Roselle .......................................................................................... April 2, 1887 ENGLISH, Rev. Lawrence J., Saint Joseph, Key West ........................................................................... September 9, 1887 QUIGLEY, Rev. John J., Saint Joseph, Elkader .................................................................................... September 11, 1887 FENDRICH, Rev. John B., SS. Peter & Paul, Carroll ............................................................................ September 15, 1887 TRECY, Rev. Jeremiah F., retired, Saint Patrick, Garryowen ........................................................................ March 5, 1888 MIKOTA, Rev. Francis L., Saint Michael, Norway .................................................................................. December 22, 1888 McMAHON, Rev. Patrick, Saint Mary, Waverly .......................................................................................... January 15, 1889 MURPHY, Rev. Daniel H., Sacred Heart, Early .......................................................................................... February 9, 1889 QUIGLEY, Rev. Patrick, Saint John the Baptist, Independence ..................................................................... March 8, 1889 DUNN, Rev. William W., Saint Irenaeus, Lyons .............................................................................................. June 30, 1889 MORTEL, Rev. John, Saint Joseph, Key West ................................................................................................ July 18, 1889 BRENNAN, Rev. Denis, Immaculate Conception, Castle Grove ..................................................................... July 26, 1889 CORBETT, Rev. James F., Saint Patrick, Monona ..................................................................................... August 13, 1889 RICHARDSON,