Francis Raymond Shea
Catholic bishop
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| Intro | Catholic bishop | |
| Places | United States of America | |
| was | Religious scholar Theologian Priest | |
| Work field | Religion | |
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| Religion: | Catholic church | |
| Birth | 4 December 1913, Knoxville, USA | |
| Death | 18 August 1994 (aged 80 years) | |
| Star sign | Sagittarius | |
| Residence | Knoxville, USA |
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Francis Raymond Shea served as the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Evansville, Indiana from 1969 to 1989.
Shea was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 4, 1913. He was ordained a priest on March 19, 1939 and served in a number of assignments around Tennessee over the next three decades. He was named a Monsignor in 1967. On December 1, 1969, he was appointed to the Diocese of Evansville and consecrated Bishop on February 3, 1970. Bishop Shea retired March 11, 1989 and died August 18, 1994.
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| Preceded by Paul Francis Leibold | Bishop of Evansville 1969 – 1989 | Succeeded by Gerald Andrew Gettelfinger |