Most Reverend Joseph Robert Crowley

    Bishop Crowley was born January 12, 1915, in Fort Wayne to Jerry and Nellie (Connelly) Crowley.  He was ordained a priest in 1953 and has been pastor of St. Matthew Cathedral since 1969.  In 1971, Bishop Crowley was ordained auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend and Titular Bishop of Maraguia.  Pope Paul II accepted his resignation (required at the age of seventy-five years) as auxiliary bishop of Fort Wayne-South Bend which was effective on July 15, 1990.  The Most Reverend Joseph Robert Crowley, D.D. passed away on February 4, 2003.  

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    During his years of service in this diocese, Bishop Crowley served as assistant chancellor, treasurer, editor of Our Sunday Visitor, superintendent of religious instruction and vicar general of the diocese; he was a member of the Catholic Charities board of directors, a member of the presbyteral council and the priests' personnel board.  Bishop Crowley currently serves as a member of the diocesan finance council and the advisory council of the diocesan newspaper, Today's Catholic.

We are extremely proud to announce the opening of our new facility to honor Bishop Joseph Robert Crowley for his years of dedicated service to the Diocese of Fort Wayne-South Bend by naming the Activity Center after him.  The Bishop Crowley Activity Center will provide the Marian Community with much needed physical facility space (i.e. an auxiliary gymnasium, two classrooms, a multipurpose room, a small kitchen and a storage room.)  (Click on the thumbnail pictures to see larger views.)

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