Paul Vincent Donovan

His Excellency Paul Vincent Donovan
Province	Detroit
Diocese	Kalamazoo
Installed	July 21, 1971
Term ended	November 22, 1994
Predecessor	See Established
Successor	Alfred John Markiewicz
Other posts	Bishop Emeritus (1994-2011)
Orders
Ordination	May 20, 1950
Consecration	July 21, 1971
Personal details
Born	(1924-09-01)September 1, 1924 Bernard, Iowa, U.S.
Died	April 27, 2011(2011-04-27) Wayland Township, Michigan
Nationality	American
Denomination	Roman Catholic Church
Motto	To Serve Rather Than Be Served

Paul Vincent Donovan (September 1, 1924 – April 27, 2011) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Kalamazoo in the state of Michigan from 1971 to 1994.

Biography

Born in Bernard, Iowa, Donovan was ordained a Catholic priest for the Diocese of Lansing (where he had moved with his parents, attending St. Mary Cathedral High School) on May 20, 1950. His seminary studies had been at St. Joseph Seminary in Grand Rapids, Michigan, St. Gregory Seminary in Cincinnati, Ohio, and at Mount St. Mary Seminary in Norwood, Ohio. On June 15, 1971 Pope Paul VI named him the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Kalamazoo. He was consecrated on July 21, 1971 by Cardinal John Francis Dearden of Detroit. The co-consecrators were Bishops Alexander M. Zaleski of Lansing and Michael Joseph Green of Reno.^[1] He choose as his episcopal motto: "To Serve Rather Than Be Served."^[2] He was the diocesan bishop in Kalamazoo for 23 years, retiring in 1994 for health reasons.

Bishop Donovan, 86 years old, was found dead on Thursday, April 27, 2011, outside of his vehicle following a minor accident in Wayland Township. Foul play was not suspected. Allen Henry Vigneron, the Metropolitan Archbishop of the Province of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit, Michigan, was the principal celebrant at the Wednesday, May 4, 2011 Funeral Mass in the Diocese of Kalamazoo's St. Augustine Cathedral. Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin, was the homilist. The Funeral Mass was also attended by Archbishop Vigneron's immediate predecessor, Adam Joseph Cardinal Maida, the retired Cardinal Archbishop of Detroit. Burial followed at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Kalamazoo.

References

↑ "Bishop Paul Vincent Donovan". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2010-05-10.
↑ "History of the Diocese of Kalamazoo". www.dioceseofkalamazoo.org. Retrieved 2010-05-10.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by None	Bishop of Kalamazoo 1971–1994	Succeeded by Alfred John Markiewicz

Roman Catholic Diocese of Kalamazoo

Bishops	Paul Vincent Donovan Alfred John Markiewicz James Albert Murray Paul J. Bradley

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of St. Augustine

Education	High Schools Hackett Catholic Central High School, Kalamazoo Lake Michigan Catholic High School, St. Joseph St. Philip Catholic Central High School, Battle Creek

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Diocese of Lansing

Bishops	Ordinaries Joseph H. Albers Alexander M. Zaleski Kenneth Joseph Povish Carl Frederick Mengeling Earl Alfred Boyea, Jr. Auxiliaries Michael Joseph Green James Stephen Sullivan

Churches	Cathedral St. Mary Cathedral, Lansing Parishes St. Mary of Good Counsel Church, Adrian St. Patrick's Church, Ann Arbor St. Joseph Church and Shrine, Cambridge Township St. Mary Star of the Sea Church, Jackson Former parish St. Elizabeth's Church, Tecumseh

Education	Higher Education Siena Heights University High Schools Father Gabriel Richard High School, Ann Arbor Lansing Catholic High School, Lansing Lumen Christi Catholic High School, Jackson Powers Catholic High School, Flint St. Thomas More Academy, Burton

Priests	Paul Vincent Donovan Steven J. Raica

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