Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport

Diocese of Davenport Diœcesis Davenportensis
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Coat of arms
Location
Country	United States
Territory	22 Counties in the Southeast quadrant of Iowa
Ecclesiastical province	Dubuque
Coordinates	41°32′48.34″N 90°34′57.93″W
Statistics
Area	11,438 sq mi (29,620 km^2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 784,000 104,300 (13.3%)
Parishes	78
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	May 8, 1881 (143 years ago)
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Dennis Gerard Walsh
Metropolitan Archbishop	Thomas Zinkula
Bishops emeritus	Martin John Amos William Edwin Franklin
Map
Website
davenportdiocese.org

The Diocese of Davenport (Latin: Diœcesis Davenportensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church for the southeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States.

The current bishop of Davenport is Dennis Gerard Walsh. The previous bishop, Thomas Zinkula, became Archbishop of Dubuque in 2023. The diocese is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. The see city for the diocese is Davenport, where Sacred Heart Cathedral is located.

Territory

The Diocese of Davenport covers 11,438 square miles (29,620 km²).

• The eastern border is the Mississippi River.
• The northern border comprises Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Clinton counties.
• The western border comprises Jasper, Marion, Monroe, and Appanoose counties.
• The southern border is the Missouri state line.

History

1830 to 1881

From the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 down to 1827, the present day Diocese of Davenport was included in the Diocese of New Orleans. The first Catholic missionaries arrived in the Iowa area during the early 1830s, under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of St. Louis. In 1837, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Dubuque, covering Iowa and adjoining territories.^[1]

St. Anthony's Parish in Davenport was established around 1837 by Dominican missionary Samuel Mazzuchelli. Its church was built in 1838 on land donated by French-Potawatomi entrepreneur Antoine Le Claire. The building served as a church, city hall, courthouse, schoolhouse, public forum, and gathering place for the citizens of Davenport.^[2]

In 1839, French missionary Jean-Antoine-Marie Pelamourgues was named the first resident pastor of St. Anthony's. His duties included attending the communities of Muscatine, Burlington, Iowa City, Columbus Junction, DeWitt, Lyons, and Stephenson, Illinois, across the Mississippi River from Davenport.^[3] Pelamourgues studied to improve his English; when German immigrants began to arrive, he took up that language as well. He helped establish the parish of St. Kunigunda in Davenport, where services were held in Latin and German. When the German pastor at St. Kunigunda refused to serve the needs of Irish immigrants who settled in the west end, Pelamourgues built St. Mary's two blocks away.

Bishop John Hennessy, the third bishop of Dubuque, requested that the Vatican divide Iowa into two dioceses, with the new diocese covering the lower half of the state. Hennessy suggested locating the see of the new diocese in Des Moines, but the Vatican chose Davenport instead.^[4]

1881 to 1900

Bishop McMullen

On May 8, 1881, Pope Leo XIII erected the Diocese of Davenport.^[5] He selected Monsignor John McMullen, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Chicago, to serve as the first bishop.

As bishop, McMullen chose St. Margaret's Church in Davenport as the new cathedral. Soon after arriving in Davenport, McMullen went to visit the parishes in his diocese. He traveled the diocese by stagecoach, buggy, lumber wagon, hand car and train. While on visitation, he administered confirmations and other sacraments in many locations.

McMullen called the diocese's first synod in 1882 to set its procedures and regulations. In September 1882, he founded St. Ambrose, a seminary and school of commerce in Davenport. By December 1882, McMullen had confirmed over 13,000 people.^[6] After almost two years as bishop, McMullen died in 1883.

Reverend Henry Cosgrove, the diocesan administrator and cathedral rector, was appointed by Leo XIII as the second bishop of Davenport in 1884. Deciding that St. Margaret's was no longer adequate as a cathedral, Cosgrove constructed Sacred Heart Cathedral in 1891 to replace it. He established as Sacred Heart Asylum in Davenport 1895, operated by the Sisters Servants of the Sacred Heart. The Congregation of the Humility of Mary took over the asylum in 1896. Sacred Heart Asylum later became St. Vincent's Home for orphans^[1][7][8]

1900 to 1930

Cosgrove supported the national Temperance Movement and called for a moral crusade in the diocese, especially in Davenport. In 1903, he was quoted in the national media as labeling Davenport "the wicked city of its size in America". This was due to the Bucktown District, an area of speakeasies and brothels close to the cathedral.^[9]

In 1904, at Cosgrove's request, Pope Pius X named Reverend James J. Davis, vicar general and cathedral rector, as coadjutor bishop of the diocese to assist with its administration.^[10] Cosgrove presided over the diocese's second synod the same year. When Cosgrove died in 1906, Davis automatically became bishop of Davenport. At this time, the Vatican started planning for a new diocese in Des Moines. Rather than splitting the Diocese of Davenport into two small dioceses, Davis proposed that Vatican redraw all the diocese boundaries in Iowa. The Archdiocese of Dubuque had 109,000 Catholics and the Diocese of Sioux City had 50,000 Catholics. He opposed the Vatican leaving their boundaries alone while splitting the Diocese of Davenport. Under the existing plan, Davenport would have 35,000 Catholics and Des Moines 25,000 Catholics.

In 1911, Pius X rejected Davis' request and erected the new Diocese of Des Moines from the Diocese of Davenport. However, Pius X did sever Clinton County from the archdiocese and give it to the Diocese of Davenport. This change gave the diocese 50,000 Catholics out of a total population of 589,000.^[11]

After Davis died in 1926, Pope Pius XI named Reverend Henry Rohlman of the Archdiocese of Dubuque as the fourth bishop of Davenport. In 1928, Rohlman commissioned a study to assess the social problems in the diocese. The result of this study was the establishment of Catholic Charities in 1929. Its immediate focus was the welfare of the children at St. Vincent's Home in Davenport.^[12]

1930 to 1966

The diocese celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1931. The next year, Rohlman convoked the diocese's third synod to bring the diocese's regulations in line with the 1917 Code of Canon Law. The synod also set the salary for pastors at $1,000 per year, plus household expenses, and salaries for associate pastors and chaplains at $500.^[13] Catholic Charities set up their offices in the Kahl Building. They were joined in 1932 with the chancery and the newly established superintendent of schools. All of these offices and the bishop's office moved into a property on Church Square behind St. Anthony's Church downtown. It was renamed the Cosgrove Building after Bishop Cosgrove.^[14] The Catholic Messenger, an independent Catholic newspaper published in Davenport, was experiencing financial problems during the Great Depression; the diocese purchased it in 1937 to use as the diocesan newspaper.^[13]

Pope Pius XII named Rohlman as coadjutor archbishop of Dubuque in 1944 and replaced him in Davenport with Bishop Ralph Hayes, rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome. Catholic school enrollment reached their highest enrollments during Hayes’ episcopate. Elementary school enrollment reached its highest mark in 1960 with 12,074 students and high schools in 1965 with 4,129 students.^[15] The National Catholic Welfare Council held a four-day conference in Davenport in 1949, focuring on the themes of industry, education, and rural life. Hayes established the Papal Volunteers of Latin America in the diocese in February 1961 in response to a plea from Pope John XXIII. The diocese sent missionaries to Cuernavaca, Mexico and Ponce, Puerto Rico.^[16]

1966 to 1993

St. Vincent Center – Davenport

Hayes retired in 1966 after 22 years as bishop of Davenport. To replace him, Pope Paul VI named Auxiliary Bishop Gerald O'Keefe of the Archdiocese of St. Paul. O'Keefe established a sister's council for the members of women's religious orders in 1967 and a lay council in 1970. He created the first diocesan pastoral council and created a diocesan board of education. Procedures for due process were written in the late 1960s. In 1978, O'Keefe established the permanent diaconate in the diocese. The first class of deacons was ordained in 1980. A deacons council was also organized.

O’Keefe joined with Bishops Arthur O'Neil of Rockford and John Franz of Peoria to create an office that assisted migrant workers with job and education services. In 1972, the Social Action department established an Immigration Office. The diocese sent priests to Mexico to learn Spanish and to immerse in its culture. Three Spanish-speaking deacons were ordained in 1981.^[17]

The economic recession of the 1980s impacted the diocesan population and resources. In 1991, O'Keefe announced a plan for clustering and closing smaller parishes, reflecting both the reduced number of priests and the lower diocese population. The diocese also witnessed a decline in enrollment in Catholic schools, leading to the merger or closing of schools.^[18] In 1970, there were ten hospitals in the diocese; by the time O'Keefe retired in 1993, they were reduced to three.^[19]

1993 to 2010

To replace O'Keefe, Pope John Paul II named Auxiliary Bishop William Franklin of Dubuque as the next bishop of Davenport in 1993. Franklin revised the diocesan staff, creating an Office of Pastoral Services that combined the ministries of liturgy, education, and social action. He replaced the pastoral council with a pastoral council convocation.

In 2000, the diocese celebrated the Jubilee Year proclaimed by John Paul II. There were no diocesan celebrations. Instead, they were planned and celebrated in the diocese's six deaneries. In 2001, the pope bestowed papal honors on 26 people of the diocese. Four priests were named by the Vatican as chaplains to his holiness, eight laymen were honored as knights of St. Gregory the Great, three women received the honor of dames of the Order of St. Gregory the Great, and 11 men and women received the cross oro ecclesia et pontifice. The three women bestowed with the Order of St. Gregory were the first such recipients in the history of the diocese.^[20]

Marycrest International University in Davenport, which began as a woman's college in the 1930s, closed in 2002.^[21] Mt. St. Clair College in Clinton, Iowa, expanded and became The Franciscan University in 2002 and then the Franciscan University of the Prairies two years later. In 2005, it was sold to Bridgepoint Education, Inc. and became Ashford University, ending its affiliation with the Catholic Church.^[22]

St. Alphonsus Church – Davenport

Franklin merged or closed several parishes due to changing demographics in the diocese. The Redemptorists, who had served the diocese for 89 years, left in 1997 due to their declining numbers.^[23] The Sisters of St. Francis in Clinton built the Canticle, a new motherhouse in Clinton, in 1997.^[24] Franklin retired in 2006.

In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Auxiliary Bishop Martin Amos of the Diocese of Cleveland as the eighth bishop of Davenport.^[25] Two days before Amos assumed office, the diocese filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. As a result of the bankruptcy, the diocese was forced to sell off property, including the bishop's residence, to pay for a financial settlement to sexual abuse victims.^[26] Amos had previously requested a small fixer-upper house to live in, believing the bishop's residence too big for him.^[27]

The diocese also sold the chancery building, the St. Vincent Center, and its surrounding property to St. Ambrose University in May 2009. At the same time, the diocese initiated a $22 million capital campaign to replenish diocesan finances and fund other projects.^[28] In March 2010, the diocese repurchased St. Vincent Center and 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land from St. Ambrose.^[29]

2010 to present

In July 2010, the diocese re-established Catholic Charities. The organization was initially introduced into the diocese in 1929 by Rohlman, but it had been discontinued in 1968.^[30] Amos retired in 2017.

Monsignor Thomas Zinkula from Dubuque was appointed bishop of Davenport by Pope Francis in 2017.^[31] Zinkula reduced the number of deaneries in the diocese from six to five in 2023.^[32] In July 2023, Zinkula was named archbishop of Dubuque. Fr. Dennis G. Walsh was named Bishop of Davenport by Pope Francis on June 25, 2024.^[33]

Sex abuse cases

In 1992, Bishop O’Keefe was sued by two women. The plaintiffs claimed that O'Keefe had sexually abused them as young girls when he was rector of St. Paul Cathedral in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the early 1960s. Both women credited recovering repressed memories for their accusations. O'Keefe denied the charges. However, the plaintiffs dropped their lawsuits in 1993 after an investigation revealed that the two women had fabricated the accusations against O'Keefe while together in therapy.^[34]

In 2002, Bishop Franklin received allegations of sexual abuse of minors in the 1970s by Reverend William Wiebler. After Wiebler confessed his crimes to Franklin, the bishop ordered him to enter the Vianney Renewal Center, a treatment facility for priests in Dittmer, Missouri. However, Wiebler checked himself out of the facility and never returned to the diocese. The Vatican laicized Wiebler in 2006.^[35]

In 2004, the diocese settled the claims of 37 sexual abuse victims for $9 million; Wiebler was named as an abuser in 12 of these lawsuits. ^[36]

The diocese in October 2006 filed for Chapter 11 protection.^[37] By November 2007, the bankruptcy court had allocated $37 million in legal settlements to 156 victims.^[38][39] That same month, Bishop Amos announced that the board of trustees of St. Ambrose University had decided to remove O'Keefe's name from the school library. O'Keefe had covered up sexual abuse crimes by priests in the diocese.^[40]

In 2014, documents revealed that Reverend James Janssen, who sexually abused boys and was laicized in 2004, stated in court during lawsuits that "I'm very sick."^[41] Janssen died in 2015.

In June 2019, Bishop Zinkula indicated that the diocese would comply with a request from the Iowa Attorney General for sexual abuses records on clerics in the diocese.

In March 2020, the diocese announced that Reverend Robert Grant, a theology professor at St. Ambrose University, had been suspended from teaching and practicing ministry after a sex abuse allegation surfaced.^[42][43] He allegedly committed the sexual abuse while serving in the Diocese of Des Moines in the early 1990s.^[42][43] In November 2020, the diocese announced that Grant was returning to ministry with restrictions. The diocese determined that misconduct had occurred, but that it did not merit a suspension of ministry.^[44]

Higher education

Current institutions

St. Ambrose University

Christ the King Chapel at St. Ambrose University – Davenport

Saint Ambrose in Davenport was founded in 1882 by Bishop McMullen. Located in the school building of St. Margaret's Cathedral, it was then a seminary and commerce school for young men. St. Ambrose moved to its current location in 1885 and became St. Ambrose College in 1908. In 1987, St. Ambrose College became St. Ambrose University.^[45]

Campus ministry, University of Iowa

Since 1947, the diocese has supported the Newman Catholic Student Center at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Defunct institutions

Visitation Academy/Ottumwa Heights College

The Congregation of the Humility of Mary founded Visitation Academy in 1864 at their mother house in Ottumwa. The academy underwent several name changes until 1930, when it became Ottumwa Heights College. Ottumwa Heights merged with Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) in 1979 and closed in 1980. IHCC now occupies the Ottumwa Heights campus.^[46]

Marycrest College/Marycrest International University

Mount Saint Clare College – Clinton (1920)

The Congregation of the Humility of Mary founded Marycrest College in Davenport in 1939 as the woman's division of St. Ambrose. It became a separate college in the 1950's and became coeducational in 1969. In 1990, Marycrest was renamed Teikyo Marycrest University and in 1996 as Marycrest International University. Marycrest closed in 2002.^[47]

Mount St. Claire College/Franciscan University

The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi established Mount St. Claire College for women in 1918 in Clinton. The college began offering online graduate courses in 2002 and changed its name to Franciscan University. In 2004, the school modified its name to Franciscan University of the Prairies. In 2005, the Sisters sold the school to Bridgepoint Education, Inc. which closed it in 2016.^[48]

Coat of arms

Davenport family

Diocese of Davenport

The coat of arms for the Diocese of Davenport was designed after the arms used by members of a Davenport family in England.^[49] The See city of the diocese is named for Colonel George Davenport, a native of Lincolnshire. The family's arms are described as, "Argent (white or silver), a chevron sable (black) between three cross crosslets fitchée of the second."^[50] The diocesan shield maintains the same color scheme. The black chevron is replaced with a black crenellated tower that alludes to Colonel Davenport's connection with the military and Fort Armstrong, which was located on an island in the Mississippi River across from the city of Davenport.^[51] It also recalls that the city was the state's first military headquarters during the American Civil War. Another change from the family arms is the ends of the crosslets are rounded, or bottony. They reflect the shamrock of Saint Patrick that alludes to the Holy Trinity.^[51] The crosses on the arms of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, from which the Davenport diocese was founded, also have rounded ends.

Bishops

Bishops of Davenport
From	Until	Name	Notes
1881	1883	John McMullen †	Appointed bishop June 14, 1881; consecrated July 25, 1881; installed July 30, 1881; died in office July 4, 1883[1]
1884	1906	Henry Cosgrove †	Appointed bishop July 11, 1884; consecrated and installed September 14, 1884; died in office December 22, 1906[52]
1906	1926	James J. Davis †	Appointed Titular Bishop of Milopotamus and Coadjutor Bishop October 7, 1904; consecrated November 30, 1904; succeeded December 22, 1906; died in office December 2, 1926[53]
1927	1944	Henry Rohlman †	Appointed bishop May 20, 1927; consecrated July 25, 1927; installed July 26, 1927; appointed Titular Archbishop of Macra and Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque September 8, 1944[54]
1944	1966	Ralph Leo Hayes †	Previously Bishop of Helena and rector of the Pontifical North American College; appointed Bishop of Davenport November 16, 1944; installed January 11, 1945; appointed Titular bishop of Naraggara and Bishop Emeritus October 20, 1966; died July 5, 1970[55]
1966	1993	Gerald Francis O'Keefe †	Previously Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul; appointed Bishop of Davenport October 20, 1966; installed January 4, 1967; resigned November 12, 1993; died April 12, 2000[56]
1993	2006	William Edwin Franklin	Previously Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque; appointed Bishop of Davenport November 12, 1993; installed January 20, 1994; resigned October 12, 2006[57]
2006	2017	Martin John Amos	Previously Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland; appointed Bishop of Davenport October 12, 2006; installed November 20, 2006; resigned April 19, 2017[58]
2017	2023	Thomas Robert Zinkula	Appointed bishop April 19, 2017; ordained and installed June 22, 2017; appointed Archbishop of Dubuque July 26, 2023[59]
2024	present	Dennis Gerard Walsh	Appointed bishop June 25, 2024; ordained and installed September 27, 2024[60]

Auxiliary Bishops of Davenport
From	Until	Name	Notes
1923	1926	Edward D. Howard †	Appointed Titular Bishop of Isaura December 23, 1923; consecrated April 8, 1924; appointed Archbishop of Oregon City April 30, 1926[61]

Other priests of the diocese of Davenport who became bishops
From	Until	Name	Notes
1881	1884	Henry Cosgrove †	Appointed Bishop of Davenport July 11, 1884[62]
1881	1906	James J. Davis †	Appointed Titular Bishop of Milopotamus and Coadjutor Bishop of Davenport October 7, 1904[53]
1911	1936	William Lawrence Adrian †	Appointed Bishop of Nashville February 2, 1936[63]
1939	1968	Maurice John Dingman †	Appointed Bishop of Des Moines April 2, 1968[64]
1950	1983	Lawrence Donald Soens †	Appointed Bishop of Sioux City June 15, 1983[65]
1994	2011	Robert Dwayne Gruss	Appointed Bishop of Rapid City May 26, 2011; Appointed Bishop of Saginaw May 24, 2019[66]

Historic structures

The following structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Some of the structures are no longer part of the diocese but have historical significance to the parish.

Name[67]	Image	Year	Location	Style	Architect	Notes
Ambrose Hall		1885	518 W. Locust Street, Davenport 41°32′20″N 90°34′51″W	Second Empire	Victor Huot	Administrative building at St. Ambrose University
Antoine LeClaire House		1855	630 E. 7th Street, Davenport 41°31′37″N 90°33′54″W	Italianate		Former residence of Bishops McMullen and Cosgrove. Antoine LeClaire helped establish St. Anthony's and the cathedral parishes in Davenport.
Church of All Saints		1879–1885	301 S. 9th Street, Keokuk 40°23′50″N 91°23′25″W	Gothic Revival	William John Dillenburg	Church of All Saints since the three Keokuk parishes consolidated in 1982. Built as St. Peter's Church
Democrat Building		1923	411 Brady Street, Davenport 41°31′26″N 90°34′26″W	Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements	Rudolph J.Clausen	The Catholic Messenger newspaper headquarters, housing its newsroom and printing press. Now a loft residence building
F.H. Miller House		1871	1527 Brady Street, Davenport 41°32′9″N 90°34′26″W	Italianate	W.L. Carroll	Owned by Saint Ambrose University. Former residence of Bishops Davis and Rohlman and the novitiate for the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi of Clinton
Henry Kahl House		1920	1101 W. 9th Street, Davenport 41°31′41″N 90°35′18″W	Mission Revival Spanish Revival	Arthur Ebeling	Part of the former Kahl Home for the Aged and Infirm, operated by the Carmelite Sisters
Marycrest College Historic District		1938	W. 12th Street, Davenport 41°31′48″N 90°35′52″W	Queen Anne, others	Multiple	The former Marycrest College campus. It includes the Petersen Mansion.
Old St. Mary's Rectory		1854	610 E. Jefferson Street, Iowa City 41°39′48″N 91°31′54″W	Greek Revival		Original wood frame rectory for St. Mary's parish in Iowa City. It was moved to E. Jefferson Street when the current rectory was built. A private residence today
Regina Coeli Monastery		1916	1401 Central Avenue, Bettendorf 41°31′51″N 90°30′45″W	Mission Revival Spanish Revival Romanesque Revival Late Gothic Revival	Arthur Ebeling	Now a drug and alcohol rehab facility. Former residence for Carmelite nuns from 1916 to 1975 and later for Franciscan brothers. It was then a hotel.
Sacred Heart Cathedral		1891	422 E. 10th Street ,Davenport 41°31′49″N 90°34′8″W	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Gothic Revival, Tudor Gothic	James J. Egan	Historic complex includes the cathedral church, the rectory and the former convent
St. Anthony's Church		Original church: 1838 Present church: 1853	407 and 417 Main Street, Davenport 41°31′26″N 90°34′31″W	Greek Revival	Multiple	First parish church in the diocese. Its original building is the oldest church building in use in Iowa. The historic complex includes both the original and current church.
St. Boniface Church		1908	2500 N. Pershing Boulevard, Clinton 41°52′27″N 90°10′50″W	Gothic Revival	Martin Heer	Houses the Catholic Historical Center at St. Boniface. Parish merged with the other four Clinton parishes in 1990 to form Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace Parish. The parish used the building until 2007.
St. Irenaeus Church		1871	2811 N. 2nd Street, Clinton 41°52′42″N 90°10′39″W	Gothic Revival	W.W. Sanborn	Vacant building. The parish merged with the other four Clinton parishes in 1990 to form Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace Parish. The parish used it until 2008.
Church of St. John the Baptist		1885	712 Division Street, Burlington 40°48′28″N 91°6′31″W	Gothic Revival	William John Dillenburg	Parish church for Divine Mercy Parish after the Burlington-area parishes consolidated in 2017.
St. Joseph's Church		1876	1 mile east of the junction of County Road G76 and SE. 97th Street, Marion County 41°12′12″N 93°18′29″W	Romanesque Revival, Late Gothic Revival		Part of an historic district that also includes the cemetery. The parish closed in the 1990s.
St. Joseph's Church		1883	601 N. Marquette Street, Davenport 41°31′33″N 90°35′24″W	Gothic Revival	Victor Hout	Now owned by an Evangelical Christian outreach ministry
St. Joseph's Church		1886	509 Avenue F, Fort Madison 40°37′54.03″N 91°18′24.2″W	Gothic Revival		Now a wedding chapel. The church, rectory, convent and school buildings are part of an historic district.
St. Joseph Hospital		1925	312 E. Alta Vista Avenue and 317 Vanness Avenue, Ottumwa 41°02′13.83″N 92°23′56.84″W			Former hospital campus operated by the Sisters of Humility
St. Mary's Academy		1888	1334 W. 8th Street, Davenport 41°31′40″N 90°35′38″W	Romanesque Revival		Former school building for St. Mary's parish. It became a residence for clergy teaching at St. Ambrose Academy and later Assumption High School. It was sold by the diocese.
St. Mary's Church		1885	516, 519, 522, and 525 Fillmore Street, Davenport 41°31′30″N 90°35′39″W	Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival	Victor Hout, Clause & Burrows	Included in the historic complex with rectory, convent, and school buildings
St. Mary of the Assumption Church		1871	1031 Avenue E, Fort Madison 40°38′0″N 91°19′0″W	Gothic Revival	Walch & Schmidt	Part of Holy Family Parish in Fort Madison
St. Mary's Church		1867	220 E. Jefferson Street, Iowa City 41°39′46″N 91°31′54″W	Romanesque Revival		Complex includes the church and rectory buildings
St. Mary's Church		1920	314 Grand Avenue, Nichols 41°28′41″N 91°18′32″W	Gothic Revival
St. Mary's Church		1907	41 St. Mary's Street, Riverside 41°29′0″N 91°34′54″W	Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival	Multiple	Part of an historic district that also includes the rectory, the original church building and the former school building
St. Michael's Church		1867	County Road F 52, Holbrook 41°35′24″N 91°54′48″W	Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival	Multiple	Part of a historic district that includes the cemetery, rectory and Ancient Order of Hibernians Hall. The parish closed in the 1990s.
St. Patrick's Church		1912	U.S. Route 34 west of Albia, Georgetown 41°0′48″N 92°57′20″W	Gothic Revival	Rev. Timothy Clifford
St. Paul's Church		1895	508 N. 4th Street Burlington 40°48′43.32″N 91°6′10.11″W	Gothic Revival	James J. Egan	Part of Divine Mercy Parish since the Burlington-area parishes consolidated in 2017.
Saints Peter and Paul Church		1898	Southeast of Harper, Clear Creek 41°18′19″N 92°0′20″W	Gothic Revival	Ferdinand S. Borgolte	Former parish church. The parish merged with St. Elizabeth in Harper and St. Mary's in Keota to form Holy Trinity Parish in 1992. In 2009, the building was sold.
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church		1916	1165 NE. Taft Avenue, Solon 41°50′57″N 91°27′49″W	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals	R. K. Parkinson	Former parish church. The parish consolidated in 1996 with St. Mary's in Solon. Building was sold.[68]
St. Thomas More Parish Center		1929	108 McLean Street, Iowa City 41°40′09.9″N 91°32′30″W	Tudor Revival	Myron Edwards Pugh	Built as Sigma Pi fraternity house in 1929, the building served as the first Catholic Student Center and Newman Club at the University of Iowa. It went to St. Thomas More Parish in 1969. An apartment building since 2009.
Selma Schricker House		1902	1430 Clay Street, Davenport 41°31′49.89″N 90°35′41.77″W	Georgian Revival	Clausen & Clausen	Residence of Bishops Rohlman, Hayes, O'Keefe and Franklin.

High schools

School	Location
Assumption High School	Davenport
Holy Trinity High School	Fort Madison
Notre Dame High School	Burlington
Prince of Peace Preparatory	Clinton
Regina High School	Iowa City

Former high schools

Aquinas	Fort Madison	Merged with Marquette Catholic to form Holy Trinity in 2005
Cardinal Stritch	Keokuk	Absorbed by Holy Trinity in 2006
Central Catholic	Fort Madison	Consolidated with St. Joseph's to form Aquinas in 1958
Hayes Catholic (St. Mathias)	Muscatine	Closed in 1969
Marquette Catholic (St. Mary's)	West Point	Merged with Aquinas to form Holy Trinity in 2005
St. Elizabeth	Harper	Closed in 1966
St. James	St. Paul	Merged with St. Mary's and St. John's to create Marquette Catholic High School in 1966
St. John's	Victor	Closed in 1962
St. Joseph's	DeWitt	Absorbed by St. Mary's in 1968
St. Joseph's	Fort Madison	Consolidated with Central Catholic to form Aquinas in 1958
St. Mary's	Clinton	Succeeded by Mater Dei (later Prince of Peace Preparatory) in 1980
St. Mary's	Iowa City	Consolidated with St. Wenceslaus and St. Patrick's to form Regina in 1959
St. Mary's	Riverside	Closed in 1960
St. Patrick's	Iowa City	Consolidated with St. Wenceslaus and St. Mary's to form Regina in 1959
St. Peter's	Cosgrove	Closed in 1955
St. Peter's	Keokuk	Merged with St. Peter's to form Cardinal Stritch in 1958
St. Paul's	Burlington	Succeeded by Notre Dame
St. Paul's	Keokuk	Merged with St. Peter's to form Cardinal Stritch in 1958
St. Wenceslaus	Iowa City	Consolidated with St. Patrick's and St. Mary's to form Regina in 1959
Walsh Catholic	Ottumwa	Closed in 1969

See also

• Pacem in Terris Award

References

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