Alexander James Quinn is a bishop

Bishop

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 of the Catholic Church in the United States

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. He served as an auxiliary bishop

Auxiliary bishop

An auxiliary bishop, in the Roman Catholic Church, is an additional bishop assigned to a diocese because the diocesan bishop is unable to perform his functions, the diocese is so extensive that it requires more than one bishop to administer, or the diocese is attached to a royal or imperial office...

 of the Diocese of Cleveland

Roman Catholic Diocese of Cleveland

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 in the state of Ohio

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 from 1983-2008.

Biography

Quinn was born in Cleveland. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Cleveland on May 24, 1958. He was educated at St. Charles College

St. Charles College

St. Charles College may refer to:* St. Charles College, a Catholic seminary school in Ellicott City, Maryland,* St. Charles College , a now defunct Methodist college in St. Charles, Missouri...

 in Cantonsville, Maryland, St. Mary's Seminary in Cleveland, The Lateran University in Rome

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, and Cleveland State University

Cleveland State University

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. Quinn earned both a Doctor of Canon Law

Doctor of Canon Law

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 and Juris Doctor

Juris Doctor

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 degrees. On October 14, 1983 Pope John Paul II named him Titular Bishop

Titular bishop

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 of Socia and Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland. He was ordained a bishop by Bishop Anthony Michael Pilla of Cleveland on December 5, 1983. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop Daniel Edward Pilarczyk

Daniel Edward Pilarczyk

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 of Cincinnati

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati

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 and Bishop Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon

Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon

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, Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland. Bishop Quinn served the diocese as an auxiliary for 24 years when Pope Benedict XVI accepted his resignation on June 14, 2008.