Bishop John M. Quinn
Biography - updated March 2010
Bishop John Michael Quinn was born in Detroit on December 17, 1945 and grew up in Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish, on Detroit’s eastside. He was the youngest of the three children of the late George and Mary Quinn.
Bishop Quinn’s brother, George, is deceased. His sister, Patricia Hays, and her husband, Robert, live in Grosse Pointe Farms. They have three children: Barbara, Susan Marrs, and Jeffrey. Bishop Quinn attended Our Lady of Good Counsel Elementary School, Detroit, and St. Anthony High School, Detroit.
Bishop Quinn was ordained to the priesthood on March 17, 1972 at St. Raymond Parish, Detroit, where he had served as a deacon.
Bishop Quinn studied at Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit; St. John’s Provincial Seminary, Plymouth; the University of Detroit/Mercy; and the Catholic University of America, Washington, D.C.
Bishop Quinn holds a Bachelor of Arts in philosophy from Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit; a Master of Divinity from St. John’s Provincial Seminary, Plymouth; a Masters in religious studies and Masters in systemic theology from the University of Detroit/Mercy. He has also done graduate work in religious studies at the Catholic University of America, Washington, DC.
Bishop Quinn has held a variety of assignments. His many parish assignments include associate pastor of Our Lady of Sorrows Parish, Farmington, and pastor of St. Luke Parish, Detroit.
From July of 1990 to July of 2003, Bishop Quinn served as director of the Education Department of the Archdiocese of Detroit. He was the Cardinal’s delegate to Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit and was an adjunct member of the faculty for twenty years and a part time spiritual director.
Bishop Quinn was designated a Prelate of Honor with the title of Monsignor by His Holiness Pope John Paul II in 1990.
Bishop Quinn was Ordained as the twenty-third Auxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit on August 12, 2003 at Detroit’s Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament.
In September of 2003, Bishop Quinn was given special pastoral responsibility for the Central Region of the Archdiocese of Detroit which includes the cities of Detroit, Hamtramck, Highland Park, the Grosse Pointes and Harper Woods.
In October of 2008, His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI named Bishop Quinn as coadjutor and eighth bishop of the Diocese of Winona in southern Minnesota. He was welcomed at the Cathedral of the Sacred Heart in Winona on December 11, 2008.
On May 4, 2009, Bishop Quinn became the eight Bishop of the Diocese of Winona, Minnesota when he succeeded the Most Rev. Bernard J. Harrington. The Diocese of Winona comprises twenty counties in the southern part of the State of Minnesota with a Catholic population of 131,000 Catholics in 114 parishes. The Diocese of Winona sponsors Immaculate Heart of Mary Seminary for college level students preparing for the priesthood, which is located adjacent to Saint Mary’s University in Winona.
Board of Trustees of Catholic Institutions
Catholic Charities – Diocese of Winona
Madonna University, Livonia, MI
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
Catholic Campus Ministry Committee
Episcopal Appointments
Episcopal Advisor – USCCB Commission on Accreditation and Certification
Episcopal Advisor – National Council of the Society of St. Vincent de Paul
Episcopal Moderator – The Blessed Adolph Kolping Society
Episcopal Moderator – National Catholic Cemetery Association
Membership
Chaplain – The Equestrian Order of The Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem
Member - The International Order of Alhambra
Winona Institutions
Sponsorship Board – St. Mary’s Hospital, Rochester, MN
Adjunct Faculty in Theology – Saint Mary’s University, Winona MN