Bishop John M. Quinn

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 east side. 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 (B.A.) in philosophy from Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit;

a Master of Divinity (M.Div.) 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 St. Peter Parish, Harper Woods; and

pastor of St. Luke Parish, Detroit. He has also served as associate director for justice and peace

and for religious education of the Archdiocese of Detroit.

From July of 1990 to July of 2003, Bishop Quinn served as director of the Education Department

of the Archdiocese of Detroit. He is the Cardinal’s delegate to Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit and remains there as well as an adjunct member of the faculty.

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 installed as the 23rd auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit on August 12,

2003 at Detroit’s Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament. He was named head of the Titular See of Ressiana. A titular see is a former diocese, now nonexistent, to which a bishop is given honorary title if he is not the residential bishop of a diocese of archdiocese.

In September of 2003, Bishop Quinn was appointed Auxiliary Bishop 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 as the Coadjutor Bishop at Winona’s Cathedral of the Sacred Heart on December 11, 2008.

On May 7, 2009, Pope Benedict accepted Bishop Harrington's resignation and granted him retirement. At the same time, Bishop Quinn became the Bishop of the Diocese of Winona, and he took possession of the cathedra at the conclusion of the Mass celebrating Bishop Harrington's 50th anniversary of priestly ordination on May 7.

Pastoral Responsibilities

Delegate of Cardinal Maida to:

Sacred Heart Major Seminary

Cayman Islands – Missio Sui Juris

World Youth day Preparation and Celebrations

Antilles Conference of Catholic Bishops

Board of Trustees of Catholic Institutions

Sacred Heart Major Seminary, Detroit, MI

Madonna University, Livonia, MI

Loyola High School, Detroit, MI

Board Member of Service Agencies

New Detroit

Salvation Army

Habitat for Humanity

United States Conference of Catholic Bishops

African American Catholics Committee

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

Membership

Chaplain – The Equestrian Order of The Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem

Member - The International Order of Alhambra

Bishop Emeritus Bernard J. Harrington

The Most Reverend Bishop Bernard J. Harrington was installed as the seventh Bishop of Winona on January 6, 1999. Bishop Harrington was born in Detroit, Michigan on September 6, 1933. He is the son of John and Norah (Cronin) Harrington (both deceased), Irish immigrants from Bantry Bay, County Cork. He has two brothers, John and Timothy, and a sister, Irene.

He was ordained a priest at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament in Detroit on June 6, 1959, following studies at Sacred Heart Seminary in Detroit and St. John's Provincial Seminary in Plymouth. He has a Masters Degree in Education from the Catholic University of America.

Ordained a bishop on January 6, 1994, Bishop Harrington has served the Archdiocese of Detroit in a variety of posts. His many assignments include: Assistant Superintendent of Schools; Pastor of Holy Name Parish, Birmingham; Rector of Sacred Heart Seminary and President of Sacred Heart Seminary College, Detroit; Director of the Department of Formation; and Pastor of St. Rene Goupil Parish, Sterling Heights. In addition, he served as Vicar of the Office of Pastoral Services for Parishes; Episcopal Liaison for the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington, D.C., and regional bishop for Macomb and St. Clair Counties.

On November 5, 1998 Bishop Bernard J. Harrington was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Winona by Pope John Paul II. He turned 75 on September 6, 2008, and, as required by the Holy See, has submitted his request for retirement to the Vatican.