Paul Francis Tanner

Paul Francis Tanner ( born January 15, 1905 in Peoria, Illinois, USA, † July 29, 1994 in Jacksonville, Florida) was Bishop of Saint Augustine.

Life

Paul Francis Tanner received on 30 May 1931, the sacrament of Holy Orders. From 1958 to 1968 Tanner was the General Secretary of the U.S. Bishops' Conference.

On October 18, 1965 Pope Paul VI appointed him. Titular Bishop of Lamasba. The Apostolic Delegate in the United States, Archbishop Egidio Vagnozzi, donated to him on 21 December of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Archbishop of Milwaukee, William Edward Cousins ​​, and the Archbishop of Washington, Patrick Aloysius O'Boyle. On February 15, 1968, he was named Paul VI. Bishop of Saint Augustine.

Tanner attended the fourth session of the Second Vatican Council. Paul Francis Tanner resigned as Bishop of Saint Augustine on April 21, 1979.