Loras Thomas Lane

The Most Reverend Dr. Loras Thomas Lane (October 19, 1910 – July 22, 1968), DD., was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Rockford from 1956 until his death in 1968.

Biography

Bishop Loras Lane was born in Cascade, Iowa, to Thomas and Josephine (née Barrett) Lane.^[1] After graduating from the University of Notre Dame in 1932, he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loras College in 1933 and furthered his studies in Rome at the Pontifical Gregorian University, from where he earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1937.^[1] Lane was ordained to the priesthood on March 19, 1937.^[2]

He also earned a doctorate in canon law from the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.^[1] Upon his return to Iowa in 1937, Lane served as a curate at Nativity Church in Dubuque until 1940, when he became an instructor in Spanish and economics at Loras College.^[1] He was president of Loras College from 1951 to 1956.^[1]

On May 29, 1951, Lane was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque and Titular Bishop of Bencenna by Pope Pius XII.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following August 20 from Archbishop Leo Binz, with Bishops Joseph Clement Willging and Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald serving as co-consecrators.^[2] Lane was later named Bishop of Rockford, Illinois, on October 11, 1956.^[2] He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965.

Bishop Lane died at the age of 57.

References

1 2 3 4 5 Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
1 2 3 4 "Bishop Loras Thomas Lane". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Raymond Peter Hillinger	Bishop of Rockford 1956–1968	Succeeded by Arthur Joseph O'Neill

Diocese of Rockford

Bishops	Ordinaries Peter Muldoon Edward Francis Hoban John Joseph Boylan Raymond Peter Hillinger Donald Martin Carroll (*) Loras Thomas Lane Arthur Joseph O'Neill Thomas G. Doran David John Malloy

Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Saint Peter Parishes St. Michael's Church, Galena St. Mary's Church, Gilberts Abbey Marmion Abbey

Education	High Schools Aquin Catholic Schools (Junior-Senior High Campus), Freeport Aurora Central Catholic High School, Aurora Boylan Catholic High School, Rockford Marian Central Catholic High School, Woodstock Marmion Academy, Aurora Newman Central Catholic High School, Sterling Rosary High School, Aurora St. Edward Central Catholic High School, Elgin Elementary School St. Thomas More School, Elgin

Priests	Leo Binz David Kagan

(*) resigned before his consecration as bishop Catholicism portal

Archdiocese of Dubuque

Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels

Auxiliary Bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin

Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Family, New Melleray Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Nativity, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Ludmila, Cedar Rapids St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former Parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Cascade St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City

Education	Higher Education Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque High Schools Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Primary Schools Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque Former Schools St. Luke's School, St. Lucas

Religious Orders	New Melleray Abbey Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Priests	John George Alleman John Patrick Carroll James Vincent Casey Joseph Crétin Justin Albert Driscoll Thomas William Drumm Raymond Philip Etteldorf Daniel Mary Gorman Edward Howard Louis Benedict Kucera Mathias Clement Lenihan Thomas Mathias Lenihan J. A. M. Pelamourgues Aloysius Schmitt Joseph Clement Willging

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Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 39000410 ISNI: 0000 0000 6136 7122 GND: 173781470

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