Early life and ministry Dunn was born in
Elkader, Iowa, the son of Peter and Josephine (Feeney) Dunn. He was educated at St Joseph Grade and High School in Elkader before receiving his college education at
Loras College in
Dubuque. He studied for the priesthood at
Kenrick Seminary in
St. Louis. Dunn was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Dubuque on January 11, 1948, by Auxiliary Bishop
Edward Fitzgerald at
St. Raphael's Cathedral. He served as the associate pastor at St. Cecilia Parish in
Ames from 1948 to 1950, St. Martin Parish in
Cascade from 1950 to 1952, and at Nativity Parish in Dubuque from 1952 to 1955. In 1956 he was named assistant
chancellor and chaplain of St. Anthony's Home for the Aged in Dubuque. He was sent to
Rome for further studies and when he returned he served as
chancellor and head of the Family Life Bureau. From 1961 to 1969 he served as the chaplain for the
Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary at the Mount Carmel Motherhouse and as Director of Catholic Cemeteries for the archdiocese.
Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque On June 1, 1969,
Pope Paul VI named Dunn
Titular Bishop of
Turris Tamalleni and Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque. He was ordained a bishop by
Archbishop James Byrne of Dubuque in St. Raphael's Cathedral on August 27, 1969. The principal co-consecrators were Archbishop
Leo Binz of
St. Paul and Minneapolis and Bishop Edward Fitzgerald now of
Winona. His was the first episcopal ordination in the archdiocese that used the Rite of Ordination in English. While he served as auxiliary bishop in Dubuque he was also the
vicar general of the archdiocese and
pastor of
St. Joseph the Worker Church. On February 8, 1987, Archbishop
Daniel Kucera announced his plans to divide the archdiocese into three regions with a resident bishop in each region. Bishop Dunn served the Cedar Rapids Region, Bishop
William Franklin served the Waterloo Region, and the archbishop in Dubuque. Dunn died in
Cedar Rapids, Iowa on November 17, 1989, at the age of 67. ==References==