George Joseph Donnelly was an American

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 Roman Catholic

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 clergyman.

He was born in St. Louis

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, Missouri

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, and studied at Kenrick Seminary

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 before being ordained

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 to the priesthood

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 on June 12, 1921. He was named chancellor

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 of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in 1929.

On March 19, 1940, he was appointed Auxiliary Bishop

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 of St. Louis and Titular Bishop

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 of Coela by Pope Pius XII

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. He received his episcopal

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 consecration

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 on the following April 23 from Archbishop John J. Glennon

John J. Glennon

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, with Bishops Christian Herman Winkelmann

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 and Paul Clarence Schulte

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 serving as co-consecrators

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.

He was named the sixth Bishop of Leavenworth

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas

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, Kansas

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on November 9, 1946. The diocese was renamed as the Diocese of Kansas City in Kansas May 10, 1947. He remained as bishop until his death at age 61.

Source

• Catholic-Hierarchy.org