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NAME: ROSE, Robert John

BORN: February 28, 1930; Grand Rapids, MI
           (St. Francis Xavier)
           Urban Henry Rose, Maida Ann Glerum

EDUCATION: St. Joseph's Sem., GR, MI
                     Grand Sem., Montréal
                     U. de Propaganda Fide, Rome (S.T.L.)
                     U. of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI (M.A.)




ORDINATION:

December 21, 1955

  U. de Propaganda Fide Chapel, Rome, Italy
  Clemente Cardinal Micara
   
CONSECRATION: December6, 1981; St. Mary's Cathedral, Gaylord, MI
 

Abp. Edmund C. Szoka

   
August, 1956
Prof., St. Joseph's Sem., GR, MI
July, 1966
Dean, College Dept., St. Joseph's Sem., GR, MI
June, 1969-

Director, Deacon Program

    June, 1971
 
June, 1971
Rector, St. John's Sem., Plymouth, MI
August, 1977
Pastor, Sacred Heart, Muskegon Heights, MI
October, 1981
Appointed Bishop of Gaylord, MI
December 6, 1981
Bishop of Gaylord, MI
July, 1989
Appointed Bishop of Grand Rapids, MI
August 30, 1989

Bishop of Grand Rapids, MI

October 13, 2003
Retired

 

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