Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport

Diocese of Davenport Diœcesis Davenportensis
Sacred Heart Cathedral
Coat of arms
Standort
Land	Vereinigte Staaten
Territory	22 Counties in the Southeast quadrant of Iowa
Ecclesiastical province	Dubuque
Coordinates	41°32′48.34″N 90°34′57.93″W
Statistics
Area	11,438 sq mi (29,620 km2)
Population - Total - Catholics	(as of 2013) 784,000 104,300 (13.3%)
Parishes	78
Information
Denomination	Catholic
Sui iuris church	Latin Church
Rite	Roman Rite
Established	May 8, 1881 (143 years ago)
Cathedral	Sacred Heart Cathedral
Current leadership
Pope	Francis
Bishop	Thomas Zinkula
Metropolitan Archbishop	Sede Vacante
Bishops emeritus	Martin John Amos William Edwin Franklin
Map
Website
davenportdiocese.org

The Diocese of Davenport (Latin: Diœcesis Davenportensis) is a Latin Church ecclesiastical jurisdiction, or diocese, of the Catholic Church for the southeastern quarter of the state of Iowa in the United States.

The current bishop of Davenport is Thomas Zinkula. The diocese is a suffragan see of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. The see city for the diocese is Davenport, where Sacred Heart Cathedral is located.

Territory

The Diocese of Davenport covers 11,438 square miles (29,620 km²).

• The eastern border is the Mississippi River.
• The northern border comprises Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Clinton counties.
• The western border comprises Jasper, Marion, Monroe, and Appanoose counties.
• The southern border is the Missouri state line.

History

1830 to 1884

From the time of the Louisiana Purchase in 1803 down to 1827 the present Diocese of Davenport was included in the Diocese of New Orleans. The first Catholic missionaries arrived in the Iowa area during the early 1830's, under the jurisdiction of the Diocese of St. Louis. In 1837, the Vatican erected the Diocese of Dubuque, covering Iowa and adjoining territories.

St. Anthony's parish was established around 1837 by Dominican missionary Samuel Mazzuchelli. The church was built in 1838 on land donated by French-Potawatomi entrepreneur Antoine Le Claire. The building served as a church, city hall, courthouse, schoolhouse, public forum, and gathering place for the citizens of the town.

In 1839 French missionary Jean-Antoine-Marie Pelamourgues was named the first resident pastor. He duties included attending the communities of Muscatine, Burlington, Iowa City, Columbus Junction, DeWitt, Lyons, and Stephenson, Illinois, across the Mississippi River from Davenport. Pelamourgues studied to improve his English; when German immigrants began to arrive, he took up that language as well. He helped establish the parish of St. Kunigunda where services were held in Latin and German. When the German pastor refused to serve the needs of the Irish who settled in the west end, Pelamourgues built St. Mary's two blocks away.

Bishop John Hennessy, the third Bishop of Dubuque, requested that the Vatican divide the state into two dioceses, with the new diocese covering the lower half of Iowa. Hennessy suggested that the see of the new diocese be located in Des Moines, but the Vatican chose Davenport instead.

Bishop John McMullen D.D.

On May 8, 1881, Pope Leo XIII erected the Diocese of Davenport.He selected Reverend John McMullen, vicar general of the Archdiocese of Chicago, to serve as the first bishop.

As bishop, McMullen chose St. Margaret's Church in Davenport to be the new cathedral. Soon after arriving in Davenport, McMullen went to visit the parishes in his diocese. He traveled by stagecoach, buggy, lumber wagon, hand car and passenger coach on the train. While on visitation he administered the sacrament of Confirmation.

By December 1882, McMullen had confirmed over 13,000 people. McMullen called the diocese's first synod in 1882 to set its procedures and regulations. In September 1882, he founded St. Ambrose, a seminary and school of commerce in Davenport. After almost two years as bishop, McMullen died in 1883.

1884 to 1900

Reverend Henry Cosgrove, the diocesan administrator and cathedral rector, was appointed by Leo XIII as the second bishop of Davenport on July 11, 1884. Deciding that St. Margaret's was no longer adequate as a cathedral, Cosgrove constructed Sacred Heart Cathedral in 1891 to replace it. Established as the Sacred Heart Asylum, St. Vincent's Home for orphans in Davenport was founded in 1895 with the Sisters Servants of the Sacred Heart in charge. The Congregation of the Humility of Mary took over in 1896. Cosgrove supported the national Temperance Movement and called for a moral crusade in the diocese, especially in Davenport. In 1903 he was quoted in the national media calling Davenport "the wicked city of its size in America" because of its notorious Bucktown District, an area of speakeasies and brothels that was close to the cathedral.

1900 to 1930

On October 7, 1904, at Cosgrove's request, Pope Pius X named Reverend James J. Davis, vicar general and cathedral rector, as coadjutor bishop of the diocese. Cosgrove presided over the diocese's second synod the same year. When Cosgrove died in 1906, Davis automatically became bishop of Davenport.

On August 12, 1911, Pius X erected the new Diocese of Des Moines from the western half of the Diocese of Davenport. Davis was named administrator of the new diocese until a bishop was named. Before the Diocese of Des Moines was established, Davis had requested that all the diocesan boundaries in Iowa be redrawn to distribute the Catholic population more evenly. If the Diocese of Davenport Diocese were simply divided in half, it would be reduced to 35,000 Catholics and the new Diocese of Des Moines would have only 25,000. In contrast, the Archdiocese of Dubuque had 109,000 Catholics and the Diocese of Sioux City had 50,000 Catholics. While the Vatican denied Davis' request for new boundaries, it did sever Clinton County from the archdiocese and give it to the Diocese of Davenport. The diocese at this time had 50,000 Catholics in a total population of 589,000.

After Davis died in 1926, Pope Pius XI named Reverend Henry Rohlman of the Archdiocese of Dubuque as the fourth bishop of Davenport. In 1928, Rohlman commissioned a study to assess the social problems in the diocese. The result of this study was the establishment of Catholic Charities in 1929. Its immediate focus was the welfare of the children at St. Vincent's Home in Davenport.

1930 to 1966

The diocese celebrated its Golden Jubilee in 1931. The next year, Rohlman convoked the diocese's third synod. The synod was called to bring the diocese's regulations in line with the Code of Canon Law which had been promulgated in 1917. It also set the salary for pastors at $1,000 per year, plus household expenses, and associate pastors and chaplain's salaries were set at $500. Catholic Charities had set up their offices in the Kahl Building. They were joined in 1932 with the chancery and the newly established superintendent of schools. All of these offices and the bishop's office moved into a property on Church Square behind St. Anthony's Church downtown. It was renamed the Cosgrove Building after Bishop Cosgrove. The Catholic Messenger, an independent Catholic newspaper published in Davenport, was experiencing financial problems during the Great Depression and was purchased by the diocese for use as a diocesan newspaper in 1937.

Pope Pius XII named Bishop Rohlman as Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque in 1944 and replaced him in Davenport with Bishop Ralph Hayes, the rector of the Pontifical North American College. Enrollment in the Catholic Schools reached their highest enrollments during Hayes’ episcopate. Elementary school enrollment reached its highest mark in 1960 at 12,074. The high schools reached their highest mark in 1965 with 4,129 students. A four-day conference sponsored by the National Catholic Welfare Council was held in Davenport in 1949. It focused on the themes of industry, education, and rural life. Hayes established the Papal Volunteers of Latin America in the diocese in February 1961 in response to a plea from Pope John XXIII. Missionaries from the diocese were sent to Cuernavaca, Mexico and Ponce, Puerto Rico.

1966 to 1993

St. Vincent Center, the Diocesan Pastoral Center

Hayes retired in 1966 after 22 years as bishop of Davenport. To replace him, Pope Paul VI named Auxiliary Bishop Gerald O'Keefe of the Archdiocese of St. Paul. O'Keefe established a Sister's Council for the members of women's religious orders in 1967 and a Lay Council in 1970. He created the first Diocesan Pastoral Council. A Diocesan Board of Education was also established early in his episcopate. Procedures for due process were put in place in the late 1960s. In 1978, O'Keefe established the permanent diaconate in the diocese. The first class of deacons was ordained on December 13, 1980. A Deacons Council was also organized.

O’Keefe joined with Bishops Arthur O'Neil of Rockford and John Franz of Peoria to create an office that assisted migrant workers with job and education services. In 1972 the Social Action department established an Immigration Office. Priests were also sent to Mexico to learn Spanish and to be immersed in the culture. Three Spanish-speaking deacons were ordained in 1981.

The economic recession of the 1980's effected the diocesan population and resources. In 1991, O'Keefe announced a plan for clustering and closing smaller parishes, which reflected both the decline in the number of priests and the diocese population. The diocese also witnessed a decline in enrollment in Catholic Schools, which led to the merger or closing of schools across Southeast Iowa. Catholic hospitals were also affected. In 1970 there were ten hospitals in the diocese; by the time O'Keefe retired in 1993, they were reduced to three.

1993 to 2010

To replace O'Keefe, Pope John Paul II named Auxiliary Bishop William Franklin of the Archdiocese of Dubuque as the next bishop of Davenport in 1993. Franklin revised the diocesan staff, creating an Office of Pastoral Services that combined the ministries of liturgy, education, and social action into the same office. He initially did away with the Diocesan Pastoral Council and instituted a Diocesan Pastoral Council Convocation in its place.

St. Alphonsus Church in Davenport was one of several parishes affected by the shortage of priests.

Several parishes in the diocese either merged or closed because of changing demographics. The Redemptorists, who had served St. Alphonsus parish in Davenport for 89 years as well as in other parishes, left the diocese in 1997 because of declining numbers. The Sisters of St. Francis in Clinton built a new motherhouse in Clinton, Iowa called the Canticle, also in 1997. Franklin retired in 2006.

In 2006, Pope Benedict XVI appointed Auxiliary Bishop Martin Amos of the Diocese of Cleveland as the eighth bishop of Davenport. Two days before Amos assumed office, the diocese filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy protection. As a result of the bankruptcy, the diocese was forced to sell off property, including the bishop's residence, to pay for a financial settlement to sexual abuse victims. Amos had previously requested a small fixer-upper house to live in, believing the bishop's residence too big for him. The diocese sold the chancery building, St. Vincent Center, and the surrounding property to St. Ambrose University in May 2009. In March 2010, the diocese bought back St. Vincent Center and 5 acres (2.0 ha) of land. A $22 million capital campaign was also initiated in 2009 to replenish diocesan finances and to provide the finances for other projects.

2010 to present

On July 1, 2010, the diocese re-established Catholic Charities. The organization was initially introduced into the diocese in 1929 by Bishop Rohlman, but discontinued in 1968. Amos retired in 2017.

The current bishop of the Diocese of Davenport is Thomas Zinkula, who was a priest of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. He was appointed by Pope Francis in 2017. The number of deaneries in the diocese was reduced from six to five in 2023.

Sex abuse cases

In 1992, Bishop O’Keefe was sued by two women who claimed that he had sexually abused them as young girls when he was rector of St. Paul Cathedral in St. Paul, Minnesota, in the early 1960's. Both women credited recovering repressed memories for their accusations. O'Keefe denied the charges. A year later, he was cleared of any wrongdoing after an investigation determined the women suffered from mental illnesses and had made up the accusations while in therapy.

In 2002, Bishop Franklin received allegations of sexual abuse of minors in the 1970's by William Wiebler, a diocese priest. After Wiebler confessed his crimes to Franklin, the bishop ordered him to enter the Vianney Renewal Center, a treatment facility for priests in Dittmer, Missouri. However, Wiebler later checked out of the facility and moved into a private residence in University City, Missouri. In 2004, the diocese settled the claims of 37 sexual abuse victims for $9 million dollars; one of the priests named in the settlement was Wiebler. He was laicized in January 2006, several months before his death.

On October 10, 2006, the diocese filed for Chapter 11 protection. By November 27, 2007, $37 million had been allocated in legal settlements to 156 victims. In 2014, documents revealed that former diocesan priest James Janssen, who sexually abused boys and was laicized in 2004, stated in court during lawsuits that "I'm very sick." Janssen died in 2015. In 2007, Bishop Amos announced that the board of trustees of St. Ambrose University had decided to remove O'Keefe's name from the school library. O'Keefe had covered up sexual abuse crimes by priests in the diocese.

On June 3, 2019, Bishop Zinkula indicated that the diocese would comply with a request from the Iowa Attorney General for sexual abuses records on clerics in the diocese.

On March 20, 2020, the diocese announced that Reverend Robert Grant, a theology professor at St. Ambrose University, had been suspended from teaching and practicing ministry after a sex abuse allegation surfaced. The alleged sex abuse was committed during his time in the Diocese of Des Moines in the early 1990's. The diocese also said that Grant had been removed as the sacramental minister at the St. Andrew Church in Blue Grass, Iowa. Both suspensions were to continue until the Diocese of Des Moines completed its investigation of Grant.

Higher education

St. Ambrose

Christ the King Chapel at St. Ambrose.

Saint Ambrose University is the only institution of higher education that is still operational in the diocese. It began as a seminary and commerce school for young men. It was founded in September 1882 by Bishop McMullen in the school building of St. Margaret's Cathedral. St. Ambrose moved to its current location in 1885. Its name was changed to St. Ambrose College in 1908, then in 1987 to St. Ambrose University.

Visitation Academy/Ottumwa Heights College

The Congregation of the Humility of Mary founded Visitation Academy in 1864 at their mother house in Ottumwa, Iowa. The academy had several name changes until 1930, when it was named Ottumwa Heights College. Ottumwa Heights merged with Indian Hills Community College (IHCC) in 1979 and has been officially inactive since 1980. The community's former motherhouse and college property has been IHCC's main campus since 1981.

Marycrest College/Marycrest International University

The Congregation also founded Marycrest College in Davenport in 1939 as the woman's division of St. Ambrose. By the 1950's it had become a separate institution, and started admitting men in 1969. In 1990, Marycrest became affiliated with the Teikyo Yamanashi Education and Welfare Foundation of Japan and was renamed Teikyo Marycrest University. In 1996, it was renamed as Marycrest International University. However, declining enrollment and financial difficulties forced Marycrest to close in 2002. The campus in 2006 it became Marycrest Senior Campus, a residential facility for senior citizens. It has no affiliation with the diocese.

Mount St. Claire College/Franciscan University

Mount Saint Clare, c. 1920

The Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi established Mount St. Claire College for women in 1918 in Clinton,Iowa. The college began offering graduate courses over the internet in 2002 and changed its name to The Franciscan University. In 2004, the school modified its name to The Franciscan University of the Prairies, so as to avoid confusion with similarly named institutions. In 2005, the school was purchased by Bridgepoint Education, Inc. and the sisters ended their sponsorship. The school became known as Ashford University and closed in 2016.

Since 1947 the diocese has supported a dedicated campus ministry program at the Newman Catholic Student Center at the University of Iowa in Iowa City.

Coat of arms

The coat of arms for the Diocese of Davenport was designed after the arms used by members of the Davenport family in England. The family's arms are described as, "Argent (white or silver), a chevron sable (black) between three cross crosslets fitchée of the second." The diocesan shield maintains the use of the silver color and the black cross crosslets fitchée. The black chevron is replaced with a black crenellated tower.

Bishops

Bishops of Davenport
From	Until	Name	Notes
1881	1883	John McMullen †	Appointed bishop June 14, 1881; consecrated July 25, 1881; installed July 30, 1881; died in office July 4, 1883
1884	1906	Henry Cosgrove †	Appointed bishop July 11, 1884; consecrated and installed September 14, 1884; died in office December 22, 1906
1906	1926	James J. Davis †	Appointed Titular Bishop of Milopotamus and Coadjutor bishop October 7, 1904; consecrated November 30, 1904; succeeded December 22, 1906; died in office December 2, 1926
1927	1944	Henry Rohlman †	Appointed bishop May 20, 1927; consecrated July 25, 1927; installed July 26, 1927; appointed Titular Archbishop of Macra and Coadjutor Archbishop of Dubuque September 8, 1944
1944	1966	Ralph Leo Hayes †	Previously Bishop of Helena and rector of the Pontifical North American College; appointed Bishop of Davenport November 16, 1944; installed January 11, 1945; appointed Titular bishop of Naraggara and Bishop Emeritus October 20, 1966; died July 5, 1970
1966	1993	Gerald Francis O'Keefe †	Previously Auxiliary Bishop of St. Paul; appointed Bishop of Davenport October 20, 1966; installed January 4, 1967; resigned November 12, 1993; died April 12, 2000
1993	2006	William Edwin Franklin	Previously Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque; appointed Bishop of Davenport November 12, 1993; installed January 20, 1994; resigned October 12, 2006
2006	2017	Martin John Amos	Previously Auxiliary Bishop of Cleveland; appointed Bishop of Davenport October 12, 2006; installed November 20, 2006; resigned April 19, 2017
2017	Present	Thomas Robert Zinkula	Appointed bishop April 19, 2017; ordained and installed June 22, 2017

Auxiliary Bishops of Davenport
From	Until	Name	Notes
1923	1926	Edward D. Howard †	Appointed Titular Bishop of Isaura December 23, 1923; consecrated April 8, 1924; appointed Archbishop of Oregon City April 30, 1926

Other priests of the diocese of Davenport who became bishops
From	Until	Name	Notes
1881	1884	Henry Cosgrove †	Appointed Bishop of Davenport July 11, 1884
1881	1906	James J. Davis †	Appointed Titular Bishop of Milopotamus and Coadjutor Bishop of Davenport October 7, 1904
1911	1936	William Lawrence Adrian †	Appointed Bishop of Nashville February 2, 1936
1939	1968	Maurice John Dingman †	Appointed Bishop of Des Moines April 2, 1968
1950	1983	Lawrence Donald Soens †	Appointed Bishop of Sioux City June 15, 1983
1994	2011	Robert Dwayne Gruss	Appointed Bishop of Rapid City May 26, 2011; Appointed Bishop of Saginaw May 24, 2019

Historic structures

The following structures are listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). Some of the structures are no longer part of the diocese but have historical significance to the parish.

Name	Image	Year	Standort	Style	Architect	Notes
Church of All Saints, Keokuk		1879–1885	301 S. 9th Street Keokuk 40°23′50″N 91°23′25″W	Gothic Revival	William John Dillenburg	Church of All Saints since the three Keokuk parishes consolidated in 1982. Built as St. Peter's Church.
Ambrose Hall		1885	518 W. Locust Street Davenport 41°32′20″N 90°34′51″W	Second Empire	Victor Huot	Administrative building at Saint Ambrose University.
Democrat Building		1923	407-411 Brady Street Davenport 41°31′26″N 90°34′26″W	Late 19th and Early 20th Century American Movements	Rudolph J.Clausen	Previously owned by The Catholic Messenger. Housed its headquarters, newsroom and printing operations.
Henry Kahl House		1920	1101 W. 9th Street Davenport 41°31′41″N 90°35′18″W	Mission Revival Spanish Revival	Arthur Ebeling	Part of the former Kahl Home for the Aged and Infirm, operated by the Carmelite Sisters.
Antoine LeClaire House		1855	630 E. 7th Street Davenport 41°31′37″N 90°33′54″W	Italianate		Former residence of Bishops McMullen and Cosgrove. Antoine LeClaire helped establish St. Anthony's and the Cathedral parishes in Davenport.
F.H. Miller House		1871	1527 Brady Street Davenport 41°32′9″N 90°34′26″W	Italianate	W.L. Carroll	Owned by Saint Ambrose University. Former residence of Bishops Davis and Rohlman and the Novitiate for the Sisters of St. Francis of Assisi of Clinton.
Regina Coeli Monastery		1916	1401 Central Avenue Bettendorf 41°31′51″N 90°30′45″W	Mission Revival Spanish Revival Romanesque Revival Late Gothic Revival	Arthur Ebeling	Now a drug and alcohol rehab facility. Former Residence for Carmelite Nuns from 1916 to 1975 and later for Franciscan Brothers. It was then a hotel.
Marycrest College Historic District		1938	Portions of the 1500 and 1600 blocks of W. 12th Street, Davenport 41°31′48″N 90°35′52″W	Queen Anne, others	Multiple	The former Marycrest College campus. It includes the Petersen Mansion.
Sacred Heart Cathedral		1891	406 and 422 E. 10th Street and 419 E. 11th Street, Davenport 41°31′49″N 90°34′8″W	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals, Gothic Revival, Tudor Gothic	James J. Egan	Historic complex includes the cathedral church, the rectory and the former convent.
St. Anthony's Church, Davenport		Original church: 1838 Present church: 1853	407 and 417 Main Street Davenport 41°31′26″N 90°34′31″W	Greek Revival	Multiple	First parish church in the diocese. Its original building is the oldest church building in use in Iowa. Historic complex includes both the original and current church.
St. Boniface Church, Clinton		1908	2500 N. Pershing Blvd Clinton 41°52′27″N 90°10′50″W	Gothic Revival	Martin Heer	Houses the Catholic Historical Center at St. Boniface. Parish merged with the other four Clinton parishes in 1990 to form Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace Parish. The parish used the building until 2007.
St. Irenaeus Church, Clinton		1871	2811 N. 2nd Street Clinton 41°52′42″N 90°10′39″W	Gothic Revival	W.W. Sanborn	Vacant building. Parish merged with the other four Clinton parishes in 1990 to form Jesus Christ, Prince of Peace Parish. The parish used it until 2008.
Church of St. John the Baptist, Burlington		1885	712 Division Street Burlington 40°48′28″N 91°6′31″W	Gothic Revival	William John Dillenburg	Parish church for Divine Mercy Parish after all the Burlington-area parishes consolidated in 2017.
St. Joseph's Church, Bauer		1876	1 mile east of the junction of County Road G76 and SE. 97th Street (Marion County) 41°12′12″N 93°18′29″W	Romanesque Revival, Late Gothic Revival		Part of an historic district that also includes the cemetery. The parish closed in the 1990's.
St. Joseph's Church, Davenport		1883	Marquette and 6th Street Davenport 41°31′33″N 90°35′24″W	Gothic Revival	Victor Hout	Now owned by an Evangelical Christian outreach ministry.
St. Joseph's Church, Fort Madison		1886	509 Avenue F Fort Madison 40°37′54.03″N 91°18′24.2″W	Gothic Revival		Now a wedding chapel. The church, rectory, convent and school buildings are contributing properties in an historic district.
St. Joseph Hospital		1925	312 E. Alta Vista & 317 Vanness Aves. Ottumwa 41°02′13.83″N 92°23′56.84″W			Former hospital campus operated by the Sisters of Humility.
St. Mary's Academy		1888	1334 W. 8th Street Davenport 41°31′40″N 90°35′38″W	Romanesque Revival		Former school building for St. Mary's parish. It became a residence for clergy teaching at St. Ambrose Academy and later Assumption High School. Sold by the diocese.
St. Mary's Church, Davenport		1885	516, 519, 522, and 525 Fillmore Street Davenport 41°31′30″N 90°35′39″W	Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival	Victor Hout, Clause & Burrows	Included in historic complex with rectory, convent, and school buildings.
St. Mary of the Assumption Church, Fort Madison		1871	1031 Avenue E Fort Madison 40°38′0″N 91°19′0″W	Gothic Revival	Walch & Schmidt	Part of Holy Family parish, which is a merger of St. Joseph's, St. Mary's and Sacred Heart Parishes in Fort Madison.
St. Mary's Church, Iowa City		1867	220 E. Jefferson Street Iowa City 41°39′46″N 91°31′54″W	Romanesque Revival		Complex includes the church and rectory buildings
Old St. Mary's Rectory, Iowa City		1854	610 E. Jefferson Street Iowa City 41°39′48″N 91°31′54″W	Greek Revival		Original frame rectory for St. Mary's parish in Iowa City. It was moved to its present location when the current rectory was built. A private residence today.
St. Mary's Church, Nichols		1920	314 Grand Avenue Nichols 41°28′41″N 91°18′32″W	Gothic Revival
St. Mary's Church, Riverside		1907	St. Mary's and Washburn Streets, Riverside 41°29′0″N 91°34′54″W	Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival	Multiple	Part of an historic district that also includes the rectory, the original church building and the former school building.
St. Michael's Church, Holbrook		1867	On County Road F 52, East of Parnell 41°35′24″N 91°54′48″W	Late Gothic Revival, Romanesque Revival, Colonial Revival	Multiple	Part of a historic district that also includes the cemetery, rectory and Ancient Order of Hibernians Hall. The parish closed in the 1990's.
St. Patrick's Church, Georgetown		1912	U.S. Route 34 west of Albia, Georgetown, Iowa 41°0′48″N 92°57′20″W	Gothic Revival	Rev. Timothy Clifford
St. Paul's Church, Burlington		1895	508 N. 4th St. Burlington 40°48′43.32″N 91°6′10.11″W	Gothic Revival	James J. Egan	Part of Divine Mercy Parish since the Burlington-area parishes consolidated in 2017.
Saints Peter and Paul Church, Clear Creek		1898	Southeast of Harper 41°18′19″N 92°0′20″W	Gothic Revival	Ferdinand S. Borgolte	Former parish chuch. The parish merged with St. Elizabeth in Harper and St. Mary's in Keota to form Holy Trinity Parish in 1992. In 2009, building was sold to Sts. Peter and Paul Heritage Association.
Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Solon		1916	1165 NE. Taft Avenue Solon 41°50′57″N 91°27′49″W	Late 19th and 20th Century Revivals	R. K. Parkinson	Former parish church. The parish closed in 1996 when it consolidated with St. Mary's in Solon. Currently owned by a private foundation.
St. Thomas More Parish Center		1929	108 McLean St. Iowa City 41°40′09.9″N 91°32′30″W	Tudor Revival	Myron Edwards Pugh	Built as Sigma Pi Fraternity House in 1929, the building served as the first Catholic Student Center and Newman Club at the University of Iowa. It went to St. Thomas More Parish in 1969. An apartment building since 2009.
Selma Schricker House		1902	1430 Clay Street Davenport 41°31′49.89″N 90°35′41.77″W	Georgian Revival	Clausen & Clausen	Residence of Bishops Rohlman, Hayes, O'Keefe and Franklin.

High schools

School	Standort	Mascot
Assumption High School	Davenport	Knights
Holy Trinity High School	Fort Madison	Crusaders
Notre Dame High School	Burlington	Nikes
Prince of Peace Preparatory	Clinton	Irish
Regina High School	Iowa City	Regals

Former high schools

St. James	St. Paul	Clippers	Merged with St. Mary's, West Point and St. John's Houghton to from Marquette Catholic High School in 1966
Aquinas	Fort Madison	Dons	Merged with Marquette Catholic, West Point to form Holy Trinity, Fort Madison in 2005
Cardinal Stritch	Keokuk	Lions	Absorbed by Holy Trinity, Fort Madison in 2006
Central Catholic	Fort Madison	Maroons	Consolidated with St. Joseph's, Fort Madison to form Aquinas, Fort Madison in 1958
Hayes Catholic (St. Mathias)	Muscatine	Muscateers	Closed in 1969
Marquette Catholic (St. Mary's)	West Point	Warriors	Merged with Aquinas, Fort Madison to form Holy Trinity, Fort Madison in 2005
St. Elizabeth	Harper	Comets	Closed in 1966
St. John's	Victor	Eagles	Closed in 1962
St. Joseph's	DeWitt	Warbirds	Absorbed by St. Mary's, Clinton in 1968
St. Joseph's	Fort Madison	JoHawks	Consolidated with Central Catholic, Fort Madison to form Aquinas, Fort Madison in 1958
St. Mary's	Clinton	Hilltoppers	Succeeded by Mater Dei, Clinton (later Prince of Peace Preparatory) in 1980
St. Mary's	Iowa City	Ramblers	Consolidated with St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City and St. Patrick's, Iowa City to form Regina, Iowa City in 1959
St. Mary's	Riverside	Saints	Closed in 1960
St. Patrick's	Iowa City	Shamrocks	Consolidated with St. Wenceslaus, Iowa City and St. Mary's, Iowa City to form Regina, Iowa City in 1959
St. Peter's	Cosgrove	Comets	Closed in 1955
St. Peter's	Keokuk	Hilltoppers	Merged with St. Peter's, Keokuk to form Cardinal Stritch, Keokuk in 1958
St. Paul's	Burlington	BeeCees	Succeeded by Notre Dame, Burlington
St. Paul's	Keokuk	Unknown	Merged with St. Peter's, Keokuk to form Cardinal Stritch, Keokuk in 1958
St. Wenceslaus	Iowa City	Red Hawks	Consolidated with St. Patrick's, Iowa City and St. Mary's, Iowa City to form Regina, Iowa City in 1959
Walsh Catholic	Ottumwa	Fighting Gaels	Closed in 1969

See also

• Pacem in Terris Award

External links

• Official website
• The Catholic Messenger