Loras Joseph Watters Ph.D., DD | |
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Bishop of Winona Titular Bishop of Fidoloma | |
Church | Roman Catholic Church |
See | Diocese of Winona |
Appointed | January 8, 1969 |
Installed | March 13, 1969 |
Term ended | October 14, 1986 |
Predecessor | Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald |
Successor | John George Vlazny |
Other post(s) | Titular Bishop of Fidoloma |
Previous post(s) | Auxiliary Bishop of Dubuque |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 7, 1941 by Francis Beckman |
Consecration | August 26, 1965 by Egidio Vagnozzi |
Personal details | |
Born | Dubuque, Iowa, US | October 14, 1915
Died | March 30, 2009 Winona, Minnesota, US | (aged 93)
Education | Catholic University of America Pontifical Gregorian University |
Motto | Dominus Lux Mea (Lord, my light) |
Loras Joseph Watters (October 14, 1915 – March 30, 2009) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Dubuque from 1965 to 1969, and as the fifth Bishop of Winona from 1969 to 1986.