Robert Joseph Banks | |
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Bishop Emeritus of Green Bay titular bishop of Taraqua | |
Diocese | Green Bay |
Appointed | October 16, 1990 |
Installed | December 5, 1990 |
Retired | October 10, 2003 |
Predecessor | Adam Maida |
Successor | David Zubik |
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Orders | |
Ordination | December 20, 1952 by Luigi Traglia |
Consecration | September 19, 1985 by Bernard Francis Law, Daniel Anthony Cronin, and John Aloysius Marshall |
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Born | |
Motto | Blessed be God |
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Styles of Robert Joseph Banks | |
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Reference style | |
Spoken style | Your Excellency |
Religious style | Bishop |
Robert Joseph Banks (born February 26, 1928) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, serving as bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin from 1990 to 2003. He also served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Boston in Massachusetts from 1985 to 1990.
A protegee of Cardinal Bernard Law, Banks was questioned about his role in the sex abuse scandal in the Archdiocese of Boston in the early 2000s.