Joseph Bernard Cotter

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Joseph Bernard Cotter (November 19, 1844 – June 28, 1909) was the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona, in Winona, Minnesota.^[1]

Born in Liverpool, England, Cotter was ordained a Roman Catholic priest on May 3, 1871. On November 15, 1889, Pope Leo XIII appointed Cotter the first bishop of the Winona Diocese. On December 27, 1889, he was ordained a bishop; he died while he was still bishop.^[2]

Legacy

Cotter High School, in Winona, was named in his memory.^[3]

Notes

↑ http://www.dow.org/history/history-pastbishops.html
↑ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bcotter.html
↑ http://www.cotterschools.org/se3bin/clientgenie.cgi

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Name	Cotter, Joseph Bernard
Alternative names
Short description	Roman Catholic bishop
Date of birth	November 19, 1844
Place of birth
Date of death	June 28, 1909
Place of death

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