Bishop Kinney's Biography Timeline
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- 1995 - May 9 -- Appointed by Pope John Paul, II - Bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud, MN; installed July 6, 1995.
- 1993-98 -- Board of directors, Catholic Relief Services.
- 1982 - June 28 -- Appointed by Pope John Paul, II - Bishop of the Diocese of Bismarck, N.D.; installed Aug. 23, 1982.
- 1979-82 -- Vicar for parishes for the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese.
- 1977 - Jan. 25 -- Ordained bishop at the Basilica of St. Mary, Minneapolis, by Archbishop John Roach.
- 1976 - Nov. 16 -- Appointed auxiliary bishop of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese and Titular Bishop of Caorle by Pope Paul VI.
- 1973-82 -- Pastor, St. Leonard of Port Maurice Parish, Minneapolis.
- 1973-82 -- Chancellor of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese.
- 1971-73 -- Vice chancellor of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese.
- 1968-71 -- Graduate studies at Lateran University, Rome, completing a doctorate in canon law.
- 1966-68 -- Vice chancellor of the St. Paul-Minneapolis Archdiocese.
- 1963-68 -- Assistant pastor of St. Thomas Parish, Minneapolis.
- 1963 - Feb. 2 -- Ordained a priest at St. Paul Cathedral, St. Paul, by St. Paul-Minneapolis by Archbishop Leo Binz.
- 1963 -- Graduated from St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul; BA degree.
- Seminary -- Saint Paul Seminary, Saint Paul, Minnesota.
- College -- Nazareth Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota.
- Secondary school -- De La Salle, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- Elementary school -- St. Thomas, Winona; Annunciation, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
- 1937 - June 11 -- born to John Francis and Marie (McCarty) Kinney in Oelwein, Iowa.