John Joseph Nevins
Catholic bishop
John Joseph Nevins (January 19, 1932 – August 26, 2014) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Miami in Florida from 1979 to 1984 and as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Venice in Florida from 1984 until 2007.
Biography
Early life
John Nevins was born on January 19, 1932, in New Rochelle, New York. He received an early education from the Irish Christian Brothers, but was forced to transfer to a seminary for the Fathers of Mercy when the Irish Brothers disbanded. Nevins received a master's degree at Tulane University in New Orleans, then attended Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
Priesthood
Nevins was ordained a priest at the National Shire of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C. for the Archdiocese of Miami by Bishop John Michael McNamara on June 6, 1959 when he was 27 years old.
Auxiliary Bishop of Miami
On January 25, 1979, Nevins was appointed by Pope John Paul II as auxiliary bishop of Miami and as titular bishop of Rusticiana. He was consecrated at the Miami Beach Convention Hall in Miami Beach, Florida, on March 24, 1979 by Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy, Bishop René Gracida, and Bishop John Fitzpatrick.
Bishop of Venice in Florida
On July 17, 1984, Nevins was appointed by John Paul II as the first bishop of the Diocese of Venice in Florida. Nevins was a member of the Order of the Holy Sepulchre. In 1992, he sponsored a special collection to help Croatians and Bosnians who were suffering from the Bosnian War in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
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