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Styles of
John Robert Roach
Reference styleThe Most Reverend
Spoken styleYour Excellency
Religious styleMonsignor
Posthumous stylenone

John Robert Roach (b. July 31, 1921 in Prior Lake, Minnesota, d. July 11, 2003 in Saint Paul, Minnesota) was the sixth Archbishop and eighth Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis. His archiepiscopate began when he succeeded Leo Binz on May 28, 1975 and ended with his retirement on September 8, 1995. He was succeeded by Harry Flynn, taking up the rank of Archbishop ad personam. He died on July 11, 2003 and was awarded the title Archbishop Emeritus. In the last months of his life he was an outspoken critic of the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

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Preceded byLeo Binz Archbishop of St. Paul and Minneapolis
1975–1995
Succeeded byHarry Flynn


Ordination history of
John Roach
History
Episcopal consecration
Consecrated byLuigi Raimondi
DateSeptember 8, 1971
Episcopal succession
Bishops consecrated by John Roach as principal consecrator
John Francis KinneyJanuary 25, 1977
Jerome George Hanus, OSBAugust 24, 1987
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