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Styles of John Robert Roach
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

John Robert Roach (July 31, 1921—July 11, 2003) was an American clergyman of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Saint Paul and Minneapolis from 1975 to 1995.

Biography

John Roach was born in Prior Lake, Minnesota, to Simon and Mary Roach. The eldest of three children, he had two younger sisters—Virginia and Mona. He attended public elementary school in Prior Lake, and studied for two years at Shakopee High School. In his junior year he transferred to Nazareth Hall Preparatory Seminary and began his studies for the priesthood. He proceeded to Saint Paul Seminary in 1941 for philosophy and theology. Due to the accelerated program during World War II, he was ordained a priest on June 18, 1946.

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.

Notes

1. http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/broach.html

External links

• John Roach at Find a Grave

• 1921 births
• 2003 deaths
• St. Paul Seminary alumni
• People from Scott County, Minnesota
• 20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops
• American Roman Catholic bishops