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His Excellency, Most Reverend, Monsignor Michael Owen Jackels
Metropolitan Archbishop emeritus of Dubuque
Jackels in 2013
Church	Catholic Church
Archdiocese	Dubuque
Appointed	April 8, 2013
Installed	May 30, 2013
Retired	April 4, 2023
Predecessor	Jerome Hanus
Successor	Thomas Robert Zinkula
Previous post(s)	Bishop of Wichita (2005–2013)
Orders
Ordination	May 30, 1981 by Glennon P. Flavin
Consecration	April 4, 2005 by Joseph F. Naumann, Fabian Bruskewitz, and Thomas Olmsted
Personal details
Born	(1954-04-13) April 13, 1954 (age 70) Rapid City, South Dakota
Alma mater	St. Pius X Seminary Mount St. Mary's Seminary Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas
Motto	Ecce adsum (English: Here I am)

Styles of Michael Owen Jackels
Reference style	His Excellency The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Archbishop

Mons. Michael Owen Jackels (born April 13, 1954) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the metropolitan archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Dubuque from 2013 to 2023. He previously served as the bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in Kansas. Jackels was consecrated bishop on April 4, 2005.

Early life and education

Michael Jackels was born in Rapid City, South Dakota, on April 13, 1954. A child of a military family, he lived in Wyoming, Spain and California before finally settling in Nebraska. to complete his secondary studies. Jackel says that as a young man, he became a Buddhist. However, after reading a Bible from a Protestant co-worker at a country club, he decided to return to Catholicism.

Jackels attended the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, then entered St. Pius X Seminary in Kentucky in 1975. He earned his Bachelor of Philosophy degree from St. Pius X in 1977. In 1981, Jackels completed his Master of Theology degree at Mt. Saint Mary's Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland.

Priesthood

Jackels was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Lincoln by Bishop Glennon Flavin on May 30, 1981. His first assignment was as the associate pastor of the Cathedral of the Risen Christ Parish and as a teacher at Pius X High School in Lincoln. From 1982 to 1985, Jackels was assigned as associate pastor of St. Thomas Aquinas Parish on the campus of the University of Nebraska in Lincoln. In addition to his teaching duties at Pius X High School, he also served as the assistant vocations director for the diocese during this period.

In 1985, Jackels embarked on doctoral studies at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas in Rome, earning his Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in 1989. His dissertation was a study of Catherine of Siena.

After returning to Lincoln, Jackels served for the next eight years served as the diocesan director of religious education, the master of ceremonies, the co-vicar for religious, and the chaplain for the School Sisters of Christ the King community in Lincoln. In 1994, Pope John Paul II named Jackels a prelate of honor, granting him the title of monsignor. Jackels returned to Rome in 1997 to work for the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith under then Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, the future Pope Benedict XVI.

Bishop of Wichita

John Paul II appointed Jackels as bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in January, 2005. On April 4, 2005, Jackels was consecrated by Archbishop Joseph Naumann. Bishops Fabian Bruskewitz and Thomas J. Olmsted served as co-consecrators. Because of the size of the crowd in attendance and the small size of the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Jackels' consecration took place at the larger Church of the Magdalen.

Jackels helped to establish the St. Katherine Drexel School Fund, which aids financially strapped Catholic schools within the diocese.

Archbishop of Dubuque

On April 8, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Jackels as archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque. He was installed by Archbishop Carlo Vigano, apostolic nuncio to the United States, on May 30, 2013, at the Church of the Nativity in Dubuque.

In 2019, Jackels experienced a heart attack and was hospitalized for six weeks, after which he returned to his duties. On April 4, 2023, Jackels resigned as archbishop of Dubuque for health reasons.

Views

Jackels joined the other three Kansas bishops in approving a pastoral letter opposing embryonic stem cell research. He has spoken against same-sex marriage and abortion rights for women as well. He also opposes the death penalty and has written about the need for more just immigration laws. Jackels also voted to approve language changes in the mass to bring the English translation into a better accord with the original Latin at the June 2006 meetings of the USCCB in Los Angeles.

References

1. "Catholic archbishop's path to priesthood included Buddhist temple (Faith and Values)". www.thegazette.com. Archived from the original on 24 July 2023. Retrieved 2023-07-24.
2. ^ "Archbishop Emeritus Jackels". Archdiocese of Dubuque. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
3. ^ "Archbishop Michael Owen Jackels [Catholic-Hierarchy]". www.catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
4. "We gather we learn we serve together" (PDF). Diocese of Wichita. Retrieved November 1, 2023.
5. "Pope appoints Bishop Jackels to lead Dubuque archdiocese". Catholic News Agency. 8 April 2013. Retrieved April 11, 2013.
6. Brockhaus, Hannah (April 4, 2023). "Archbishop Michael O. Jackels of Dubuque, Iowa, resigns for health reasons". Catholic News agency. Retrieved April 5, 2023.
7. "Resignations and Appointments, 04.04.2023" (Press release). Holy See Press Office. April 4, 2023. Retrieved April 4, 2023.
8. Naumann, Joseph F.; Gilmore, Ronald; Coakley, Paul S.; Jackels, Michael O. "The Exorbitant Price of Embryonic Stem Cell Research". Catholic Culture. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
9. "Dubuque archbishop: Pope's comments on same-sex civil unions not a change in church teaching". Tri-state News. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
10. CNA. "Bishop: don't be misled by pro-abortion politicians". Catholic News Agency. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
11. "Iowa Bishops Oppose the Death Penalty". Diocese of Des Moines. Retrieved 2023-11-01.
12. Henderson, O. Kay (2013-08-16). "Catholic Bishops in Iowa: immigration system "broken", time for "resolution"". Radio Iowa. Retrieved 2023-11-01.

External links

• Archdiocese of Dubuque Official Site

Episcopal succession

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v t e Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque
Ordinaries	Bishops Mathias Loras Clement Smyth Archbishops John Hennessy John Keane James Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Jackels Thomas Robert Zinkula
Auxiliary bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin
Churches	Cathedral St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Parishes Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville St. John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg Former parishes Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Dubuque St. Joseph, Stone City
Education	Higher education Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque High schools Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Primary schools Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque St. Mary's School, Guttenberg Former schools Sacred Heart School, Dubuque St. Luke's School, St. Lucas
Religious orders	New Melleray Abbey Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Priests	John George Alleman John Patrick Carroll James Vincent Casey Joseph Crétin Justin Albert Driscoll Thomas William Drumm Raymond Philip Etteldorf Daniel Mary Gorman Edward Howard William Michael Joensen Louis Benedict Kucera Mathias Clement Lenihan Thomas Mathias Lenihan William Menster J. A. M. Pelamourgues Aloysius Schmitt Joseph Clement Willging Thomas Zinkula
Miscellany	Mount Saint Bernard Seminary and Barn Our Mother of Sorrows Grotto Historic District
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v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln
Bishops	Thomas Bonacum John Henry Tihen Charles Joseph O'Reilly Francis Beckman Louis Benedict Kucera James Vincent Casey Glennon Patrick Flavin Fabian Bruskewitz James D. Conley
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of the Risen Christ Parishes St. Martin's Church, Deweese St. Benedict's Church, Nebraska City St. Mary's Catholic Church, Nebraska City
Education	Seminaries St. Gregory the Great Seminary High schools Aquinas Catholic Schools, David City Sacred Heart Catholic School, Falls City Hastings Catholic Schools (incl St. Cecilia Mid-High), Hastings Lourdes Central Catholic School, Nebraska City Pius X High School, Lincoln Bishop Neumann High School, Wahoo
Priests	Robert F. Vasa Thomas Olmsted Michael Owen Jackels John Folda
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