St. Mary's Graduates Ordained As Priests
~Special thanks to Pat Davidson '62 for her research, diocesan archivist Dan Burns, and Msgr. Duchaine's book Living Stones to make this page possible!
Rev. Father Joseph T. Fitzpatrick
Birth: May 24, 1903
Storm Lake, Iowa
Ordained: June 2, 1928
Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City, Iowa
Died: September 20, 1968
Cherokee, Iowa
Attended St. Mary’s High School
Rev. Msgr. William Bernard Bauer
Birth: July 26, 1917
Storm Lake, Iowa
Ordained: May 14, 1942
Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City, Iowa
Died: January 24, 1996
Moville, Iowa
Graduated from St. Mary’s High School 1934
Rev. Msgr. John Lawrence Bauer
Birth: August 23, 1919
Rembrandt, Iowa
Ordained: February 18, 1945
Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City, Iowa
Died: March 9, 1978
Des Moines, Iowa
Graduated from St. Mary’s High School 1937
Rev. Father Dale J. George
Birth: October 17, 1932
Maryhill, Iowa
Ordained: May 31, 1958
Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City, Iowa
Died: December 26, 2005
Sioux City, Iowa
Graduated from St. Mary’s High School 1950
Rev. Father Eugene L. Murray
Birth: May 23, 1939
Storm Lake, Iowa
Ordained: June 5, 1965
Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City, Iowa
Graduated from St. Mary’s High School 1957
Rev. Father Edward G. Murray
Birth: June 18, 1943
Storm Lake, Iowa
Ordained: May 24, 1969
Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City, Iowa
Died: October 6, 2009
Sioux City, Iowa
Graduated from St. Mary’s High School 1961
Rev. Father Dale Launderville OSB
Birth: April 14, 1950
Storm Lake, Iowa
Ordained: June 22, 1979
St. John’s Abbey, Collegeville MN
Graduated from St. Mary’s High School 1969
Rev. Father Randy Summers
Birth: September 12, 1956
Storm Lake, Iowa
Ordained: June 2, 2007
Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral, Indianapolis, IN
Graduated from St. Mary’s High School 1975
Rev. Father Patrick Behm
Birth: July 18, 1981
Storm Lake, Iowa
Ordained: June 2, 2012
Cathedral of the Epiphany, Sioux City, Iowa
Graduated from St. Mary’s High School 2000