Norbert Felix Gaughan

The Most Reverend Norbert Felix Gaughan D.D.
Bishop Emeritus of Gary
File:Norbert F. Gaughan.jpg Bishop Norbert F. Gaughan, Second Bishop of the Diocese of Gary, 1984-1996.
In office	October 2, 1984 - June 1, 1996
Predecessor	Andrew Gregory Grutka
Successor	Dale Joseph Melczek
Orders
Ordination	November 4, 1945 by Hugh Charles Boyle
Consecration	June 26, 1975 by William G. Connare
Personal details
Born	May 30, 1921 Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	October 1, 1999 (age 78) Crown Point, Indiana
Nationality	American
Denomination	Catholic Church
Previous post	Titular Bishop of Taraqua and auxiliary bishop of Greensburg (1975 - 1984)

Styles of Norbert Felix Gaughan
Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop
Posthumous style	not applicable

Norbert Felix Gaughan (May 30, 1921 – October 1, 1999) was a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as auxiliary bishop of Diocese of Greensburg in the state of Pennsylvania from 1975–1984, and the second bishop of the Diocese of Gary in the state of Indiana from 1984-1996.

Biography

Born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Gaughan was ordained a Catholic priest on November 4, 1945 for the Diocese of Greensburg.

On April 2, 1975 Gaughan was named Titular Bishop of Taraqua and Auxiliary Bishop of Greensburg by Pope Paul VI. He was ordained a bishop by Bishop William G. Connare of Greensburg. Bishops Cyril Vogel, of Salina and John McDowell an auxiliary bishop of Pittsburgh, were the principal co-consecrators.

On July 24, 1984 John Paul II named him the second bishop of Gary, Indiana. He served the Gary diocese as its bishop for a total of 12 years. In February 1992, Bishop Gaughan suffered a debilitating stroke. Because of his health situation, the pope appointed Bishop Dale Melczek, an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit, to be the Apostolic Administrator of the diocese. On October 28, 1995 the pope appointed Bishop Melczek to be the coadjutor bishop of the Gary diocese.

Resignation and death

On June 1, 1996 the Holy See accepted Bishop Gaughan's resignation. Though valiant in his attempts to continue to minister to the people of the diocese, Bishop Gaughan spent the last years of his life at Saint Anthony Home in Crown Point. He died on October 1, 1999 and was buried in the Saint Emma Convent cemetery in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, after a funeral mass in Gary.

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Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Andrew Gregory Grutka	Bishop of Gary 1984–1996	Succeeded by Dale Joseph Melczek