Nationality American Successor Dale Joseph Melczek | Name Norbert Gaughan Denomination Catholic Church Ordination November 4, 1945 | |
 | ||
In office October 2, 1984 - June 1, 1996 Consecration June 26, 1975
by William G. Connare Previous post Titular Bishop of Taraqua and auxiliary bishop of Greensburg (1975 - 1984) Died October 1, 1999, Crown Point, Indiana, United States | ||
Predecessor Andrew Gregory Grutka | ||
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.
Contents
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.