Hubert Michael Newell was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
14 Facts About Hubert Newell
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Hubert Newell served as Bishop of Cheyenne from 1951 to 1978.
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Hubert Newell was born on February 16,1904, in Denver, Colorado, to Thomas and Ellen Newell.
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Thomas Newell worked as a policeman, then as a smelter worker.
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Hubert Newell studied under the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth before attending Sacred Heart High School and Regis College, both in Denver.
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Hubert Newell was ordained to the priesthood for what was then the Diocese of Denver by Bishop John Tihen on June 15,1930.
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Hubert Newell was appointed in 1933 as assistant principal of Cathedral High School in Denver, serving in that post until 1937.
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Hubert Newell travelled to Washington, DC in 1937 to enter the Catholic University of America, obtaining a Master of Educational Administration degree in 1938.
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Hubert Newell received episcopal consecration on September 24,1947, from Archbishop Urban Vehr, with Bishops Scannel and Philip Garrigan serving as co-consecrators in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver.
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Hubert Newell was the first native of Denver to be appointed a Catholic bishop.
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Hubert Newell was a member of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, where he served on the committee for the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
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Hubert Newell suffered a minor heart attack in April 1961, but resumed his duties in August of that year.
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Hubert Newell attended the Second Vatican Council in Rome from 1962 to 1965.
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Hubert Newell died on September 8,1987, in Denver at age 83.