Background
Hubert Newell was born in Denver, Colorado, to Thomas and Ellen (née Taney) Newell. His parents were Irish immigrants from County Galway.
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Hubert Newell
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The Catholic University of America.
Career
He served as Bishop of Cheyenne from 1951 to 1978. After deciding to embark on an ecclesiastical career, he entered Saint Thomas Aquinas Seminary and was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop John Tihen on June 15, 1930. He was assistant principal of Cathedral High School from 1933 to 1937, whence he entered the Catholic University of America in Washington, District of Columbia He there obtained a Master"s degree in educational administration in 1938, and was named superintendent of parochial schools upon returning to Denver.
On August 2, 1947, Newell was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Cheyenne, Wyoming, and Titular Bishop of Zapara by Pope Pius XII. He received episcopal consecration on the following September 24 from Archbishop Urban Vehr, with Bishops Scannel and Philip Garrigan serving as co-consecrators.
He was the first native Denverite to become a Catholic bishop. Among those present at Newell"s reception was Senator Joseph O"Mahoney.
Newell succeeded Patrick McGovern as the fifth Bishop of Cheyenne upon the latter"s death on November 8, 1951. He established the diocesan newspaper, The Wyoming Catholic Register, in 1952 and the Wyoming Council of Catholic Women in 1953.
He suffered a minor heart attack in April 1961, and attended the Second Vatican Council from 1962 to 1965.
On January 3, 1978, after twenty-six years of service, he resigned as Cheyenne"s ordinary. Newell later died at age 83.
Membership
Newell was also a member of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, where he served on the committee for the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.
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Catholic