Background
John Dunne was born in Brooklyn, New York, to the late Mark and Helen Dunne.
John Dunne was born in Brooklyn, New York, to the late Mark and Helen Dunne.
Student, Cathedral College, Brooklyn. Student, Immaculate Conception Seminary, Huntington, New York. Master of Arts, Manhattan College, 1969.
He is currently an Auxiliary Bishop Emeritus of the Diocese of Rockville Centre, having served from 1988 until his resignation was accepted by Pope Francis on Saturday, June 22, 2013. He received his early education at the parochial school of Saint Boniface Church in Elmont and at Saint Francis Preparatory School in Brooklyn. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 1, 1963.
In 1970, he became spiritual director of Immaculate Conception Seminary, where he remained until he was appointed associate vicar for religious.
He was later named a curate at Corpus Christi Church in Mineola (1974) and director of the Priest Personnel Office (1978). In 1984, he became pastor of Blessed Sacrament Church in Valley Stream.
On October 21, 1988, Dunne was appointed auxiliary bishop of Rockville Centre and titular bishop of Abercornia by Pope John Paul World War II He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 13 from Bishop John Raymond McGann, with Bishops James Joseph Daly and Alfred John Markiewicz serving as co-consecrators, at Saint Agnes Cathedral. He selected as his episcopal motto: "God Is Love" (1 John 4:16).
On June 22, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the resignation of Bishop Dunne.
As a member of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Dunne served as chairman of the Bishops" Committee on Science and Human Values and of the Committee on Women in Society and in the Church.