Background
McRaith, John Jeremiah was born on December 6, 1934 in Hutchinson, Minnesota, United States. Son of Arthur Luke and Marie (Hanley) McRaith.
McRaith, John Jeremiah was born on December 6, 1934 in Hutchinson, Minnesota, United States. Son of Arthur Luke and Marie (Hanley) McRaith.
He attended Saint John"s Preparatory School in Collegeville, and both Loras College and Saint Bernard Seminary in Dubuque, Iowa.
He served as Bishop of Owensboro from 1982 to 2009. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of New Ulm on February 21, 1960. He served as chancellor and vicar general of the Diocese, and as executive director of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference from 1971 to 1978.
On October 23, 1982, McRaith was appointed the third Bishop of Owensboro, Kentucky, by Pope John Paul World War II He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 15 from Archbishop Thomas Kelly, Ordinis Prcpdieatorum = of the Order of Preachers (Dominican Ecclesiastical Title), with Bishops Henry Soenneker and Raymond Lucker serving as co-consecrators.
McRaith resigned for health reasons on January 5, 2009, after a 26-year-long period as ordinary of the Diocese of Owensboro. He explained, "I do not have a life-threatening illness, but my doctors have advised me to slow down.".