Background
McKinney, Joseph Crescent was born on September 10, 1928 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph Crescent and Antoinette (Theisen) McKinney.
McKinney, Joseph Crescent was born on September 10, 1928 in Grand Rapids, Michigan, United States. Son of Joseph Crescent and Antoinette (Theisen) McKinney.
Attended, Seminaire de Philosophie, Montreal, Canada, 1948—1950. Licentiate of Sacred Theology, Collegio di Propaganda Fide, Rome, 1954.
Ordained priest Diocese of Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1953. High school professor St. Joseph Seminary, Grand Rapids, 1954—1962. Assistant pastor Sacred Heart parish, Mount Pleasant, 1962—1965.
Pastor St. Francis parish, Conklin, 1965—1968, St. Andrew Cathedral, Grand Rapids, 1968—1969, St. Stephen parish, Grand Rapids, 1971—1977, Sacred Heart parish, Muskegon, 1977, Our Lady Of Consolation parish, Rockford, Michigan, 1985—1998. Assistant chancellor Diocese of Grand Rapids, 1965—1968, vicar general, 1968—2001. Ordained bishop, 1968.
Auxiliary bishop Diocese of Grand Rapids, 1968—2001, auxiliary bishop emeritus, 2001—2010.