Robert John Rose
Robert John Rose is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Gaylord and Bishop of Grand Rapids.Biography
Rose was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, to Urban Henry and Maida Ann Rose. He attended St. Joseph's Seminary in Grand Rapids before studying at the Grand Seminary of Montreal. He continued his studies at the University de Propaganda Fide in Rome, where he earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1956. He ordained to the priesthood by Cardinal Clemente Micara on December 21, 1955.
Following his return to Grand Rapids, Rose became a professor at St. Joseph's Seminary in August 1956. He earned a Master of Arts degree from the University of Michigan in 1962. He became dean of the college department at St. Joseph's Seminary in July 1966, and served director of the deacon program from 1969 to 1971. In June 1971, he was appointed rector of St. John's Seminary in Plymouth. He was later named pastor of in Muskegon Heights in August 1977.
On October 13, 1981, Rose was appointed the second Bishop of Gaylord by Pope John Paul II. He received his episcopal consecration on the following December 6 from Archbishop Edmund Szoka, with Bishops Joseph M. Breitenbeck and Joseph Crescent McKinney serving as co-consecrators, at St. Mary's Cathedral in Gaylord. At that time, he chose as his episcopal motto the Biblical phrase "in the Name of the Lord!", which he would keep for his entire episcopal career. Following Breitenbeck's retirement in June 1989, Rose was appointed the ninth Bishop of Grand Rapids, with the installation following on August 30 of that year.
Rose retired as Bishop of Grand Rapids on October 13, 2003. In the fall of 2002, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Kevin Michael Britt as coadjutor bishop of Grand Rapids; Britt succeeded Rose upon the latter's retirement in 2003.Episcopal succession
