Francis Raymond Shea

Francis Raymond Shea was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Francis Shea was born in Knoxville, Tennessee on December 4, 1913.

[1] He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Nashville on March 19, 1939 in Rome by Bishop Ralph Hayes.

On December 1, 1969, Shea was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Evansville by Pope Paul VI.

[2][1] Pope John Paul II accepted Shea's resignation as bishop of Evansville on March 11, 1989.