Hubert Newell

[1] Newell studied under the Sisters of Charity of Leavenworth before attending Sacred Heart High School and Regis College, both in Denver.

[citation needed] Newell was ordained to the priesthood for what was then the Diocese of Denver by Bishop John Tihen on June 15, 1930.

Newell travelled to Washington, D.C. in 1937 to enter the Catholic University of America, obtaining a Master of Educational Administration degree in 1938.

He received episcopal consecration on September 24, 1947, from Archbishop Urban Vehr, with Bishops Scannel and Philip Garrigan serving as co-consecrators in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Denver.

As bishop, Newell established the diocesan newspaper, The Wyoming Catholic Register, in 1952, citing the need to communicate with parishioners.

[3] Newell was also a member of the National Catholic Welfare Conference, where he served on the committee for the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine.