John Joseph Paul (August 17, 1918 – March 5, 2006) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as an auxiliary bishop and bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse in Wisconsin from 1977 to 1994 John Paul was born on August 17, 1918, in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
He graduated from Aquinas High School in La Crosse in 1935 and from Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa in 1939.
Paul was ordained to the priesthood on January 24, 1943 by Auxiliary Bishop William Griffin at St. Rose of Viterbo Convent in La Crosse, the motherhouse of the Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration.
While stationed in Eau Claire, Wisconsin, Paul help established Regis High School.
John Paul died at Franciscan Skemp Medical Center in La Crosse on Marcy 5, 2006, at age 87.