Joseph Crescent McKinney

Joseph Crescent McKinney (September 10, 1928 – June 9, 2010) was a late 20th-century and early 21st-century bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States.

He attended high school at St. Joseph Seminary in Grand Rapids and college at the Seminaire de Philosophie in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

McKinney studied for the priesthood at the Pontifical Urban University in Rome, where he received a licentiate in sacred theology.

He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Grand Rapids on December 20, 1953 at the Chapel of Propaganda Fide.

Bishops Allen James Babcock of Grand Rapids and Charles Salatka of Marquette acted as principal co-consecrators.