Joseph Michael Gilmore

Joseph Michael Gilmore (March 23, 1893 – April 2, 1962) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

[1] When Joseph was five, in 1898, his family moved to Anaconda, Montana, where his father John worked in the mining industry.

[2] Joseph Gilmore studied at Loras College in Dubuque, Iowa, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1911.

[1] He continued his studies at the Urban College of Propaganda in Rome, earning a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree in 1915.

[3] He received his episcopal consecration on February 19, 1936, from Archbishop Amleto Giovanni Cicognani, with Bishops Edwin O'Hara and Joseph McGrath serving as co-consecrators.