Robert John Rose

[1] Rose attended St. Francis Xavier School in Grand Rapids and in 1944 entered St. Joseph's Seminary in the same city.

[1] On December 21, 1955, Rose was ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Grand Rapids at the Pontifical Urban College by Cardinal Clemente Micara.

[1] In July 1966, Rose became dean of the college department at St. Joseph's Seminary, and served as director of the deacon program from 1969 to 1971.

[2] Rose created lay leadership programs, revamped the Hispanic ministry and presented forums and events focused on racism in the diocese.

[3] In 2002, the Diocese of Grand Rapids acknowledged that it had paid a $500,000 settlement in 1994 to three women who were sexually abused as minors by John Thomas Sullivan, a diocesan priest, during the late 1950s.