Thomas Kiely Gorman

Gorman then traveled to Leuven, Belgium to attend the Catholic University of Louvain, graduating in 1925 with a Doctor of History degree.

[1] The new diocese was erected and Gorman installed as bishop on August 19, 1931, at Saint Thomas Aquinas Cathedral in Reno, Nevada.

[6] During World War II, he created USO centers for soldiers on leave, African-American wartime workers and residents in Boulder City, Nevada.

[3] John F. Kennedy, the first Catholic to serve as President of the United States, was shot and killed in Dallas during Gorman's tenure.

Despite his original support for their ecumenical work, Gorman relieved four Texan Paulist priests of their duties in 1967 for purportedly neglecting their responsibility of servicing the Newman Clubs at local colleges.