Robert D. Gruss

Styles of
**Robert Dwayne Gruss**
Styles of; Robert Dwayne Gruss
Reference style	His Excellency; The Most Reverend;
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Bishop

Most Reverend

Robert Dwayne Gruss
Most Reverend; Robert Dwayne Gruss
Bishop of Rapid City
	Gruss at Ellsworth Air Force Base in 2012
Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Rapid City
Appointed	May 26, 2011
Installed	July 28, 2011
Predecessor	Blase J. Cupich
Previous post(s)	Vice-Rector, Pontifical North American College (2007–2010)
Orders
Ordination	July 2, 1994; by William Edwin Franklin
Consecration	July 28, 2011; by John Clayton Nienstedt, Martin John Amos, Samuel J. Aquila
Personal details
Born	June 25, 1955 (age 69); Texarkana, Arkansas
Motto	No Greater Love

Robert Dwayne Gruss (born June 25, 1955) is a bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He has served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City in South Dakota since 2011.

Early life and education

Robert Gruss was born in Texarkana, Arkansas.^[1] He has an associate degree from Madison Area Technical College in Madison, Wisconsin. He earned his commercial pilot's license from the Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and worked as a charter pilot, flight instructor and corporate pilot.

Gruss began his studies for the priesthood at St. Ambrose University in Davenport, Iowa where he earned a bachelor's degree in theology in 1990. He earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology degree in 1993 and Master in Spiritual Theology in 1994 from the Pontifical University of Saint Thomas Aquinas (Angelicum) in Rome, Italy.^[2] He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Davenport by Bishop William Franklin at Sacred Heart Cathedral on July 2, 1994.^[1]^[3]

Priesthood

After ordination Father Gruss served as parochial vicar of St. Paul the Apostle parish in Davenport from 1994–1997. He served in the same role for three parshes in central Iowa from 1997–1998; they include St. Anthony Parish in Knoxville, Iowa, Sacred Heart Parish in Melcher, Iowa and St. Mary Parish in Pella, Iowa. He then served as the pastor in Pella from 1999–2004. He was the diocesan vocations director from 2004–2007 and diocesan chancellor from 2005–2007. Pope Benedict XVI named him a Chaplain of His Holiness, with the title Monsignor, in August 2007.^[4] Msgr. Gruss served as the vice-rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome from 2007–2010. From 2010–2011 he served as pastor and rector of Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport.

Bishop of Rapid City

Msgr. Gruss was named the bishop of Rapid City by Pope Benedict on May 26, 2011.^[2] His episcopal ordination took place on July 28, 2011 at the Rushmore Plaza Civic Center in Rapid City, South Dakota.^[5] Archbishop John Nienstedt of St. Paul and Minneapolis was the ordaining bishop, and Bishops Martin Amos of Davenport and Samuel Aquila of Fargo were the co-consecrators.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved May 27, 2011.^{[self-published source]}
^ ^a ^b "Pope Names Bishop for Rapid City, South Dakota; Auxiliary Bishop for Milwaukee". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
^ "Diocese of Rapid City". GCatholic.org. Retrieved May 26, 2011.
^ Arland-Fye, Barb. "Davenport priest named bishop". The Catholic Messenger. Retrieved May 26, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Garrigan, Mary. "Rapid City Catholics prepare for ordination of new bishop". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved July 28, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

External links

Media related to Robert Gruss at Wikimedia Commons

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Blase J. Cupich	Bishop of Rapid City 2011–present	Succeeded by incumbent

[catholic-hierarchy-1] "Bishop Robert Dwayne Gruss". catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved May 27, 2011.^{[self-published source]}

[usccb-2] "Pope Names Bishop for Rapid City, South Dakota; Auxiliary Bishop for Milwaukee". United States Conference of Catholic Bishops. Retrieved May 26, 2011.

[GCatholic-3] "Diocese of Rapid City". GCatholic.org. Retrieved May 26, 2011.

[Arland-Fye-4] Arland-Fye, Barb. "Davenport priest named bishop". The Catholic Messenger. Retrieved May 26, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)^{[permanent dead link]}

[Garrigan-5] Garrigan, Mary. "Rapid City Catholics prepare for ordination of new bishop". Rapid City Journal. Retrieved July 28, 2011. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)

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v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City
Bishops	Bishops of Lead John Stariha Joseph Francis Busch Bishops of Rapid City John Jeremiah Lawler William Tibertus McCarty Harold Joseph Dimmerling Charles J. Chaput Blase J. Cupich Robert Dwayne Gruss Peter Michael Muhich Scott E. Bullock Coadjutor Leo Ferdinand Dworschak
Churches	Cathedral Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Historic St. Lawrence O'Toole Catholic Church, Central City St. Augustine Church, Dallas St. Martin's Catholic Church and Grotto, Oelrichs St. John's Catholic Church, Paxton Church of the Immaculate Conception, Rapid City St. Charles Borromeo Church, St. Francis
Education	High schools Red Cloud High School, Pine Ridge St. Thomas More High School, Rapid City
Priests	Steven Biegler Lawrence Welsh
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v t e Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport
Bishops	Ordinaries John McMullen Henry Cosgrove James J. Davis Henry P. Rohlman Ralph L. Hayes Gerald F. O’Keefe William E. Franklin Martin J. Amos Thomas R. Zinkula Dennis G. Walsh Auxiliary Edward Howard
Churches	List List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Davenport Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral Parishes Church of St. John the Baptist, Burlington St. Paul's Church, Burlington St. Anthony’s Church, Davenport Holy Family Parish, Fort Madison St. Patrick's Church, Georgetown St. Mary’s Church, Iowa City St. Patrick's Church, Iowa City Church of All Saints, Keokuk St. Mary's Church, Nichols St. Mary of the Visitation Church, Ottumwa St. Mary's Church, Riverside Former parishes St. Joseph's Church, Bauer Saints Peter and Paul Church, Clear Creek St. Boniface Church, Clinton St. Irenaeus Church, Clinton St. Joseph's Church, Davenport St. Mary’s Church, Davenport St. Joseph's Church, Fort Madison St. Michael's Church, Holbrook Saints Peter and Paul Church, Solon
Education	Higher education St. Ambrose University High schools Assumption High School, Davenport Holy Trinity Catholic Schools (HS), Fort Madison Notre Dame High School, Burlington Prince of Peace Preparatory, Clinton Regina High School, Iowa City Former Aquinas Schools, Fort Madison Cardinal Stritch High School, Keokuk Immaculate Conception Academy, Davenport Marquette Catholic Schools (HS), West Point Marycrest College St. Mary’s Academy
Priests	William Lawrence Adrian John George Alleman Ambrose Burke Edward Catich William J. Collins Martin Cone Maurice John Dingman John Flannagan Robert Dwayne Gruss William Hannon Ulrich Hauber Cletus Madsen Carl Meinberg Sebastian Menke Marvin Mottet J. A. M. Pelamourgues Aloysius Schulte William Shannahan Lawrence Donald Soens
Miscellany	Ambrose Hall Henry Kahl House Antoine LeClaire House F.H. Miller House Regina Coeli Monastery Mount Calvary Cemetery, Davenport St. Joseph Hospital, Ottumwa Old St. Mary's Rectory, Iowa City St. Thomas More Parish Center Pacem in Terris Award Selma Schricker House
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