Diocesan Managers and Abuse-Related Documents Bishops run their dioceses with the help of the vicar general, the chancellor, and other officials who are appointed by the bishop and report to him. These men have responsibility for priests accused of sexual abuse, and in Davenport, four accused priests are known to have held diocesan office.

Below we list some of the men who helped manage the Davenport diocese during the sexual abuse crisis. The four accused priests who held diocesan office (Bass, Janssen, Poster, and Shafer) are highlighted in red, and the two managers who went on to become bishops (Dingman to Des Moines 1968-86 and Soens to Sioux City 1983-98) are in blue. Notes provide links to abuse-related documents written by or to the men listed in this table, and to sworn reports of communications with them. The bishops' own documents are noted in the year column. See also our list of Davenport deans.

This table was created from the Davenport entries in the Official Catholic Directory (New York: Kenedy, 1949-2004), an annual publication that aims to list the whereabouts of each U.S. priest on January 1 of a given year (see a sample Directory page). You may also view a complete Excel version of this table of Davenport managers with the officials' titles and full names.

Managers Working for Bishop Ralph L. Hayes (1944-66)

OCD Year	Vicar General	Chancellor	Vice Chancellor	Officialis / Judicial Vicar	Diocesan Consultors	President of Priests' Senate / Presbyteral Council	Episcopal Vicar for Priests	Chairman of Personnel Board	Director of Vocations	Boy Scouts	Director of Liturgy
1948 a	Cone	T Feeney	Dingman	Conway	Cone Galligan Walsh Hannon O'Connell Meinberg Hauber					Peiffer, Dir; J Morrissey, Chap.
1949	Cone	T Feeney	Dingman	Conway	Cone Galligan Walsh Hannon O'Connell Meinberg Hauber					Peiffer, Dir; J Morrissey, Chap.
1950	Cone	T Feeney	Dingman	Conway	Cone Galligan Walsh Hannon O'Connell Meinberg Hauber					Peiffer, Dir; J Morrissey, Chap.
1951	Cone	T Feeney	Dingman	Conway	Cone Galligan Walsh O'Connel Meinberg Hauber Cullinan					Peiffer, Dir; J Morrissey, Chap.
1952	Cone	T Feeney	Dingman	Conway	Cone Galligan Walsh O'Connell Meinberg Hauber Cullinan					Peiffer, Dir; J Morrissey, Chap.
1953 b, c	Cone	T Feeney	Dingman b	Conway	Cone Galligan Walsh O'Connell Meinberg Hauber Cullinan					Peiffer, Dir; J Morrissey, Chap.
1954 d	Cone	Dingman		Conway	Cone Galligan Meinberg Hauber Cullinan					Peiffer, Dir; J Morrissey, Chap.
1955 e, f	Cone	Dingman e		Conway	Cone Galligan Meinberg Hauber Cullinan					Peiffer, Dir; J Morrissey, Chap.
1956 g, h	Cone	Dingman		Conway	Cone Meinberg Hauber Cullinan Moore Wagner					Peiffer, Dir; J Morrissey, Chap.
1957 I, J	Cone	Dingman		Conway	Cone Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke					Peiffer, Dir; J Morrissey, Chap.
1958 k, L, m, n, o, p, q	Cone	Dingman p		Conway	Cone Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke					J Morrissey, Chap.
1959 r, s, t, u	Cone	Dingman t		Conway	Cone Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke				Bass [who's mentioned in Janssen letter to victim read by Hayes]	J Morrissey, Chap.
1960 v, w, x, y, z	Cone	Dingman v		Conway	Cone Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke				Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.
1961 aa	Cone	Dingman aa		Conway	Cone Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke				Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Collins
1962	Cone	Dingman		Conway	Cone Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke				Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Collins
1963	Cone	Dingman	Rev. Laurence A. Mullins	Conway	Cone Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke				Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Collins
1964	Moore	Dingman	Mullins	Conway	Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke				Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Collins
1965	Moore	Dingman	Mullins	Conway	Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke				Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Collins
1966	Moore	Dingman	Mullins	Conway	Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke				Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Collins
1967	Vacant	Dingman	Mullins	Conway	Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke				Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Collins

Managers Working for Bishop Gerald F. O'Keefe (1966-93)

OCD Year	Vicar General	Chancellor	Vice Chancellor	Officialis / Judicial Vicar	Diocesan Consultors	President of Priests' Senate / Presbyteral Council	Episcopal Vicar for Priests	Chairman of Personnel Board	Director of Vocations	Boy Scouts	Director of Liturgy
1967	Vacant	Dingman	Mullins	Conway	Meinberg Cullinan Moore Wagner Burke				Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Collins
1968	Moore	Dingman	Mullins; M Morrissey, assist. chan.	Mullins	Burke T Feeney Moore Menke Lew Madsen	Welsh			Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Collins
1969 bb	T Feeney	Mullins	M Morrissey	M Morrissey	Burke T Feeney Moore Menke Lew Madsen	Hines			Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Leonhardt
1970 cc	T Feeney	Mullins	M Morrissey	M Morrissey	Burke T Feeney Moore Menke Lew Madsen	Rev. Joseph P. Hines			Bass	J Morrissey, Chap.	Leonhardt
1971	T Feeney	Mullins	M Morrissey; Wright, assist. chan.	M Morrissey	Burke T Feeney Moore Menke Lew Madsen	Walter		Soens	Correspond with Chancery (but Bass listed in 2/25/04 release)	J Morrissey, Chap.	Leonhardt
1972	T Feeney	M Morrissey	Wright	M Morrissey	Burke T Feeney Moore Menke Lew Madsen	Walter		Soens	Correspond with Chancery (but Bass listed in 2/25/04 release)	J Morrissey, Chap.	Leonhardt
1973	T Feeney	M Morrissey	Wright	M Morrissey	Burke T Feeney Moore Menke Lew Madsen	Denning		Soens	Correspond with Chancery (but Bass listed in 2/25/04 release)	J Morrissey, Chap.	Wright
1974	T Feeney	M Morrissey		M Morrissey	Madsen T Feeney Menke Lew Holtkamp McEniry Soens	Holtkamp		Soens	Whalen	J Morrissey, Chap.	Vacant
1975	T Feeney	M Morrissey		M Morrissey; Soens, vice off.	Madsen T Feeney Menke Lew Holtkamp McEniry Soens	Holtkamp		Soens	Whalen	J Morrissey, Chap.	L Feeney
1976	T Feeney	M Morrissey	L Feeney	M Morrissey; Soens, vice off.	Madsen T Feeney Menke Lew Holtkamp McEniry Soens	Walker		Soens	Whalen	J Morrissey, Dir.	L Feeney
1977	T Feeney	M Morrissey	L Feeney; Parizek, assist. chan.	M Morrissey; Soens, vice off.	Madsen T Feeney Menke Lew Holtkamp Boyle Soens	Hynes		Soens	Whalen	J Morrissey, Dir.	L Feeney
1978	T Feeney	M Morrissey	L Feeney; Parizek, assist. chan.	M Morrissey; Soens, vice off.	Madsen T Feeney Menke Lew Holtkamp Boyle Soens	Hynes		Chairman not listed	Whalen	J Morrissey, Dir.	L Feeney
1979	T Feeney	M Morrissey	L Feeney; Parizek, assist. chan.	M Morrissey; Parizek, vice off.	Madsen T Feeney Menke Lew Holtkamp Boyle Soens	Hynes		Chairman not listed	Fitzpatrick	J Morrissey, Dir.	L Feeney
1980	T Feeney	M Morrissey	L Feeney; Parizek, assist. chan.	M Morrissey; Parizek, vice off.	Madsen T Feeney Menke Holtkamp Boyle Soens	Helms		Chairman not listed	Fitzpatrick	J Morrissey, Dir.	L Feeney
1981	T Feeney	M Morrissey	L Feeney; Parizek, assist. chan.	M Morrissey; Parizek, vice off.	Madsen T Feeney Menke Holtkamp Boyle Soens	Helms		Chairman not listed	Fitzpatrick	Janssen	L Feeney
1982	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, vice off.	Madsen Menke Holtkamp Boyle Soens Walter	Helms		Chairman not listed	Fitzpatrick	Janssen	Vrba
1983	M Morrissey dd	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, vice off.	Madsen Menke Soens Walter Holtkamp Boyle	Helms		Chairman not listed	Fitzpatrick	Janssen	Vrba
1984	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	Madsen Menke Walter Holtkamp Boyle	Leader not stated.		Chairman not listed	Fitzpatrick	Janssen	Vrba
1985	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Doyle Meyer Beuchele Gannon Leahy	Doyle		Chairman not listed	Herold	Janssen	Vrba
1986	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Doyle Meyer Beuchele Gannon Leahy	Doyle		Chairman not listed	Herold	Janssen	Vrba
1987	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Doyle Meyer Beuchele Gannon Leahy	Doyle	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Herold	Janssen aa, bb	Vrba
1988	M Morrissey ee , ff, gg, hh	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Doyle Meyer Beuchele Gannon Leahy	Doyle	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Herold	Janssen hh	Vrba
1989	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Doyle Meyer Beuchele Gannon Leahy	Schmidt	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Herold	Janssen	Vrba
1990 ii, JJ, kk	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Doyle Meyer Denning Mottet Stratman	Schmidt	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Busher	Janssen kk	Miller
1991 LL	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Denning Meyer Doyle Mottet Stratman	Schmidt	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Contact the chancery	Page	Miller
1992 mm, nn with oo	M Morrissey mm and pp page 3	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Denning Meyer Doyle Mottet Stratman	Schmidt	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Connolly	Page	Miller
1993	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Denning Meyer Doyle Mottet Stratman	Schmidt	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Connolly	Deacon Rasmussen	Miller
1994	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Denning Mottet Doyle Meyer Stratman	Schmidt	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Connolly	Deacon Rasmussen	Miller

Managers Working for Bishop William E. Franklin (1993-present)

OCD Year	Vicar General	Chancellor	Vice Chancellor	Officialis / Judicial Vicar	Diocesan Consultors	President of Priests' Senate / Presbyteral Council	Episcopal Vicar for Priests	Chairman of Personnel Board	Director of Vocations	Boy Scouts	Director of Liturgy
1993	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Denning Meye Doyle Mottet Stratman	Schmidt	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Connolly	Deacon Rasmussen	Miller
1994	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Denning Mottet Doyle Meyer Stratman	Schmidt	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Connolly	Deacon Rasmussen	Miller
1995	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Hyland Mottet Denning Henricksen Sparks	Schmidt	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Connolly	Deacon Rasmussen	Miller
1996	M Morrissey qq, rr	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Hyland Mottet Denning Henricksen Sparks	Schmidt	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Connolly	Deacon Rasmussen	Vrba
1997 ss	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Hyland Mottet Denning Henricksen Sparks	McAleer	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Adam	Deacon Rasmussen	Vrba
1998	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Hyland Mottet Denning Henricksen Sparks	McAleer	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Adam	Deacon Rasmussen	Poster
1999	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	M Morrissey Hyland Mottet Denning Henricksen Sparks	McAleer	Schmidt	Chairman not listed	Adam	Deacon Rasmussen	Poster
2000 tt	M Morrissey	L Feeney	Parizek	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	Morrissey Hyland Mottet Denning Henricksen Sparks	McAleer		Chairman not listed	Adam	Deacon Rasmussen	Poster
2001	Shafer	Ms Loftus	Parizek; Ms Maaske; Wolf	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	Shafer Morrissey Hyland Mottet Denning Henricksen Sparks	McAleer		Chairman not listed	Adam	Mr Dvorak	Poster
2002	Shafer uu page 3	Ms Loftus vv para 7	Ms Maaske; Wolf	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	Shafer Adam Hyland Connolly Kuntz Juarez Steinle	McAleer		Chairman not listed	Adam	Mr Dvorak	Poster
2003	Shafer	Ms Loftus	Ms Maaske; Wolf	Parizek; M Morrissey, adj. v.g.	Shafer Adam Hyland Connolly Kuntz Juarez Steinle	McAleer		Chairman not listed	Adam	Mr Dvorak	Poster
2004	Hyland; M Morrissey	Ms Loftus	Ms Maaske; Wolf; McDaniel	Wolf; M Morrissey, adj.v.g.	Adam Hyland Connolly Kuntz Juarez Steinle	McAleer		Chairman not listed	Adam	Mr Dvorak	Vacant