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Ralph Leo Hayes
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Ralph Leo Hayes S.T.D. (September 21, 1884 – July 5, 1970) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Helena in Montana from 1933 to 1935, and as the fifth bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa from 1944 to 1966.
Between his two episcopal appointments, Hayes served as the rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome from 1935 to 1944.
Ralph Hayes was born on September 21, 1884, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to Patrick Nagle and Mary Jane (O’Donnell) Hayes. He received his high school and college education at Holy Ghost College in Pittsburgh. He played on the college football, basketball, and baseball teams and in the summer on a semi-professional baseball team. Hayes studied for the priesthood at the Pontifical North American College and the University of the Congregation of Propagation of the Faith, both in Rome.
Hayes was ordained into the priesthood in Rome by Cardinal Pietro Respighi for the Diocese of Pittsburgh on September 19, 1909. He initially served in a parish before being appointed to the diocesan mission band. He later became the band director. From 1917 to 1925, Hayes served as superintendent of schools for the diocese. He then spent seven years as pastor of St. Catherine of Siena Parish in Pittsburgh, doing what he called ‘’real priest’s work.”
On June 23, 1933, Pope Pius XI appointed Hayes as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Helena. He was consecrated bishop on September 21, 1933, by Bishop Hugh Boyle. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops James Griffin and Alphonse Smith . Both co-consecrators were classmates of his in Rome. Hayes served the diocese as its bishop for two years.
On October 26, 1935, Pope Pius XI appointed Hayes as titular bishop of Hieropolis and rector of the Pontifical North American College.
Hayes was an admirer of the Fascist regime in Italy and its leader, Benito Mussolini. In a speech in Pennsylvania in October 1936, Hayes said of Mussolini that "...a true Italian patriot could have done neither more or better.
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