Donald W. Shea

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Donald William Shea (April 15, 1936 – May 18, 2016) was an American Army officer and Catholic priest who served as the 19th Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army from 1994 to 1999.[1][2]

Shea went to seminary at the Saint Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN.[3] Ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Helena in 1962, Brigadier General Shea was granted the honorary title of monsignor by Pope John Paul II in 1991.[4] He was designated a protonotary apostolic supernumerary in 2002 after his military retirement and return to Montana in 1999.[5] He is one of four alumni of the Saint Paul Seminary in St. Paul, MN to become the Chief of Chaplains of the United States Army, the other three being Patrick J. Ryan, Francis L. Sampson, and Patrick J. Hessian.[6]

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  1. 1."Monsignor (Major General) Donald W. Shea Funeral Mass to be Held May 27". diocesehelena.org. May 2016. Archived from the original on December 13, 2017. Retrieved December 12, 2017.
  2. 2.Marquis Who's Who on the Web
  3. 3."For God and Country" (PDF). The Oracle. Winter 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  4. 4."Prelati d'onore di Sua Santità" (PDF). Acta Apostolicae Sedis (in Italian). Vol. LXXXIV, no. 4. April 1992. p. 343. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  5. 5."Protonotari Apostolici soprannumerari" (PDF). Acta Apostolicae Sedis (in Italian). Vol. XCV, no. 4. April 2003. p. 287. Retrieved July 31, 2018.
  6. 6."For God and Country" (PDF). The Oracle. Winter 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 12, 2015. Retrieved October 1, 2018.