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22 Notable alumni of University of Saint Mary of the Lake

Updated: June 14, 2026 EliteDegrees

University of Saint Mary of the Lake is ranked #5,854 in the world and #1,533 in United States by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from University of Saint Mary of the Lake sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with University of Saint Mary of the Lake won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.

Maurice Francis Burke

1. Maurice Francis Burke

1845-1923 (aged 78)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Maurice Francis Burke was an Irish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Cheyenne in Wyoming (1887–1893) and as bishop of the Diocese of Saint Joseph in Missouri (1893–1923).
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Edwin R. Chess

2. Edwin R. Chess

1913-2000 (aged 87)
Catholic priest military officer
Edwin Ralph Chess was a major general and Chief of Chaplains of the United States Air Force.
John Joseph Egan

3. John Joseph Egan

1916-2001 (aged 85)
Catholic priest
John Joseph "Jack" Egan was an American Catholic priest and social activist.
Roger Kaffer

4. Roger Kaffer

1927-2009 (aged 82)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Roger Louis Kaffer was the American Auxiliary Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Joliet in Illinois from 1985 until 2002.
Joseph M. Siegel

5. Joseph M. Siegel

1963-. (aged 63)
Catholic deacon Catholic bishop Catholic priest
Joseph Mark Siegel is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Evansville in Indiana since 2017. He previously served as auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Joliet in Illinois from 2009 to 2017.
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Patrick William Riordan

6. Patrick William Riordan

1841-1914 (aged 73)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Patrick William Riordan was a Canadian-born American prelate of the Catholic Church who served as archbishop of San Francisco in California from 1884 until his death in 1914. He served during the 1906 San Francisco earthquake, and he was a prominent figure in the first case submitted to the Permanent Court of Arbitration.
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Edward James Slattery

7. Edward James Slattery

1940-2024 (aged 84)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Edward James Slattery was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as bishop of the Diocese of Tulsa in Oklahoma from 1993 to 2016.
Daniel Coughlin

8. Daniel Coughlin

1934-. (aged 92)
chaplain
Daniel P. Coughlin is an American Catholic priest who served as the 59th Chaplain of the United States House of Representatives from 2000, to 2011. He was the first Catholic to serve in the position, and the process that led to his selection included some controversy.
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James S. Wall

9. James S. Wall

1964-. (aged 62)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
James Sean Wall is an American Catholic prelate who has served as Bishop of Gallup since 2009.
Thomas J. Paprocki

10. Thomas J. Paprocki

1952-. (aged 74)
Catholic priest lawyer Catholic bishop Catholic deacon
Thomas John Joseph Paprocki is an American prelate of the Catholic Church who has been serving as bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois since 2010. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois from 2003 to 2010.
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Dawn Eden

11. Dawn Eden

1968-. (aged 58)
journalist music critic
Dawn Eden Goldstein is an American author, theologian, canon lawyer, journalist, and songwriter. She was formerly a rock music historian and tabloid newspaper headline writer. Prior to 2016, she wrote under the pen name Dawn Eden.
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Gerald Frederick Kicanas

12. Gerald Frederick Kicanas

1941-. (aged 85)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Gerald Frederick Kicanas is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Tucson in Arizona from 2002 to 2017 and has been serving as the apostolic administrator of that Diocese since 2025. He was the apostolic administrator of the Diocese of Las Cruces in New Mexico from September 2018 to July 2019.
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Michael Pfleger

13. Michael Pfleger

1949-. (aged 77)
civil servant
Michael Louis Pfleger is an American Catholic priest and social activist located in Chicago. Since 1981, he has been pastor of St. Sabina Catholic Church, a Black parish in Chicago's Auburn Gresham neighborhood.
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Wilton Daniel Gregory

14. Wilton Daniel Gregory

1947-. (aged 79)
religious leader Catholic bishop Catholic priest
Wilton Daniel Gregory Jr. is an American Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop of Washington from 2019 to 2025. Pope Francis made him a cardinal in 2020, the first of African-American descent.
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George Clements

15. George Clements

1932-2019 (aged 87)
religious leader human rights defender Catholic priest
George Harold Clements was an African-American Catholic priest who in 1981 became the first Catholic priest in the Chicago area to adopt a child. He was also instrumental in the Black Catholic Movement, which sought to establish African-American culture in the liturgical and organizational life of the Catholic Church.
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Edward Egan

16. Edward Egan

1932-2015 (aged 83)
theologian Catholic bishop Catholic priest
Edward Michael Egan was an American Catholic prelate who served as bishop of Bridgeport in Connecticut from 1988 to 2000 and as archbishop of New York from 2000 to 2009. He was elevated to the cardinalate in 2001.
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Jerome Edward Listecki

17. Jerome Edward Listecki

1949-. (aged 77)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Jerome Edward Listecki is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the eleventh archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee from 2010 to 2025.
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John McMullen

18. John McMullen

1832-1883 (aged 51)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
John McMullen was an Irish-born bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa from 1881 to until his death in 1883.
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John Dominic Crossan

19. John Dominic Crossan

1934-. (aged 92)
New Testament scholar
John Dominic Crossan is an Irish-American New Testament scholar, historian of early Christianity and former Catholic priest. He was a prominent member of the Jesus Seminar, and is an emeritus professor at DePaul University. His research has focused on the historical Jesus, the theology of noncanonical gospels, and the application of postmodern hermeneutical approaches to the Bible.
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Robert Barron

20. Robert Barron

1959-. (aged 67)
evangelist Catholic bishop writer Catholic priest university teacher
Robert Emmet Patrick Barron is an American theologian who has served as bishop of the Diocese of Winona–Rochester since 2022. He served as rector at Mundelein Seminary from 2012 to 2015 and as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Los Angeles from 2015 to 2022. He has published on theology and spirituality, and is the founder of Word on Fire.
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Edward Braxton

21. Edward Braxton

1944-. (aged 82)
Catholic priest Catholic bishop
Edward Kenneth Braxton is an American Catholic prelate who served Bishop of Belleville from 2005 to 2020. Braxton previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis from 1995 to 2000 and Bishop of Lake Charles from 2000 to 2005.
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Francis Arinze

22. Francis Arinze

1932-. (aged 94)
university teacher Catholic priest theologian Catholic bishop television producer
Francis Arinze is a Nigerian prelate of the Catholic Church, who served as the Prefect of the Secretariat for Non-Christians from 1984 to 2002 and Prefect of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments from 2002 to 2008. He previously served as the Archbishop of Onitsha from 1967 to 1985 and as the president of the...
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