Stanislaus Vincent Bona

Stanislaus Vincent Bona (October 1, 1888 in Chicago, Illinois, USA - December 1, 1967 in Green Bay, Wisconsin, USA) was the seventh Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay from March 3, 1945, when he succeeded Bishop Paul Peter Rhode on his death as Bishop.

Bishop Bona was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on November 1, 1912 for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago. On December 18, 1931, Pope Pius XI appointed him the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Island in Grand Island, Nebraska.He was consecrated on February 25, 1932. [http://www.gidiocese.org/bishops/bona.php]

On December 2, 1944, Bishop Bona was appointed Coadjutor Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay and succeeded Bishop Rhode on March 3, 1945 upon the latter's death. Bishop Bona died in Green Bay on December 1, 1967. [ [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bbona.html Bishop Stanislaus Vincent Bona [Catholic-Hierarchy ] ] [http://www.gbdioc.org/pg/history.tpl]

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