Nevin William Hayes

Nevin William Hayes O.Carm. (February 17, 1922 – July 12, 1988) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as the prelate of the Territorial Prelature of Sicuani in Peru from 1959 to 1970 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago in Illinois from 1971 to 1988.

Biography

Early life Nevin Hayes was born on February 17, 1922, in Chicago, Illinois. He professed religious vows in the Order of the Brothers of Our Lady of Mount Carmel (Carmelites). On June 8, 1946, Hayes was ordained a priest for the Carmelites in Chicago by Bishop William David O’Brien.

Hayes later studied at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. The Carmelites in 1947 sent Hayes to their junior seminary in Hamilton, Massachusetts, to teach languages.

While remaining the prelate of Sicuani, Pope Paul VI appointed him as the titular bishop of Nova Sinna. He was consecrated in Chicago at the Cathedral of the Holy name by Auxiliary Bishop Cletus F. O'Donnell. The principal co-consecrators were Bishops Bernard Joseph Flanagan and William G. Connare. He died on July 12, 1988.