Norbert Felix Gaughan

Norbert Felix Gaughan (May 30, 1921 – October 1, 1999) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Greensburg in Pennsylvania from 1975 to 1984 and as bishop of the Diocese of Gary in Indiana from 1984 to 1996.

Biography Gaughan was born on May 30, 1921, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He was ordained a priest on November 4, 1945, for the Diocese of Greensburg. In February 1992, Gaughan suffered a debilitating stroke. Because of his health situation, Pope John Paul II appointed Bishop Dale Melczek on August 19, 1992, as apostolic administrator sede plena of the diocese. On October 28, 1995, John Paul II named Melczek as coadjutor bishop of Gary to assist Gaughan.

Retirement and legacy On June 1, 1996. Pope St. John Paul II accepted Gaughan's resignation as bishop of Gary. Gaughan spent his final years at Saint Anthony Home in Crown Point, Indiana. Norbert Gaughan died on October 1, 1999, in Crown Point. He was buried in the Saint Emma Monastery cemetery in Greensburg, Pennsylvania, after a funeral mass in Gary.