Alden John Bell was a 20thcentury bishop of the Catholic Church in the United States. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Sacramento in the state of California from 19621979. Bell survived being stabbed several times in his own office by a knifewielding assailant.
Alden John Bell was born in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada. He completed his undergraduate education at Saint Patricks Seminary in Menlo Park, California and his graduate studies at Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.
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