In his vineyard, 1868 to 1983 : a series of life sketches of the bishops and priests, and permanent deacons of the Green Bay Diocese

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IN HIS

VINEYARD

1868 to 1983

A Series of Life Sketches of the Bishops, Priests, and Permanent Deacons of the Green Bay Diocese

Compiled by Sister Brideen Long, O.S.F., Ph.D.

As An Up-date to

IN HIS VINEYARD 1868-1962

Compiled by Rev. Monsignor Orville Griese with the generous cooperation of the seminarians of the Diocese of Green Bay

Sister Brideen Long, O.S.F., Ph .D. Assistant Chancellor and Archivist Green Bay Diocese

With ecclesiastical approbation Printed by Franciscan Publishers, Pulaski, Wis.

D E DI CAT IO N This book is dedicated in gratitude, esteem and respect to: the MOST REVEREND ALOYSIUS J. WYCISLO

in gratitude for his fifteen years of faithful service as a zealous, pastoral Bishop who made the challenges of Vatican 11 com e to life in the Green Bay Diocese; and in recognition of his fifty golden years of Christ-like service in the Chicago Archdiocese, in world-wide relief operations to ease the burdens of the victims of war, and in our Green Bay Diocese. " The bishops, as vicars of Christ, govern the particular churches assigned to them by their counsels, exhortations and example, but over and above that also by the authority and sacred power which indeed chey exercise exclusively for the spiritual development of their flock in truth and holiness, keeping in mind that he who is greater should become the lesser, and he who is the leader as the servant." (Lumen Gentium , Art. 27 .) His motto "Caritati Instate" ("Be steadfast in Love") left its impact on all who had the privilege of his presence among them. A s he celebrates his golden jubilee in the priesthood, April 7, 1984, we, the priests and people of the diocese express our profound gratitude to God for sharing him and his many talents with us.

DEDIC A TI 0 N -

OF THE 1868-1962 EDITION

November first, Nineteen hundred sixty-two -

Antiphon: "Sacerdos et Ponti/ex, et virtutum opifex, Pastor bone in populo, sic placuisti Domino. "

On this day, fifty years ago, our Most Reverend Bishop, Stanislaus Vincent Bona, began a life of inspiring priestly example which has been expended in our behalf and witnessed in our midst for more than seventeen short years. As there is validity in the phrase, "as the bishop, so his priests," so there is basis for cherishing the fond hope that the priests of the near future will also excel in apostolic zeal and dedication. Above and beyond the advantage of progress in the realm of projects and programs, bricks and mortar, is the lustrous value of a pontiff of spiritual vision and progress who is eminently and thoroughly a priest of God. To such a pontiff, Our M ost Reverend and Revered Bishop Bona in profound gratitude to God for having placed him in our midst to illustrate the way to greater personal priestly zeal, dedication and progress This humble venture is respectfully dedicated As a memorial of his golden anniversary of priestly ordination.

The Most Reverend Adam J. Maida Ninth Bishop of Green Bay

Most Reverend

ADAM JOSEPH MAIDA

When the Vice Chancellor of the Diocese of Pittsburgh received a te lephone call on October 31 , 1983 , notifying him of his appointment as Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese, he said , " It came like a bolt of lightning. " It was the farthest thing from his mind, nor did anyone in Green Bay have the slightest idea who the next Bishop would be. When the news was released in the Green Bay Diocese on Novembe r 8th , everyone felt honored that Pope John Paul II appointed as its ninth Bishop a person with the capabilities , credentials and experie nce of Father Adam Joseph Maida. Bishop Maida was born in East Vandergrift , a Pittsburgh suburb, on March 18, 1930, the first of three children of Adam Maida and Sophie Cieslak. His father came to Ame rica from a rural area near Warsaw, Poland , at the age of sixteen and settled in East Vandergrift, Pennsylva nia , a Polish settleme nt. At first , his father worked in the steel mills and later entered the coal business. Bishop's father died in 1961 at the age of seventy-one ; his mother resides in Scott Township, Pennsylvania. One brothe r, Father Thaddeus S. Maida , is Pastor of St. Teresa Avil a Parish in suburban Perrysville, Pennsylvania. The other brother, Daniel E . Maida, with his wife , Mary Patricia Hurley, and their three childre n, T imothy E., Joseph A. , and. Robert T., lives in Scott Township, Pe nnsylvania , and works at the Pittsburgh airport. The future Bishop attended East Vandergrift Public School for Grades 1 to 9; Scott Township High School fo r his sophomore year; and St. Mary High school, Orchard Lake, Michigan , fo r the completion of high school. He began studies for the priesthood at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary , Orchard Lake, and continued these studies at St. Vince nt's College , Latrobe , Pennsyl.vania (B .A . in Philosophy , 1951), a nd at St. Mary's University , Ba1timore (Licentiate in Sacred Theology , 1956). He was ordained by Bishop John (now Cardinal) Dearden at St. Paul Cathedral , Pittsburgh , May 26 , 1956.

His first assignment was as Assistant Pastor of St. Elizabeth Parish, Pleasant Hills, Pittsburgh. In 1958 he was sent to the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, Italy, where he obtained a Licentiate in Canon Law. His classmate in Canon Law studies at the Lateran University was Abbot Benjamin T. Mackin , 0. Praem. In 1960 he was appointed Assistant Chancellor of the Diocese of Pittsburgh by Bishop John (later Cardinal) Wright , a post he held until his appointment as Vice Chancellor by Bishop Leonard in 1973. He received a Doctorate in Civil Law from Duquesne University in 1964 and has served as adjunct Professor of Law at Duquesne since 1971. Bishop Maida was appointed Consultor to the Vatican Commission for the Revision of the Code of Canon Law and was actively engaged in writing the Lex Fundamentalis and the section of the Code dealing with administrative procedures (Book VII). The Lex Fundamentalis was incorporated in various sections of the New Code. He was appointed Special Legal Counsel and Canonist for the Catholic Health Care Association in the United States. On September 23rd, he was named a Consul tor to the Sacred Congregation for the Clergy , the highest dicastery dealing with the affairs of the priests and clergy throughout the world. He has conducted numerous seminars on issues of Canon Law and has addressed the Canon Law Society of America (served as its President, 19681969) , the Canon Law Society of Canada, the Canon Law Society of Great Britain , and the National Conference of Catholic Bishops of Australia. Bishop Maida is the author of Ownership , Control and Sponsorship of Catholic Institutions , January , 1975; editor of The Tribunal Reporter - a casebook and commentary on the grounds for annulment in the Catholic Church , Volume l , March , 1970, and Issues in the Labor-Management Dialogue: Church Property and Church Related Corporations - a Canon Law handbook, with Nicholas P. Cafardi (soon to be published). Bishop Maida has also written numerous articles which have been published in professional journals. His articles deal with the significance and interpretation of Canon Law and canonical issues relative to Catholic Health Care Institutions. His specialty is the area of church property and finance. When Bishop Vince nt Leonard of Pittsburgh made the official annoucement of Bishop Maida's appointment to the people of the Pittsburgh Diocese on November 8, 1983, he paid a high tribute to Bishop Maida. The Pittsburgh Catholic paper reported that the appointment of Bishop Maida to Green Bay was good news for the City of Pittsburgh because it paid honor to one of its most able and informed citizens, and it was good news for the Diocese of Pittsburgh because it recognized one of its best priests and increased the scope of his valued services.

In his statement to the press, Bishop Maida pledged the totality of his ene rgies, tale nts and life to priestly service in the Green Bay Diocese. He is aware tha t , unde r the capable leadership of Bishop Wycislo and the unselfish support of Bishops Morneau and Gre llinger, and the generous coope ration of the priests , deacons, religious and laity, the Church of Green Bay is characterized by a deep, vibrant and dynamic Catholic life and tradition. H e looks upo n his appointment as a challenge and as an opportunity. The major problem he foresees in taking over the helm of the Green Bay Diocese is the shortage of priests. As he leaves the Diocese in which he lived and work ed from his youth , Bishop Maida called upon hi s relatives and friend s to pray for him as he graciously accepted the challenge of serving God and His people in the Diocese of Green Bay. Bishop Ma ida's legal expertise and skills will be a valued asset for the Diocese. His concern for the poor and the spiritua l growth of the Diocese builds on a solid fo undation that has been laid over 125 years, since the creatio n of the Diocese by Pope Pius the IX. His Coat-of-Arms: a white dove on red bac kground in the upper quarter and gold cross centered on a red sunburst on a white background in the lower three-quarters of the crest. This is accented by his motto from the Book of Revelations: " Facere Omnia Nova" (21:5) . These express important aspects of the Bishop's life and refl ect a hope fo r his ministry . Bishop-Elect Maida will be ordained Bishop and insta lled as Ordinary of the Green Bay Diocese January 25 , 1984, the Feast of the Conve rsion of St. Paul. January 25th is also the first annive rsary of the promulga tion of the New Code o f Canon Law by Pope John Paul II and the 25th anni versary of Pope John XXITl's an nouncement of the Ecumenical Council and the revision of the 1917 Codex iuris canonici. The Apostolic Delegate , Archbishop Pio Laghi , wi ll be the consecrator, with Bishop Vincent M. Leonard (Bishop Emeritus o f Pittburgh) and Bishop Aloysius J . Wycislo serving as co-consecrators alo ng with the attending bishops.

FOREWORD This book contains a series of brief sketches of the lives of the Bishops, priests and permanent deacons who have served in the Vineyard of the Lord in the Diocese of Green Bay from 1868 to July, 1983. It is an up-date of an earlier edition written by Monsignor Orville Griese in 1962. Religious order priests who have served nobly in our diocese and are still serving in increasing numbers are not included in the survey unless they held an official position in the Green Bay Diocese. It is assumed that the respective religious orders have their o wn specific surveys. The writer wishes to acknowledge the work of Monsignor Orville Griese as the basic foundation for the present work. Diocesan archival material, the "Official Catholic Directories," the "Official Wisconsin Pastoral Handbooks," and archivists of other dioceses proved valuable. Credit is likewise given to the former Diocesan Archivist, John Ebert, who initiated the work on the up-date, and tv Monsignor Roy Klister, Chancellor of the Diocese, who patiently edited the biographies. Gratitude is also extended to the Bishops, priests and permanent deacons who graciously supplied info rmation, and to Monsignor Griese, Monsignor Robert Gulig, and Father Orville Janssen for the up-date on the lives of the Bishops. Special appreciation to my religious congregation, the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity, Manitowoc, for releasing me for work at the Pastoral Office. Prayerfully we rem ember the soul of Father Henry Hubert for the generous contribution from his estate to help defray the cost of publication of the up-dute to "In His Vineyard," 1868-1983. Wh ereas the former edition was dedicated to Bishop Bona as a m emorial of his golden anniversary of priestly ordination, this volume is respectfully dedicated to our beloved Bishop Wycislo as a m emorial of his dedicated priestly service to the Green Bay Diocese. Sister Brideen Long, O.S.F. Assistant Chancellor and Archivist July 31, 1983

COAT OF ARMS OF THE GREEN BAY DIOCESE

Motto: Platanus Juxta Aquam

The upper part of the Diocesan Coat of Arms is a shield, divide!d by the cross saltine, also called the St. Andrew Cross, in silver or white on a blue shield. This cross symbolized the beginning of the Christian faith the early settlers brought to this territory. The ship in the center of the upper shield is a symbol of St. Francis Xavier, Patron Saint of the Diocese; the ship also represents the means by which the early missionaries came to the shores of Green Bay in the early seventeenth century to preach the Gospel. The white or silver arrowhead symbolizes the Indians to whom the missionaries brought the faith. In the lower half of the Coat of Arms, Green Bay, in silver, breaks into a green field, symbolizing the See of Green Bay, which has been "planted near the water. " (Ps. 1:3) The external ornaments are the green pontifical hat, the mitre, worn by the Bishop; sometimes gold cross and crosier, which are the insignia of the episcopal rank, are added on either side.

CONTENTS

Dedication of the 1868-1983 Edition

3

Dedication of the 1868-1962 Edition

4

Foreword

5

Part I - Officials of the Green Bay Diocese, 1868-1983

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Bishops Auxiliary Bishops Vicars General Chancellors Episcopal Vicars Part II - Sketches of the Lives of our Bishops, 1868-1983 . . . . . . . . .

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13

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Aloysius J. Wycislo Robert F . Morneau Mark F . Schmitt John B. Grellinger Stanislaus V . Bona Paul P. Rhode Joseph J . Fox . . . Sebastian G. Messmer Frederick Katzer Francis X. Krautbauer Joseph Melcher . . . .

25 31 37 43 56 58 60 64 66 69

Part III - Sketches of the Lives of the Priests, 1868-1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Bishop Bishop Bishop Bishop Bishop Bishop Bishop Bishop Bishop Bishop Bishop

Part IV - Sketches of the Lives of the Permanent Deacons, 1973-1983 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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PART I OFFICIALS OF THE GREEN BAY DIOCESE 1868 -

1983

Bishops Auxiliary Bishops Vicars General Chancellors Episcopal Vicars

Bishops 1868 -

1983

Most Rev . Joseph Melcher , 1868-1873 Most Rev. Francis X. Krautbauer, 1875-1885 Most Rev. Frederick Katzer, 1886-1891 Most Rev. Sebastian G. Messmer , 1892-1903 Most Rev. Joseph John Fox , 1904-1914 Most Rev. Paul Peter Rhode, 1915-1945 Most Rev. Stanislaus V. Bona, 1945-1967 Most Rev. Aloysius J . Wycislo, 1968-1983 Auxiliary

Bi s h o p s

Most Rev. Jo hn B. Grellinger, 1949-1974 Most Rev. Mark F. Sch mitt, 1970-1978 Most Rev. Robert F. Morneau , 1979Vi ca rs

Gen era l

1868 -

1983

Very Rev . Edward Daems, 1868-1879 Very Rev. Frederick Katzer, 1879-1885 Very Rev. James O 'Malley , 1886-1891 Very Rev. Norbert M. Kersten, 1886-1 891 Very Rev. Joseph John Fox , 1894-1903 Rt. Rev. Msgr. Peter J. Lochman , 1904-1931 Rt. Rev. Msgr. Joseph A. Marx , 1932-1967 Rt . Rev. Ches te r A. Ropella , 1967-1977 Rev . Msgr. Roy M. Klister , 1977-

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C han ce ll o r s 1868 -

1983

R ev. Francis Xavier Pfaller , 1868-1872 R ev. F rede rick Katzer , 1875-1885 Very R ev. Norbe rt M. Kersten , 1886-1891 R ev. Leo A . Ricklin , 1892-1894 Very R ev. Joseph John Fox , 1894-1903 Rt. R ev. Msgr. P ete r J . Lochman , 1904-1908 Rt. R ev. Msgr. Joseph A. Ma rx , 1908-1915 R ev. F ra nk Ka mps, 1915-1918 R ev. Anthony J . Koefe rl, 1918-1932 R ev . Delbe rt W . Basche, 1932-1 946 Rt. R ev. Msgr. Chester A . R opella, 1946-1977 R ev . Msgr. Roy M . Klister , 1977-

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Episcopal Vicars Vicariate I

Very Rev. Carl E. Steiner, 1971-1976 Very Rev. Wilbert L. Buhl, 1977-1982 Very Rev. Donald A. Burkhart, 1983Vicariate II Very Rev. Henry B. Hubert, 1971-1972 Very Rev. Robert L. La Liberte, 1972-1974 Very Rev. Charles G. Hoffmann, 1974-1983 Vicariate III Very Rev. Patrick A. Bernardy, 1971-1975; 1977-1978 Very Rev. Philip A. Hoffmann, 1975-1976 Very Rev. John T. Mullarkey, 1978-1983 Vicariate IV Very Very Very Very

Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev.

Dennis A. Worzalla, 1971-1972 LeRoy R. Smet, 1973-1976 Joseph Shinners, S.J., 1977-1981 Cyril Dickrell, S.D.S., 1981-

Vicariate V Very Very Very Very

Rev. Rev. Rev. Rev.

Richard C. Shafer, 1971-1974 Alfred H. Hietpas, 1974-1977 Thaddeus J. Koszarek , 1977-1982 David D. Kasparek , 1982-

Vicariate VI Very Very Rev. Rev.

Rev. Paul P. Koszarek , 1971-1975 Rev. David D. Kasparek , 1976-1977 Msgr. Richard A. Maufort , 1977-1983 Msgr. Robert F. Gulig , 1983-

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Vicariate VII Very Very Very Very

Rev . Rev . Rev . Rev.

Richard J. Kleiber, 1971-1977 Gerald B . Kempen , 0. Praem. , 1977-1978 John G . Johanek , 1978-1982 Ronald P. Guilette, 1983-

Vicariate VIII Rev. Very Very Very Very

Msgr. Eugene F. Hotchkiss, 1971-1977 Rev. Robert F . Gulig, 1977-1980 Rev . James H. Putman , 1980-1981 Rev . Karl F. Buresh, 1981-1982 Rev . Robert Schiavone, 1982-

Vicariate IX Very Very Very Rev. Very

Rev. Paul J . Vanden Hogen , 1971-1972 Rev. Stanislaus F . Kolbusz, 1972-1975 R ev. Roy Crain , 1975-1976 Msgr. James Vanden Hogen , 1976-1983 R ev. Michael J. Hoffmann, 1983-

Vicariate X Very Very Rev. Very

Rev. E ugene L. Schmidt, 1971-1974 Rev. William J. Rickert, 1973-1976 Msgr. Paul P. Koszarek , 1977-1981 Rev. David R. Baeten , 1981-

Vicariate XI Very Very Very Very

Rev. Rev . R ev. R ev.

Alvin A. Auer , 1971-1973 Leander F. Nickel , 1974-1977 Milton M. Suess, 1977-1980 Charles W. Mocco, 1981-

Vicariate XII R ev. Msgr. James R . De Witt, 1971-1976 Very Rev. Leo J. Schmitt, 1976-

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PART II SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF THE BISHOPS OF THE GREEN BAY DIOCESE 1868 -

1983

Most Reverend

ALOYSIUS J. WYCISLO To use the somewhat hackneyed phrase of Charles Dicke ns it was surely "The best of times a nd the wo rst of times" when Aloysius John Wycislo was appoi nted e ighth Bishop of Green Bay by Pope Paul VI on March 8, 1968. It was the best of times because Vatica n II had just comple ted its deliberations a bit mo re than three years previous, and its challe nging ideas were just beginning to seep into the life and structure of the local churches. It was the wo rst of times because the jolt in Catholic thinking created by the Council was certain to unleash forces tha t would no t be easy to di rect or contain . Bishop Wycislo came to the Diocese of Gre n Bay admirably equipped to cope and to give direction to the new life surging in the Church as a result of the Council. He had been a Council Father from the first session which opened October 11 , 1962, to the concluding liturgy for the entire Council , December 8 , 1965. The Bishop rega rds his Council experience as one of the greatest privileges of his life. In addition to atte nding all the sessions he served as a member of the Ame rican Bishops' Commissions on the L ay Apostolate and on the Missio ns and the Oriental C hurch . Appointed to a diocese which had a history that began just a short time before V atican I , Bishop Wycislo came to Green Bay for his solem n installation on April 16, 1968, as the official e missary of the Church for Vatican II . His episcopate in Northeastern Wisconsin has therefore bo rne both the crosses and the crowns of the 21st Council of the Holy Roman Catholic Church. MEETING THE CHALLENGE S Bishop Wycislo's preparation for his fifteen years and three months of pastora l leadership of the 344,000 Catholics of the Green Bay Diocese began in Chicago , Illinois. Bo rn there on June 17, 1908, of Simo n and Victoria Czech Wycislo , the future Bishop attended St. Mary' s E lementary School in Cicero , Ilinois, and studied for the pri esth ood at Quigley Seminary, Chicago , a nd St. Mary of the Lake Seminary at Mundele in , Illinois . H e was ordained April 7, 1934 , by Cardin al George Mundele in at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Munde lein , Ill. His fi rst assignme nt was Associate Pastor to Monsigno r John Lange of St. Mictiael's Parish in South Chicago. Monsignor Lange was an interesting and learn ed priest holding doctorates in 15

th eology and in cano n law, but defi ni te ly of th e o ld school. Father Wycislo fe ll in love with parish work. It is significant to no te that Bisho p Pete r P au l Rhode, one of Bishop W ycislo's predecessors as Bisho p of Gree n Bay, had been pastor a t St. Michael's in the late 1890's and earl y I900's. l n fact the episcopal throne Bishop Rhode used as Auxiliary Bishop o f Chicago was still a prom inent he irloom in the la rge sacristy of St . Michae l's when Father Wycislo wen t there as an assistant. The re we re grave yout h problems in the parish and Father Wyc islo showed his ingenuity in tack ling them. He set u p a youth cente r with th e help o f two professors fro m the Un iversity of Chicago interested in de linquency amo ng the young people in that highly industrial area of Chicago's so uth side. Later Father W ycislo wrote his thesi for his Master's degree o n the subject. INVOLVEMENT IN CATHOLI C CH ARITI ES After Father W ycislo served at St. Michael's fo r five years, Samuel Cardinal Stritch , the n Archbishop of Chicago , appoin ted him to pursue graduate stud ies in social work at the Catho li c U ni vers ity in Washingtori, D. C. , in preparatio n fo r his assignme nt as A ssista nt Archdi ocesan Supe rvisor of Chariti es. H aving earned his degree , his stay at Catho lic Charit ies was short-Jived. D uring the years of his studies in Washin gto n and his short stay in Catholic Charities, Fathe r Wycislo continued his contact and friendship with Monsignor Lange who o bjected veheme ntly to the Cardi na l for th e loss of his young and dy na mic assistant. In 1942 Cardinal Stritch agreed to the request of the conference of Bishops to loan Father Wycislo to the newly organized War R elief Services of the National Catho lic Welfare Conferennce, a work to which Fath er W ycislo gave sixteen years of his priestly life. CATHO LIC RELIEF SERVICES From 1943 to 1945 Father Wycislo served as Field Director in th e Middle East, India and Africa for the new expand ing re lief a nd refuge work by the National Confe rence of Catho lic Bishops wh ich changed the name of its worldwide charitable operations from War Re lief to Cath olic Re lief Services. In those early yea rs of World War IT and following o n the conquest of Germa ny by the Allied Forces in 1945 Father Wycislo, who managed a staff of some 125 persons, was responsible fo r resettling between 600,000 and 700,000 World War refugees and displaced pe rsons . With the end of th e war in Europe , Fathe r Wycislo moved his headquarters from Cairo , Egypt , to P aris fro m where he d irected th e o rgan ization of relief programs in the wa r ravaged areas of E urope , in France , Germany, and even behind the Iron Curtain , in Po land, Hungary, and Czechoslovakia. 16

Tn 1947 with the appoint me nt of Monsignor Patrick O ' Boyle, th e n Director of Cath o lic Relie f Services to the See of Washin gto n , D.C. , Fa ther Wycislo was called to New York to become the Assistant Executi ve Director of C RS -N C WC to Mon sig no r Edwa rd Swanstrom . In 1958 Monsignor Swanstrom was made Auxiliary Bi shop o f Ne w Yo rk a nd the now Monsigno r Wycislo re tu rn ed to his native C hicago to become Au xiliary Bisho p to Albe rt Card inal Meye r. The yea rs betwee n 1945 a nd 1958 sa w o ur fu ture bisho p working with some of the poorest o f th e poo r in a lmost every co rne r o f the world . From his New Yo rk office Mo nsig no r Wycislo traveled to Europe to su pervise an d examine re lief o pera ti o ns he had started ea rli e r . H e moved extensively througho ut South a nd Centra l Ame ri ca whe re Catho lic R elie f Services had begun programs of deve lopm e nt a nd relief. The age ncy expanded its o pe rations to the Far East. C h ina specifically a nd to the Philli pines. Airpla nes became home fo r Mo nsig nor Wycislo fo r mo nt hs a nd months on e nd. So much so that o ur Bi shop ca n ide ntify th e ma ke a nd year of most planes at our national and inte rn ationa l airports. Bishop Wycislo's associat io n with Cath olic Re lie f Services had continued for almost fort y yea rs. H e is presently o n the Board o f Directors a nd on the Executive Committee o f th a t age nc y. At the prese nt time Cardinal O 'Boyle , Bishop Swanst rom an d Bisho p W ycislo , the three founde rs o f Cath o lic R e lief Services, arc wo rking o n severa l volu mes of the history o f the orga ni zation. With a n e ngaging smile, Bisho p Wycislo states th a t he dictates his co ntributions o n casettc tapes a nd forwards the m to Cardinal O 'Boyle who listens to the m beca use he can ' t read Bisho p W ycislo's unique handwrit ing . Th e task of editing for publica tio n this wo rk of the three priests is don e by Eilee n Egan , a fo rme r staff me mbe r o f Catholi c R e lief Se rvices. B ESTOWA L OF HO NO RS In 1953 Fathe r Wycislo became Mo nsig no r W ycislo with his appointme nt as pap al cha mbe rl ain by Pope Pius XII . The Pope also selected him to serve as a Vatica n o bse rver to t he United Nations from 1954 to 1956. In 1958 M onsignor Wycislo put away his luggage and hi s passport a nd re turned to th e Chi cago Archd iocese a t the ca ll o f A lbe rt Cardina l Meye r to become the p astor of one o f the la rge r C hicago parishes, Immacul ate H eart of Ma ry , on th e city's northside . The sa me year Po pe John XX llI na med Mo nsignor Wycislo a D o mesti c Pre late. On October 17 , 1960 , he was selected to become Titula r Bishop of Stadia a nd A uxili a ry B isho p o f C hi cago under Ca rdinal Albe rt Meye r. The co nsecrati o n by A lbert Cardin a l Meyer with co-consecrato rs Bishop William O 'Connor of Spring field , Ill inois , a nd B ishop E rn est Primea u of Ma nc heste r too k p lace a t H o ly Name Cathedral, C hi cago , o n Decembe r 21, 1960. It was o ne o f the co lde st days in the history of C hicago , 17

so much so that a number of Bishops were unable to reach Chicago because the trains on which they were traveli ng froze enroute. However , the Cathedral was packed with the relatives and friends of both Bishop Wycislo a nd Bishop Cle tus O'Donnell who was consecrated with him and who preceded him to Wisconsin as Bishop of Madison by one year in 1967 . Bishop Wycislo fe lt that it was unfortunate that his mother didn't live to be present for his consecration as a Bishop . She would have been extreme ly happy, because on the day of his firs t Mass she told him that she had prayed eve ry day ever since his baptism that he would be a priest . He was happy, however, that his father could be present, because scarcely five years late r his fa ther died on August 25, 1965. His two brothers and his fo ur siste rs, their spouses and families were all present. He is duly proud of his famil y. His brother, George, was one of the executives of the Prudential Life Insurance Company in Chicago until his retirement in 1979, and his brothe r, Bill, was one of the managers of the Western E lectric Plant in Indianapolis un til his retireme nt in 1975. His sister , Fran , is ma rried to T ed Loch who is in the insurance and automobile business ; Mary was married to Bernard Pyzdrowski who worked fo r Western E lectric Company as a carpe nter , the same company for which Bishop 's father had worked (M ary's husband has since died); Do rothy was married to Robert Wojer, Vice-Preside nt of the Seymour Printing Company , a large envelope printing establishment in Chicago (M r. Wojer died in 1979) ; Marge, the youngest , is married to Frank Jasek who works for the Nuclear Energy Commission in the plant in West Chicago as their chief tool and die designer. Earlier during his years with Catholic Re lief Services, Bishop Wycislo was named a Knight Chaplain of the Order of Malta and Kn ight Commander with Star of the Holy Sepulchre; he was honored by Poland, Spain and France. Numerous othe r favo rs with the ir consequent responsibilities followed upon his consecration as A uxiliary Bishop of the Archdiocese of Chicago. In September, 1962, Cardinal Meyer asked Bishop Wycislo to direct the C hicagoland observance of Poland' s millenium of Christianity; he handle d all the preparations fo r the observance, including arrangeme nts fo r the presence of the P rimate of Poland , Stefen Cardinal Wyszynski. He was chosen "Ma n-of-the-Year" by the Polish D aily News in February, 1964 . A succession of further important appointme nts included the folowing: Member of the Bishop's Commission for Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs, Novembe r, 1965; Vice C hairman of the subcommission on Judaeo-Christian Affairs fo r the U.S . Hierarchy, Ja nuary , 1966; Vicar General of the A rchdiocese of Chicago , November , 1966; me mber of the bishops' Commission on the Liturgical Apostolate, Novembe r, 1967 , and chairman of the Liturgical Commission fo r the Archdiocese of Chicago. 18

On March 8, 1968, the very busy pastor of Chicago's Immaculate Heart of Mary P arish and Auxiliary of the Archdiocese was asked to assume the responsibilities of th e See of Green Bay, just a bit more than three mo nths after the death of Bi shop Bo na. The Press Release at the time quoted him as saying: " I am grateful to our Hol y Fathe r , Pope Paul VI , for the confidence he must have placed in me in the appoi ntment to the See of Green Bay; my innermost desire is to be wo rth y of that confidence. I look forward to living and working with priests a nd people of Green Bay Diocese and I am eager to tackle the new assignme nt. Bishop Bo na, my predecessor, was a fellow Chicagoan and a life- lo ng friend . I know that in following him I step into his giant shoes. " His installatio n took place on April 16, 1968 , with the Apostolic D e legate , Archbishop Luigi Raimo ndi , as the installing prelate. Thirty members of the American hierarchy attended the installation ceremo nies, together with Bishop's r elatives , Govern o r Knowl es, R epresentative John Byrnes of Wisconsin's eighth district which includes G reen Bay , priests , religious and lay people of the Green Bay Diocese. In his installation sermon , Bishop Wycislo told the people of Gree n Bay: " I want to be a bishop with a 'wide vision of things' in this diocese. I want to draw on the knowledge and talent of all who are willing to wo rk with me ... I have no vision of the future , except that it is something tha t you and I must create togethe r. " IMPLE MENTING VATI CAN II Bishop Wycislo 's experiences with the Second Va tican Council involved a very close re lationship with Albert Cardinal Meyer , one of the shining intellectual lights of that council. As a result of having lived with him and worked with him during those years, he was asked to give a talk to the St. Francis Seminary Alumni A ssociation of some 1500 ptiests in Milwaukee on Cardinal Meyer's work wi th the Second Vatican Council. The lecture is now printed in monograph form and has been widely circulated. It has become the basis of a book that is being written by a young priest a t Notre D ame University. In the statement regarding Bishop Wycislo 's appointmen t as Bishop of Green Bay, Jo hn Cardinal Cody , who succeeded Cardinal Meyer in Chicago , characteri zed Bishop W ycislo as a "zealo us pastoral Bishop" who m the,priests and people of the G reen Bay Diocese will be fortunate to have led them in the developme nt of that great See according to the spirit of the Second Vatican Council. " This stateme nt proved true , for Bishop Wycislo set to work at o nce w restling with the awesome tas k of turning the ideas of Vatican II into realities in northeastern Wisconsin . The Priests' Council became the Priests' Senate. In those first days of the "new Church" in this part of Wisconsin the re was some pain, a bit of trial, but always progress. SI L VER LAKE COLLEGE -LIB RARY 2406 SO U T H ALVE i'l l~ O flOA D MANI TOWOC, WI. 54220

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Neither priests nor Bishops knew !)ow to work together in the new configurations suggested by the Council theoreticians. But Bishop Wycislo was determined that the new sense of the Church could work and would work. And work it did. It was not too long and there emerged from the co-operative labors of priests and Bishop a new and stable retirement plan for priests. Health insurance was provided fo r all priests of the diocese, and collaboration started and has been ongoing in the determination of diocesan goals, priests' salaries and other benefits. It was during the episcopate of Bishop Wycislo, and surely not without some incentive and input from him , that the diocese saw two of its priests become Bishops. The last time this had happened was in 1904 when Joseph J . Fox , a priest of the Diocese, was named its fifth Bishop. Bishop Wycislo , who had been ably assisted through his first years in the diocese by Auxiliary Bishop John Grellinger, received another Auxiliary in June , 1970, when Father Mark Schmitt was named Bishop by Pope Paul VI. Bishop Schmitt remained among us working with Bishop Wycislo and Bishop Grellinger until March of 1978 when he became Ordinary of the Diocese of Marquette in Michigan. Soon a new Auxiliary Bishop was appointed, another Green Bay priest, the Reverend Robert Morneau who serves in that capacity to this day. Bishop Wycislo welcomed both these priests of his diocese into the episcopate with great joy and pride, as indeed did the whole diocese . One of the crosses every Bishop bore during the years immediately following the Second Vatican Council was the pain of seeing priests leave the active ministry for other fields of endeavor. Bishop Wycislo was not spared this pain in Green Bay. He had also to watch as the sources of vocations seemed to dry up as well. Thus when he came to Green Bay in 1968 there were 315 diocesan priests at work in the 16 counties and 18 working outside the diocese. That number has decreased to 213 active priests in 1983 with 17 working outside the diocese. It is worthy to note that the Bishop's experiences in work around the world and the United States have kept him acutely aware of the needs outside his diocese. Even in times of priest shortage he promote d the diocesan missio n in the Dominican Republic and staffed it with Green Bay priests and has allowed priests who wanted to work in national posts as well as the armed forces to lend their abilities to the needs of the universal Church . The number of parishes and missions in 1968 was 226 ; the number in 1983 is 223. The number of Catholics in northeastern Wisconsin has grown from 317,700 in 1968 to 344 ,306 in 1983. Despite that growth the decrease in the number of priests made it all but impossible to institute badly needed new parishes. The bishop was able, however, to establish one new parish , that of St. Elizabeth Seton on Green Bay's far west side in 1978, and raised a parish community in Oshkosh , St. R aphael's, to parish status in 1982. 20

LAITY INVOLVEME NT In order that the work of the Church could continue as vigorous as ever in the midst of rising population and lessening number of priests and siste rs, the prophe tic documents of the Second Vatican Council took on real meaning in the Diocese of G reen Bay. Bishop Wycislo's tenure was therefore characterized as a pastoral and people-centered leadership. This was not a period for the construction of new facilities but a conse rvation of what the diocese alrady possessed . It was a time to turn to new use: the forme r Sacred Heart Minor Seminary in Oneida as a training center for the diocese and its various mi nistries as we ll as a facility for the O neida tribe of Native Americans; St. Joseph's Home fo r Children became the location for centralizing all of the diocesan agencies and departments. Bishop Wycislo's building reputation during the fifteen years of his leadership was not in brick and mortar but in people. The pe rmanent diaconate was established as one of the first such programs in the nation. In 1983 there were 63 permanent deacons serving parishes and institutions. In addition, all fo rms of lay ministry were e ncouraged. Programs of fo rmatio n were developed early even as the first evidence of problems from the priest shortage started to appear on the horizon. The re is hardly a parish which does not have formed and commissioned lay ministers doing some of the work that priests were doing whe n Bishop Wycislo arrived 15 years ago. In addi tion lay persons are participating in policy-making decisions through the D iocesan Pastoral Council , and a new division of the diocese has been developed for administrative purposes - the vicaria te system . Each vicariate has a vicar appointed by the Bishop who serves with a council made up of lay persons from each parish who have , through their vicar, direct contact with the Bishop and his staff. CONCERNED LEADERSHIP The central administration of the diocese has taken on a new form in an effort on the part of Bishop Wycislo to lead the body of a faithful community that would be sensitive to the needs of both Church and neighbor . Thus there developed a strong thrust in areas of social concerns: Seame n's Services fo r the port of Green Bay, services to Native Americans and Hispanics. They have diocesan agencies directed to their pas toral care. There were developed commissions and directors for youth, ecumenism , evangelization and communications, fo r scouti ng, ministry to the deaf and handicapped. To fu nd the burgeoning age ncies a nd departments that grew out of the traditional programs for education and Catholic charities, Bishop Wycislo in 1970 initiated a Diocesan Services Appeal , an annual fund raising effort, 21

that supplies most of the $2,500,000 needed to operate some 39 agencies and offices. Central financing, accounting and auditing procedures were introduced in keeping with an age of computerization. While this organizing and reorganizing proceeded , Bishop Wycislo kept in touch with the faithful of his diocese, not only through innumerable visitations to parishes and institutions, but through his weekly column in the diocesan newspaper. His "talks" to his people earned fo r him in 1982, the principal award of the National Catholic Press A ssociation as the best column by a bishop. The Bishop tried to spend whatever time he could with his priests at social gatherings, playing golf with them, visiting their relatives, arranging for gatherings of small clerical groups. He opened the many annual meetings of the ir theological and spiritua l workshops at St. Norbert's Abbey with a lecture o n "The State of the Diocese" and dialogued with his priests for hours on end. A highlight of his te nure as Bishop of Green Bay was the a nnual celebration of the Chrism Mass during H oly Week. The priests and their tay parish representatives who participated in that annual celebra tion of the priesthood were invariably moved by the Bishop's appeal to the generosity with which priest and lay persons responded together to achieve the mission and goals of the Church. In his Chrism Mass homily in 1983, the year of his retireme nt , he said: "This is a good diocese. I have bee n honored in serving it. I learned to live with and use the talents and gifts of the priests a nd people who live here." His five sentences on which he skillfully elabora ted in his homily will lo ng be reme mbered by the priests. T hey were: 1. No priest , let alone a bishop, can live in isolation , or singlehandedly accomplish his work in a satisfying way. 2 . To be a happy priest, one needs to find a profound solidarity with those selected to personify Christ . 3. It is apparent to each of us that we have no special shelter from the repercussions o f the crisis of transformation which is upsetting the C hurch today. 4. Never doubt the nature of your ministerial priesthood. This is not a commonplace office or service to be exercised fo r an ecclesial community, but a service which participates, in a special man ner, through Holy Orders and with an indelible character, in the power of the priesthood of Christ. 5. What a grace it is for us to be together today in the cele brating of the Chrism Mass. In an epilogue to the homily, Bishop expressed the great dignity of the priesthood in these wo rds:"Come to think of it, Christ came to that Upper Room only twice; once on H oly Thursday, whe n He left to the Apostles 22

together with the Eucharist the sacrament of ministerial priesthood; after His resurrection again when H e said to His first priests , 'Receive the Holy Spirit: whose sins you shall forgive, they are forgiven them , and whose sins you shall retain they are retained.' Corne to think of it , three extraordinary gifts - the Eucha rist , the priesthood , and the powe r to forgive sins - the singular intensity of these sends me to my knees in awe of the responsibilities entrusted to me, a priest." Bishop Wycislo brought to Green Bay in the fifteen years he served as its Ordinary a sense of the C hurch that grew out of the debates, the inspiring speeches and documents of the Second Vatican Council. H e came, despite his extensive national and international experie nces, with a sensitivity to the needs of a people of a smaller, rural, perhaps less sophisticated area of the Lord's vi neyard. H e came with a gift for administration that called for order but allowed for freedom. H e fell in love with the Church and people of Northeastern Wisconsin and emphasized this attachment with a determination to remain with that local Church in his retire me nt. Bishop Wycislo is the first bishop of the diocese to retire because of the Church's recent mandatory retirement rule for Ordinaries who reach the age of 75. In his message to the priests, religious and laity in regard to his retirement, he stated: " the joy that is of the essence of my retire ment lies not so much in the re lief from administrative burdens that come with being a bishop, but the thought that I will remain with a ll of you in a sacramental bond of service. " (Compass, June 28 , 1983) . He indicated that the transition from 16-hour days to an unstructured work day will need plan ning. We know, however, that he will manage his time admirably with golf, his great and well-known hobby , swimming in the pool at St. Norbe rt Abbey, wood working at which he is quite proficie nt, writing and traveling, and , of course, communing with his Lord . He hopes to remain active in the Nation al Conference of Catholic Bishops and he has expressed readiness to be of service to the new Ordina ry of the Diocese . His gratitude was unbounded at all the cele brations that took place to express the appreciation of the priests, the laity, and the religious for all that he has been to them . Above all were we to me asure the spiritua l dimension of Bishop Wycislo's tenure as the e ighth Bishop of G reen Bay, his episcopal motto Caritati Instate (Be Steadfast in Love) was stamped on all of us.

Father Orville Janssen

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Robert F. Morneau The late Msgr. John J . Loerke (d. 1958) has his own version of the pharisee-publican parable. As he told it, there was an elderly gent kneeling behind the bragging pharisee - striking his breast, head almost touching the floor and saying between sobs: "Have mercy on me, Lord; I was that man's teacher." He said this out of shame . I am pleased to say with pride that I was one of Bishop Morneau's teachers. I have said on many occasions that he was the most outstanding scholar of my nine-year experience as rector of Sacred Heart Seminary at Oneida. Bishop Morneau was born with a thirst for learning. He came by it naturally . Both of his parents were college graduates. His father, Dr. Leroy Frederick Morneau, was a graduate of Marquette (Milwaukee) and Loyola (Chicago) Universities. It was during his medical internship at Mercy Hospital, Chicago, when he met and courted N\irse Catherine Ann Fealey . His four sisters - Ann, Joan , Sue and Kay - and younger brother James all went on to college. It seems that a taste for communicating knowledge also might be traced to familial osmosis. In addition to the Bishop's obvious predilection for teaching, two of his sisters are engaged in teaching; Mrs. Ann Hollenback at St. Joseph 's Academy in Green Bay and Mrs. Charles Piss, Jr. (Sue) at Edgewood Grade School in Madison , Wis. A third sister, Mrs. Michael Mac Nab (Kay) , might be listed as a quasi-teacher. She pursues the nursing profession in Vancouver, Wash. James departs from the pattern. He is a Waukesha, Wis., businessman. Joan joined the faithful departed in 1975. Robert Fealey Morneau drew his first breath at the New London Community Hospital on September 10, 1938. The water and anointings of baptism were administered by stately Father John De Vries in St. Mary's Church , Bear Creek , on September 24, 1938. His father , Dr. Leroy Morneau of French-Canadian ancestry , was a native of Appleton, Wis. This highly respected physician of the Bear Creek area was called to eternity at the age of 66 in 1970. His mother , nee Catherine Fealey, hailed from Joliet, Ill . She can claim an Irish-English lineage. Small of girth and stature, this charming and e nergetic lady was a dynamo of dedication to worthy causes in the Bear Creek area and beyond until declining health forced her to take up residence in a home for the elderly. As of 1983, residing at St. Paul's Home, Kaukauna, she is approaching her 80111 birthday.

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THE GREENING YE ARS Afte r eight years at St. Mary's Grade School and four years at the Bear Creek Public High School, Robert Morneau followed the example of his two elder sisters and enrolled at St. Norbert College, De Pere , Wis. The excelle nt record he established there extended to one year only (1956-1957). Around this time, Father Donald Feller of the chancery office in Green Bay was assisting Fathe r H erbert Littel on wee kends at Bear Creek. His friendship and example provided one of the influences which prompted Robert Momeau's decision to transfer to the Sacred Heart Se minary in Oneida. This was in September, 1957. The new faci lities had been dedicated on September 3rd of that year. He was one of five "special latin" students who had enrolled that year. He completed the two-year college program in 1959. I remember him as cooperatio n incorporated, scholarship with gusto, contagious sincerity of purpose and perpe tual motion on the athletic fi elds and floors. His philosophy years (1959-1962) were spent as a "Basselin Scholarship" student at Theological College, Catholic U niversity of America, Washington, D. C. This stimulating experie nce led to his Masters degree from the university. He was offered the opportunity of pursuing the study of theology at the Gregorian U niversity in Rome. He declined the invitation respectfully. In his own words; " I felt more comfortable in the U.S.A. " The intellectual climate at "C. U. " (Washington , D. C.) throughout philosophy and theology years presented a welcome challenge. Distinguished teachers such as Father John Madden (English) and Father Roland Murphy , 0 . Carm . (Scripture) helped to emphasize that challe nge. THIRTEEN YEARS OF PRIESTLY SERVICE Ordination to the priesthood by the hands of his home-town pastor, Bishop John B . Grellinger - few can claim such a distinction. The date: May 28 , 1966. The place: St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Gree n Bay. Bishop Grellinger served as pastor of St . Mary's Parish, Bear Creek, at the time. As his first appointment, he assisted Bishop Grellinge r at Bear Creek from June 9rh to September 8 1\ 1966. On weekends, however, he journeyed to the St. Mary of the Lakes a rea, Mountain , Wis., to assist Father Paul Schumacher. His twelve-year association with Holy Family College (now Silver Lake College), Manitowoc, Wis., began on September 8, 1966. This involved teaching as a member of the college faculty as a full-time member from 1966 to 1970 and as a part-time member from 1970-1978. Subjects entrusted to his enviable teaching abilities included, at one time or another: ethics , the philosophy of man , logic, medical ethics, introduction to the humanities and team-teaching in the humanities department. During the 1966-1970 period, he also served as chaplain of the Newman Club of the Manitowoc area. A 26

second part-time responsibility as chap lain of the Park Lawn Ho me, Manitowoc, spanned a longer period: 1966 to 1978. ln 1970, he found time to attend the Carn egie Summer Ins titute at Notre Dame University, Ind. The shift fro m full-time to part-time teaching at Silver Lake College was occasio ned by his appointment as Diocesa n Vicar for Religious o n March 6, 1970 . This se nsitive respo nsibility te rmin ated in December, 1976. T he following month he accepted an appointm ent as assistant chaplain at H o ly Family H ospital. Manitowoc, Wis. As of the same da te (Ja nuary , 1977) he changed his reside nce from the college at Sil ve r Lake to Ho ly Redeemer R ectory at T wo Ri ve rs. Wis. H is respo nsibili ties too k on a d iocesan scope not o nly with his d uti es as Vicar for R eligious, but a lso with his appointment as a mem ber of th e Diocesan Board o f Consulto rs o n April 4, 1972 (renewed for a second two-year period on December 4, 1975) and with his electio n as President of the Priests' Senate for a two-yea r period on December 4, 1974. H e wou ld have a right to believe in the o ld adage about "a calm before the storm. " T he calm was threatenin g to settle o n F ather Robert Morneau's horizon in late 1976 - Vicar for R e ligio us work in o ther hands; demands as President of the Priests' Senate term inated; a reduced teaching schedule ; transfe r to more le isurely rectory living - and th e storm broke. Wow! WID E R WINGS PRE AD - EPISCOPAL SERVICE "Wow!'" Tha t graphic commentary came fro m Bishop Morneau at the end of the solem n ritual and frenzied celebratio n of his launching into episcopal status. His observation in hindsight: "That was o ne of my more profo un d stateme nts. " His nomi natio n as Auxiliary Bishop for the Diocese of Green Bay and Titular Bishop of Massa Lubrense (a n ar ea between Ro me and Naples) came durin g the pontificate of Po pe John P aul II on D ecember 19, 1978. His e levation to th e " fullness of the Sacrament of Orde rs" took place in St. Agnes Church , Green Bay , o n th e feast of the Cha ir of St. Peter , February 22, 1979. Assistin g Bisho p A loysius J. Wycislo (consecrator) as coconsecrators were Bishop John B . G rellinger of our ow n diocese and Bisho p Ma rk F. Schmitt of Marq ue tte, Mich. Very special guests included his mo the r , Mrs . Catherine Morneau, th e late J o hn Cardina l Cody o f Chicago and Archbishop Rembe rt Wea kland of Mil waukee. The joy of celebration was widespread and unres trained - justifyi ng amply the "Wow" commentary. As Auxi liary Bisho p of th e diocese, Bishop Mo rneau was appointed as Vicar G e neral (formal appoi ntment , Ma rch 19,1979) and a member of the Diocesan Board of Consul tors (formal appointme nt , April 25, 1979). Another 1979 appointme nt , undoubted ly much to his delight and satisfation , is that as Directo r o f the Ministry to Priests Program . In this ca pacity he remains closely in to uch with th e needs and aspiratio ns of th e priests both diocesan 27

and religious. In addition to his official performance at Confirmation occasions and his "apostolate of presence" at celebrations, anniversaries and clergy events , he is most accommodating in accepting speaking invitations within and beyond diocesan boundaries. On June 9, 1980, he accepted an offer to ally himself with the Board of Trustees of St. Norbert College , De Pere, Wis., and Sacred Heart School of Theology, Hales Corners, Wis. A paragraph must be reserved for a word about his effective way with the written word - an ad mirable exten~ion of his teaching apostolate. Beginning with the November , 1973, issue of a periodical known as Sisters Today , he has established a secure beachhead as a write r. Other publications which have featured his e levating-yet-practical articles include the following: Review for Religious, Spiritual Life, Contemplative Review , Priest Magazine , America, PC1storol Life . His first book , Our Father R evisited, appeared in 1978. Trinity Sunday Revisited, and Discovering God's Presence followed in 1980. His 1981 offering was Mantras for the Morning. A companio n volume , Mantras for the Evening , followed in· late 1982. All of these books are available from the Liturgical Press , Collegeville, Minn. A monograph entitled "Toward a Theology of Stewardship ," published by the Diocesan Office of Stewardship and Development appeared in June, 1983 . In it he put fort h solid principles that might make us all better stewards with the gifts and talents God has give n us. His latest book , " Seasonal Themes" to be published early in 1984 by Prentice H all , incorporates an essay , poem and appropriate photographs for each month of the year with weekly themes, a quote fo r each day , and space for writing of a journal. H e has written articles for the Compass to foster renewal. As an educator and scholar , Bishop Morneau sees his episcopate as an added opportunity to teach and to learn. He full y realizes that his experience as teacher, vicar for religious, and as parish priest proves very beneficial in his role as bishop for teaching and working with people have always been his course of action. Attending the meetings of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops gives him a broader vision of the C hurch througho ut the United States. Fully aware of the integrating value of leisure , he plays racquet ball , tennis and golf, jogs or walks in the quiet of the woods. He spends any othe r free time he has in reading history, poetry and novels. His motto: "Live through love in His Presence" (Ephesians 1 :4) , has been truly exemplified in his personal life , his re latio nshi p to others, in his writing, his talks and in all his activities. In a press release by Bishop Wycislo after Father Morneau was appointed Auxiliary Bishop of Green Bay, he stated: "Bishop Morneau 's intellectual qua lities and the nature of his work as a priest have demonstrated 28

an avid dedication to the ecclesiastical sciences. His piety , unpretentiousness, honesty and prudence speak a strength of character that is sought after in our day." In a formal statement to the press on the occasion of his nomination to the U.S. College of Bishops, Father Morneau stated: "It was in faith and trust that I accepted this call to service, knowing that when the Lord asks, He also provides the sufficient strength and courage to fulfill the task .... To the entire Church of Green Bay I commit myself. The challenges that the future holds in store are many and varied. It is with joy that I hope to share more extensively God's message of love a nd forgiveness." Within the space of four years, in response to challenges " many and varied," he has lived up to that commitment "miro modo." He would approve of and insist upon the addition of "Thanks be to God! "

Monsignor Orville Griese

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Mark Francis Schmitt Ecclesiastically speaking, Kewaunee County can lay claim to two enviable distinctions: it has the highest percentage of catholics of any county in the diocese , and it is the home turf of Bishop Mark Schmitt. Mark Francis, 5th of the 8 children of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Jerome Schmitt, entered competition in the human race at Algoma, (Kewaunee County) Wisconsin , on February 14, 1923. His father , a prominent lumber dealer, was God's gift to two dedicated pastors, Rev. Monsignors William Kraemer (1896-1944) and Francis H eimann (1944-1962), - loyal , supportive, a valued trustee for over a score of years and delightfully avuncular to all who knew him. He joined the faithful departed on May 4, 1962, at the age of 73. His gracious mother, the former Anna Netzer will be beginning her 971h year during the course of 1983. With a background of 6 uncles and 11 aunts and two surviving brothers (youngest brother James died in 1954) and four sisters, it might appear that at least one call to God's service would be something of a divine imperative - just to secure the spiritual moorings of such an expansive family tree. That need was met ponderously in the persons of three sons of "Uncle Henry Schmitt ," Fathers Henry (died 1968), Leo and John , who answered the call to priestly service in the Diocese of Green Bay, and of two other first cousins who said " I do" to the Maste r's call to service as me mbers of re ligious communities - Sister M. Marolus of the Franciscan Sisters of Christian Charity (Manitowoc headquarte rs) and Sister Dorothy of the Franciscan Poor Clare Nuns (monastery of St. Clare, Evansville, Ill.) such a stellar background undoubtedly disposed young Mark Francis to answer in the affirmative whe n he sensed the benign tug of a call to priestly service . The rumor that his affirmative response was due in large part to his admiration of the place-kicking ability of a popular assistant 31

pastor at Algoma , the late Father Cyril Kabat, may be brushed aside respectfully as pious midrash. The fact is that he had priesthood in mind since his boyhood years. The inspiring background sketched above provided the ideal atmosphere for e ncouraging him to carry through in that high reso lve.

"CARRYING THROUGH ," - SEMINARY YEARS After graduating from St . Mary's (Immaculate Conception) parochial school at Algoma, he pursued high school and junior college studies at the Salvatorian Seminary , St. Nazi anz, Wis. (1937-1943). For the study of philosophy and theology (1943-1948) , he followed the example of trusted seminary friends by registering at St. John's Seminary - located o n the sylvan campus of Benedictine St. Jo hn's University at Collegeville, Minn. He was never one to parade his talents; they came through by interp1~r­ sonal osmosis. With regard to his years at Collegeville, he once made the remark : " I kept a low profile ." This same quality distinguished him in his service as priest and bishop. Bishop Bona ordained him into the priesthood at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Green Bay , on May 22, 1948. The expanded branches of the Schmitt family tree gathered for "Father Mark's" celebration on May 23 , 1948. Clergy-cousins were promine nt in the sanctuary: Father Henry Schmitt dazzled the assemblage with his preaching eloquence (homily) and Fathers Leo and John Schmitt participated as deacon and subdeaco n respectively. Father Donald Feller functioned as Master of Ceremonies. It should be added that yet another ordination in the relationship took place twelve years later (1960) when Father Jerome Taddy, first cousin , once removed , joined the priestly ranks. TWENTY-TWO YEARS OF SERVICE - DIOCESE OF GREEN BAY Father Mark Schmitt had but o ne appo intment as an associate pastor - under benevolent Father Peter Salm at St. Rose Parish , Clintonville , Wis. This pleasant assignment began on June 3, 1948. It was pleasant on at least two counts (among others): his hospitable first cousin , Father Henry Schmitt, was pastor at nearby Gresham throughout these years and then, there was Father Mark's proficiency at a challenging card game known as "Skat. " This latter plus helped to cement the bond between him and his skat-expert pastor , Father Salm. On September 38, 1954, he 32

became the fourth director of the Manitowoc Apostolate. This was a period of strong, supportive friendships with the Padres of the ManitowocTwo Rive rs area. Six years later (September 8, 1960) , he became pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Parish at Weyauwega , Wis. The imposing new church at Weyauwega (a $220,000 structure) bears the imprint of his superior taste. It was dedicated in 1966. Later he would remark that his tenure at Weyauwega was a welcome ecumenical experience: "This is a largely Protestant area. It gave me an appreciation of the religious beliefs of others." The duratio n of his next appointment as pastor of St. Bernard's Parish , Green Bay (June 14, 1969), was cut short by his appointment as auxiliary bishop . That date, which gave new and unforseen dimensions to his life 's journey, was May 5, 1970. Other learning experiences during his pastoral years were furnished by his willingness to shoulder diocesan-wide responsibilities. On Septemer 21, 1964 , he had become the Director of Catholic Hospitals for the diocese. Four years later , on October 20 , 1968, he had accepted the appointment as C hairman of the Art and Architecture Committee of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission. On September , 15, 1969, Bishop Wycislo had appointed him as a member of the Diocesan Board of Consultors.

EIGHT YEARS AS AUXILIARY BISHOP The crescendo of concern for the appointment of a native-son as auxiliary bishop peaked in late 1969. Bishop Wycislo had requested the priests to submit names of worthy candidates . The appointment of Father Mark Schmitt by Pope Paul VI (May 5 , 1970) met with widespread approval. Authenticated rumor has it that when Father Mark rushed home to break the news to his young-spirited mother (then a mere 85) , she counselled him by saying: "Well , try it and see how it will go." His e piscopal ordinatio n took place over the covered ice-rink of the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena in Green Bay on June 24, 1970. His mother and the members of his immediate faimly led the list of special guests: brothers John and C harles of Algoma and Casco respectively, sisters Katherine (Mrs. Francis Waldecker) of Brillion, Elizabeth (Mrs. William Eickelberg) of Sturgeon Bay, Mrs. Ann Berg of Algoma and Marge of Green Bay. Church dignitaries included Cardinal John P. Cody of C hicago, Archbishop William E . Cousins of Milwaukee and Archbishops Leo Binz and James J. Byrne of St. Paul , Minn . The consecrator was Bishop Aloysius J. Wycislo ; the co-consecrators, Bishop John B . Grellinger of the 33

Diocese of Green Bay and Bishop Frederick W. Freking of the Diocese of LaCrosse, Wis. It was a grand milestone-day for the bishops, clergy and la ity of the diocese - 66 years since the episcopal ordination of native-son Father Joseph John Fox. After several years in residence at St. Bernard 's Parish , Green Bay, Bishop Schmitt took up residence in the re novated " Bishop Fox Bungalow" on the grounds of St. Joseph's Orphanage. In addition to a heavy confirmation schedule, he accepted the responsibility as Diocesan Director of Pastoral Planning. He launche d into this task with the conviction that the directives of the Second Vatican Council demand "a reform of structure, a renewal of spirit , a cha nge of atti tude." An exhaustive and exhausting study and survey of personnel needs (vicariate meetings, consultation with clergy a nd laity , e tc.) led to the conclusion that " the new thrust is in development o f parish councils, the diocesan pastora l council and the coordination of pastoral programs for the diocese ." A s an a nnual sideline, he served as moderator of the Diocesan Services Appeal. On the national scene, he served as a member of the Committee of Health Affairs of the United States Catholic Conference from 1971 to 1977. As of this writing (early 1983), he continues to serve as Episcopal Advisor to the National Conference of H ealth Coordinators. NEW VISTAS - NORTH TO MARQUETTE, MIC H . Previous to May, 1978, the Diocese of Marquette, Mich ., had experienced the apostolic "get up and go" of the Schmitt family through Bishop Mark's first cousin , Sister Marolus - in her capacity as Supervisor of Education in the diocese. A s of M ay 8, 1978, he became the l01h Bishop of Marquette. The formal installation took place in St. Peter's Cathedral. The installing prelate was Cardinal John F . Dearde n of D etroit , Mich . A host of clergy and laity of the Diocese of Green Bay attended the event. An extended listing of his achievements throughout the five years in Marquette Country would take us beyond the purpose of this sketch . His dedication to the cause of the canonization of the first bishop of Marquette, Bishop Frederick Baraga (died , 1868), merits special mention . Despite his innate modesty, Bishop Schmitt was persuaded to state th ree "point with pride" aspects of the past five years : the first convocatio n of the priests of the Diocese of Marquette at Mackinac Island , October 11th to 13th , 1982; the development of the lay ministry ; his efforts to get to know the priests and people of the diocese. Despite his innate cautio n, he had a one-word comment in answer to the query: "D o you consider yourself to be an 34

immovable bishop at Marquette , Mich.?" The comment: "Absolute ly!" Mention of the only future move he might contemplate came in answer to the question as to whether he anticipated future honors. The answer: "Hopefully, heaven." Brevity is beautiful! In his statement to the priests and people of the Diocese of Green Bay prior to his departure for Marquette , Bishop Schmitt said: "I will always hold in fondest memory and gratitude the many wonderful people of the (Green Bay) diocese who have touched my life in so many ways and made my ministry such a joy." Surely , this is a reciprocal sentiment.

Monsignor Orville Griese

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John Benjamin Grellinger The Most R eve rend John Benjamin Grell inger, firs t auxi liary bishop of the di ocese, was born in Mil waukee, Wis., on Novembe r 5 , 1899. His parents, C hristophe r Grellinger and Anna Schwister, were membe rs of St. Anne Parish in Milwaukee , and sent the ir son to the parochial school for the years of elementary education . After completi ng the co urses at Washingto n High School in Milwaukee. John atte nded the School of Journa lism of Marquette University for one year (1918-1919). A three-year period of employm ent as an architectu ra l draftsman followed , but the lure o f dedicati on to God's service won the d ay, and St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee enrolled one Joh n G rellinger in the fa ll of 1922. H e was chosen in J924 to complete his studi es for the p ri est hood in Rome, with residence at the North A me rican College. His e levati on to t he priesthood took p lace in St. Jo h n Lateran Basilica at Rome o n Ju ly 14, 1929. H e re mained in Rome to complete his th eological t udies ( 1930) with the acquisitio n of a doctor's degree from the Propagand a College. and to enroll at t he Po ntifical Gregorian Un iversity for adva nced studies in philosoph y. With a rare degree in philoso phy safely in tow (Mag. Ph. Agg.) , he ret urned to th e Archd iocese of Milwaukee in 1932 to dispense spiritua l guidance and e nlightenment to th e students at Wisco nsin Unive rsity as assistant at St. Paul University Chapel at Madison , W is. His association with the fac ulty of St. Francis Seminary, Mi lwaukee , as professor of philosophy began in 1936. The challe nge of pastoral ex perience was added pa rticularly through two assignme nts which he held simultaneo usly with his teaching responsibilities at t he seminary ; as pasto r of St. Lucy Parish in Racine , Wi s., from 1936 to 1937 , and as pastor of St. Ma ry Parish, Milwaukee, from 1942 to 1946. A less de manding assignme nt as a member of the Archdiocesan Boa rd o f Clergy examine rs occupied his inte rest during his e ntire period of priestl y wo rk in the Milwaukee area (1936- 1949) , but an appointme nt as a Pro-syno dal Judge of th e A rchdi ocesan Matrimon ial Tribun al in 1947 made substan tial dema nds on his time and tal en t . T he appointment as T itu lar Bishop o f Syene and Auxi liary Bishop of Gree n Bay came to Fathe r Grellinger on May 16. 1949. At the impressive ri te of co nsecration in St. John Ca th edral , Milwa uk ee, on Jul y 14 , L949 , the co nsecrato r , th e late Archb isho p Moses E. Kiley o f Mi lwaukee, was assisted 37

by Bishop Stanislaus V. Bona a nd Bishop Albert Meyer, then of Superior, Wis. (later Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago) as co-consecrators. The formal installation at Green Bay took place in St. Francis Xavier Cathedral on August 2, 1949. A PASTORAL BISHOP - "FORMA FACTI GREGIS . This phrase from the first epistle of St . Peter (V. 3) whereby he urged priests of his day (presbyteroi) to be "examples to the flock with all your heart ," was quoted by Bishop Grellinger with regard to his work in the diocese. He not only quoted the phrase - he lived it. As Bishop Bona remarked when first he received notice of Father John Grellinger's promotion to episcopal status: "We are getting a wonderful priest." The ensuing years proved that he was to grace the diocese as a pastoral bishop - as a very active and dedicated pastor for twenty-five years. As pastor of St. Joseph's Parish , Oconto, from August 3, 1949 (the day after his formal installation as auxiliary bishop in the cathedral at Green Bay) until February 25 , 1954, he sampled the apostolate (and the fishing) o f the north country. During this relatively short pastoral he had the church decorated, promoted the construction of an enclosed stairway to the sacristy and purchased additional land for the parish cemetery. He also left his artistic touch on the appointments of the parish rectory. His parting gift to the parish was an outdoor statue of Our Lady. OSHKOSH FINALLY GETS A BISHOP Due to the harsh economic conditio ns in the Green Bay area in the late 1880's, clerical "scuttlebutt" nourished the idea that the Bishop of Green Bay might be inclined to move his diocesan see-city to Oshkosh . When Father Roman Scholter built the present stately St. Mary's Chu rch in that city (dedicated in 1892) the "transfer idea" was given a modicum of respectability. The fact remains that Bishop Katzer did appoint Father James O'Malley (pastor of St. Peter' s, Oshkosh) as a second Vicar General of the diocese in November, 1886. Many would agree that the gothic St. Mary's Church in Oshkosh was fit for a bishop. T he distinction materialized on Feb·· ruary 25, 1954, when Bishop Grellinger arrived as pastor. During this longest of his pastoral te nures - over e leven years - he had the church redecorated , supervised the remodelling of the school (th ree rooms added) and the re building of the lower church. He also expanded the property of the parish. Lourdes Academy (high school) was established in Oshkosh in 1959. Who chai red the committee for construction of this bastion of secondary education? Bishop Grellinger. Two very special celebrations gilded his escutcheon at St. Mary's , Oshkosh. The first in point of time was the grandiose observance of the silver an niversary of his ordination to the 38

priesthood. The date was No vember 30, 1954. The celebration brought priests and laity fro m througho ut the diocese to St . Mary's , O shkosh; the diocesan priests' cho ir challenged the acoustics of high-vaulted St. Mary's almost-cathedral ; a distinguished friend of long-standing, Archbishp Albert Meyer of Milwaukee, delivered the festive homily . The second memorable event was the solemn celebrati on of the centennial of the parish. This paragraph cannot close without me ntion of the classic to uches which he left in the interio r of St. Mary's recto ry. It is well worth a trip to St. Mary's lower church to view the a rtistry of a set of Ita lian Patterini statio ns-of-the-cross. This was his parting gift to the parish. AS A FATH E R OF THE SECOND VATIC AN COUNCIL Due to the fact that Bishop Bo na's failing health allowed him to spend only three wee ks at the Second Vatican Council , it became something close to imperative for Bishop Grellinger to represent the diocese at all four sessions of the council. During the first session (1962) he secured a beach-head at the "Villa Nova" in Rome. His residence for the second session at the Chicago H ouse in R o me was in response to the personal invitation of Cardinal Meyer of Chicago. For the last two sessions (1964 and 1965) he resided at a villa for travellers outside of the City of R ome. A signal advantage of this change of address was that it provided an ideal milieu for associating and confabulating with m any mid-western Ame rican bishops and with quite a few German bishops who had chosen th e same r esidence. "B EA RING DOWN" IN BEAR CREEK On June 18, 1965, at the ripe yo ung age of 65-plus, Bishop Grellinger began his nine-year te nure as pastor of another St. Mary's Parish - at Bear Creek , Wis. The phrase "bearing down " is chosen with admiration aforetho ught. At a n age when many pastors might harbor thoughts of retirement , he launched into a regimen of two parish Masses every Saturday evening and two Sunday mo rning - no t to me ntion matters domestic and janitorial which test the fibre a nd fabric of the small-community padre . One of his first tasks was to sell the congregatio n on the need of church renovation in keeping with Vatican II directives. H e also master-minded the addition of a white steeple to the church exterior and the grading of the grounds. An added incentive for these projects was the forthcoming celebration of the centennial of the parish. He o rchestrated a fitting observa nce of the golden years. The parish was still in de bt for the building of a new school and the renovation of the convent. Capitalizing on an area resource ("cabbage is king"), he initiated the annual Bear Creek " Kraut festival ," and saw the debt disappear. 39

The "Village Green" in Bear Creek must be regarded as yet another memorial to his foresight and ingenuity. The project was his brain-child and was carried to completion by virtue of his promotional talents. Thanks to those same talents, St. Mary's at Bear Creek can boast about a melodic carillon in the bell towe r. He gave up his right to the Christmas collection that particular year in favor of a parish collection for music in the belfry. Another highlight of his years at Bear Creek was the distinction of ordaining a young man of the parish to the priesthood - Father Robert Morneau (now Bishop Morneau). The ordination took place at the cathedral in Green B ay. The following day, May 29, 1966, the Bear Creek community joined Bishop Grellinger , Father Morneau and family and scores of out-of-village priests and laity in the joy and thanksgiving of a First Mass celebration. The newly-ordained remained with him at Bear Creek as Associate Pastor from June to September of that year. DUTIES AND CONCERNS - DIOCESE AND BEYOND "Pastoral," yes, but beyond parish boundaries as well. (Following the death of Msgr. Joseph Marx in Jan uary, 1967, he was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese.) During more than three decades of service in the diocese he has ordained about 100 to the priesthood. He was co-consecrator at the episcopal ordination of his frie nd and school-mate Bishop John Carberry in 1956 (later to become Cardinal Carberry), of Bishop Leo Brust of Milwaukee , of Bishop Mark Schmitt and of Bishop Robert Morneau. H e estimates that he confirmed about 70 ,000, and logged about 225,000 miles in his pastoral duties and administrations. Requests to function as the preacher of the occasion invaded Bishop Grellinger's mail at a rate that must have been both alarming and somewhat presumptuous. When it came to doing a favor to clergy or laity, it was seldom indeed that he could bring himself to pen a negative answer. The re was seldom a disappointment in accomodation never a disappointment in excellence of performance . In the inte rim between the death of Bishop Bona (December 1, 1967) and the arrival of Bishop Wycislo (March 8, 1968) he kept the diocese on an even keel as the diocesan administrator. In keeping wi th Vatican II policies, he submitted his resignation as pastor , and Auxiliary Bishop as the date of his 75 1h birthday (November 5, 1974) drew nigh. The actual date of resignation as pastor was September 22, 1974. Resignation - in his case , a relative term . In residence at St. John 's Parish rectory at Me nasha, Wis., since Septembe r , 1974 (where former associate pastor of St. Joseph's , Oconto days, Father Jerome Watry, reigns as pastor) , he continues to exercise the apostolate of presence at diocesan and parish events and celebrations throughout the diocese. He relishes the opportunity to dispense religio us instruction to several grades in the parish

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schoo l, and celebrates a parish Mass every day. Sometimes the Sunday contribution is two parish Masses. He also accepts a modest schedule of ad ministering the Sacrament of Confirmation . HONORS ALONG THE WAY In what must be one of the longest words in the English literature, Shakespeare has one of his characters use the word "honorificabilitudinitatibus" (Love's Labour Lost) . The word is not defined, but the first half could well apply to Bishop Grellinger - presuming that it could mean " ability to accept honors in good stride." Of a trust, he is "honorificabilis." Among the honors: an honorary degree of Doctor of Letters (LL. D .) from St. Norbert College; the " Mother Seton Award" from Lourdes Academy in Oshkosh; special awards from the Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus and the Serra Club. The nadir of recognition , however, must have been the celebration of the 501h annive rsary of priestly ordination and the 301h of his elevation to episcopal status. There was a family and parish celebration at St. John's in Menasha, but the state occasion was the diocesan cele bration at the cathedral in Green Bay on June 20, 1979. The list of very special guests included John Cardinal Carberry of St. Louis, the late John Cardinal Cody of Chicago, Archbishop William Cousins of Milwaukee , Bishop Aloysius Wycislo , Bishop Mark Schmitt of Marque tte, Mich. , Bishop Cletus O'Donnell of Madison, Bishop Frederick Freking of LaCrosse, Bishop Andrew Grutka of Gary, Ind ., Bishop Robert Morneau , Abbot Sylvester Killeen , 0. Praem, Mayor Victor Wiecki of Menasha, ... Bishop Wycislo delivered the homil y. This was not the " last hurrah ," but a resounding " Alleluia ." Bishop Grellinger has secured a burial plot in St. Mary's Cemetery at Bea r Creek. His memorial stone already has been set and sculpted - all but the last two numerals, " 19_." He writes: "The death date is 19_. If I live to be JOO, I shall have to erase the 19_." According to a reliable legend, someone offered congratulations to the late Pope Leo XIII on his 901h birthday , and added: "May Your Holiness live to be one hundred!" The quickwitted nonagenarian quipped : "And who are you to limit the designs of Divine Providence?" At a staunch and sturdy 83 as of this publication , Bishop Grellinger may have to order the alteration of the fin ale of the inscription "to conform to the designs of Divine Providence." Ad multos . annos et honores!

Monsignor Orville Griese

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Stanislaus Vincent Bona The Most Reverend Stanislaus Vincent Bona, seventh bishop of the diocese and golden jubilarian in the priesthood as of November I , 1963, was born in C hi cago, III . , o n October 1, 1888. H is parents , John Bona and Catherine Smigel, had immigrated to Chicago fro m Drzycim, Pomorze, Poland, in 188 1. Two o f their sons became doctors of medicine, and a third pursued a career in dentistry, but Stanislaus, the fourt h child of their fam il y of seven boys and two girls, followed the inspiring example of his e ldest brother, Thomas, in deciding to dedicate his time and tale nts to God's service . After grad uati ng successively from St. Casimir Parochial School and fro m St. Stanislaus High and College in Chicago, he was chosen to study philosophy and theology at the Propaganda College in Rome , with residence at the North America n College. He became Father Stanislaus Bona at the hands of the Most Rev. Joseph Ceppetelli, Latin Patriarch of Constantinople and Vice-rege nt of Rome , in the church of St. Apollinaris on November 1, 1912. Fortified with doctoral degrees in phi losophy and in theology and with a licentiate in cano n law , Father Bona returned to the Archdiocese of Chicago in August , 1913 , to become assistant at St. Barbara Parish in Chicago. In 19 16, he began a new experience as resident chaplain of the Chicago Ho use of Correction. A new challenge was presented in 1919 when he was appointed to the facu lty of Qui gley Preparatory Seminary in Chicago whe re he taught mathematics, Latin and Polish. The appointment as pastor of his home parish, the populous St. Casimir's came in 1922. During this period , he also served as a member of the Archdiocesan Board of Supervisors of Religious Communities of Women . Recognition of priestly work well done came with the conferri ng of the rank of papal chamberlain with the title of Very Revere nd Monsignor in June , 1931, and with his appointme nt as Bishop of Grand Island , Nebras ka , on December 18 of the same ye ar. Bishop James A . Duffy had resigned from his responsibilities as Bishop of Grand Island on M ay 7, 1931. Monsignor Stanislaus V . Bon a, then onl y 43 yea rs of age , became Bishop in Holy Name Cathedral, Chicago, on February 25, 1932. Cardinal Munde le in , Archbishop of Chicago , was the consecrator. Bishop Paul Peter Rh ode of Green Bay and Bishop Francis Kelly of Winona, Minn., were the 43

co-consecrators. The new bishop's brother , Rt. R ev. Monsignor Thomas Bo na, graced the rite of consecration as presbyter assistant. During his tenure of almost 13 years as Bishop of Grand Island, Ne br. , Bishop Bona guided the fortunes of the diocese through difficult years of crop failure, but succeeded in winning the full cooperation of his people and in turning the tide to a tre nd of material progress so that he could report in his farewell address to the people of the diocese: "Few (parishes) remain with financial obligations and many even saved for future e nte rprises still needed ." Bishop Bona's transfer to the Diocese of Green Bay as coadjutor bishop with the right of succession was dated Decemb'er 2, 1944 . In the same appointment he was named Titular Bishop of Mela. Bishop Rhode had requested a coadjutor due to failing health , and the choice of the Holy See was no t a stranger to the Diocese of G reen Bay. As a personal friend of Bishop Rhode , he had been requested to administer the Sacrament of Confirmation to approximately 35 parishes in the diocese in A pril of 1944, and returned in June of the same year to ordain a class of Franciscans to the priesthood . He arrived in the diocese as coadjuto r bishop on January 17, 1945, paid his respects to Bishop Rhode at Me rcy Hospital in Oshkosh, and then proceeded to Green Bay to assume his new responsibi lities. His formal installation took place in the cathedral at G reen Bay on January 18, 1945. Death brought an end to the memorable episcopate of Bishop Rhode on March 3, 1945. He died at Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh, Wis. Bishop Bona automatically became his successor as Bishop o f G reen Bay. T he sad task of presiding over the pontifical funeral rites for the deceased bishop in St. Francis Xavier Cathedral was performed by the new Bishop of G reen Bay less than two months afte r his own solemn installation in the same cathedral. "GETTING TO KNOW YOU" YEA RS O n his second day as Bishop of Green Bay , Bishop Bona asked Msgr. Joseph Marx to continue on as Vicar Ge neral. T he chancery staff consisted of the legendary Father Delbert Basche and Father Edwin Ocwieja as chancello r and assistant chancellor respectively. " Father Ed" took advantage of the new administration to press for his appointment to a good hunting and fishing parish. In early September, 1945, he becme pastor of St. Ambrose Parish, Wabeno. The assistant chancellor vacancy was filled in the pe rson of Father Orville Griese - fresh from Catholic University , Washington, D .C. 1 1 When Father G riese became the presidi ng judge of the diocesan matrimonia l tribunal (officialis) in July, 195 1, Father Donald Felle r (in chancery service since June, 1946) and Fathe r Charles Duerr were appoin ted as assistant chancello rs. Both became pastors as of Septe mber 26, 1958, and were replaced in chancery service by Father R ichard Verbust and Father Emm et Weber. At the time of Bishop Bona's death , Father Verbust an d Father Ji m Vande n Hogen (repl aced Father Weber in August, 1965) were assista nt cha ncello rs.

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Due to the fi rst indications of wha t turned out to be a brain tumor, Father Basche also sought relief from the tensio ns of chancery service. O n June 24, 1946, he became pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish, DePe re. T he following week , Father Chester Ropella, formerl y professor of canon law and theology at Ss. Cyril and Me thodius Seminary, Orchard Lake , Mich ., became the new chancellor of the diocese. Approximately ni ne months after Bishop Bona had taken a firm hold of the he lm of the diocese , a decree from Rome transferred some 15 parishes and several missions of Portage County to the Diocese of Lacrosse. T his amounted to a decrease of well over 10,000 souls in the population of the Diocese of Green Bay . The new Diocese of Madison, Wis., e merged from this re-shuffling of the boundaries of the archdiocese and dioceses of the State of Wisconsin . This was in December of 1945. This writer reca lls vividly the sad day in late 1945 when a large delegation of the priests of Portage County called at the bishop's residence to say: "We understand that we no longer belong to the Diocese of Green Bay. " They looked like members of a gloom and doom contingent. Yours T ruly bounded up the stairs to relate the spectre and the message to Bishop Bona. His first question was: "Where did they get such information?" When I told him that they had heard the announcement over the radio, he said: " Well , it's true. " He hastened downstairs to console his Po rtage County friends. Sometime later he re marked : "Now I can visit my friends in Portage County." Several priests of Portage County had a long history of close friendship with Bishop Bona and his brother, Msgr. Thomas Bona , of C hicago. Despite the population loss, however, Bishop Bo na lived to see the Catholic population of the diocese increase by about 125,000. A PRIME OBJECTIVE - FOSTERING VOCATIONS Even though Sacred H eart Seminary (Oneida) of blessed memory was a casualty of the stormy aftermath of Vatican Council II , it is safe to suspect that Bishop Bona looked upon the fou nding of o ur own minor seminary as the apogee of his pasto ral effo rts. He was quick to realize that progress on most fronts would have to await a n upward surge in vocations to the priesthood and to the religious life . Early in his tenure as Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay he responded willingly to the persuasion of the late Frank Bruce, outstanding layman of Milwaukee, and encouraged the for mation of Serra C lubs throughout the diocese. He also gave generous support to the effo rts to organize a seminarians' club fo r prospects fo r the priesthood . H e delighted in attending special meetings and activities of that group. A " mutual admi ratio n mystique" arose between him and the Serra C lub members th roughout the diocese. Their zeal and ingenuity in fos tering priestly vocations was nothing short of inspirational. 45

Diocesan students for the priesthood on the minor seminary level were welcome at the Salvatorian Seminary in St. Nazianz, St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee and St. Lawrence Seminary in Mt. Calvary. Starting in the late 1940's, however, the rectors of these seminaries had to predict that they could provide less and less reservations for the diocese. These were the blessed years when God's call was heeded generously throughout the land . The bishop was forced to conclude that the diocese had to have its own seminary. The beginnings were of pioneer cast - the original seminary staff of four took over the complex of eleven venerable buildings known formerly as the Guardian Angel Home in Oneida, Wis. The late Father Leo Ott (forme rly in charge of the " Home") served as procurator. The teaching staff consisted of Father Orville Griese (rector) , Father Gordon G ilsdorf (Vice·· rector) and Father Al Lison (spiritual director). Father Emmet We ber as.. sisted the original foursome as a part-time teacher of mathe matics. Seventy six young men enrolled as high-school freshmen that first yea r - September, 1953. Bishop Bona lived to ordain te n of that number to the priesthood in 1965. Enrollments had to be restricted in 1954 and in 1955 due to limited facilities. In October of 1953, the architectural firm of Foeller, Schober, Berners, Safford and Jahn of Green Bay had been engaged to draw up plans for a new seminary. That decision to build took courage - and faith in the priests and faith .. ful of the diocese . A $631 ,000 addition to St. Joseph's H ome in Green Bay was under way at the time (dedicated in June, 1954); fund drives were under way for other major construction projects such as the present St. Vincent's Hospital and Premontre High School in Green Bay. Ground-breaking for the new seminary took place on September 7, 1954. Portions of the new construction were pressed into service by the e nd of 1955. The eleven buildings of the "Guardian Angel" complex were torn down, one by o ne, as the con·struction proceeded . Every six months or so, this writer , as rector , had to approach the bishop to request permission to have anothe r building or two dismantled. The day came to make that request with regard to the "old seminary" building. Bishop Bona me t the request with his delightful sly sense of humor. Whe n I said: " Bishop , the time has come to tear down the main seminary building," he feigned a frown for a few seconds and said: " All right - tear it down! " Then, with an impish glint in his eye, he stared at me and added: " . . . the old one!" T he new seminary buildings were blessed and dedicated by the Apostolic Delegate to the U.S ., Archbishop Amleto G . Cicognani (later Cardinal Cicognani and Papal Secretary of State) on September 3, 1957. The total cost of construction and furnishings was slightly in excess of $2,000,000. TWENTY-FOUR NEW PARISHES IN TWENTY-TWO YEAR S The first of twelve "brand new" parishes established during Bishop Bona's tenure was St. Agnes in Green Bay (June 18, 1953). The litany of 46

growth co ntinues as follows: in 1956, H oly Red eeme r. Two Rivers, St. Jude's a nd St. Be rn ard 's in Gree n Bay ; in 1957, St. Pius X , Apple to n; in 1959, St. Gabriel's, Neena h ; in 1960 , St. B ern ad e tte 's, A ppleton; in 1963, St . Thomas More, A p ple to n and Resurrectio n in Allouez; in 1964 , Na tivit y in A shwaubenon a nd St. Al oysius, Ka uk a una; in 1966 (s lightl y less th a n 15 mo nths before the death of Bishop Bo na) , St. Be rnard's, App le ton. He did have the gift of fo resight , a nd a n e nviab le ta le nt fo r negotiat ing th e adva nce purc hase of land for t he new parishes a t t he right price, place a nd time . Be tween 1946 a nd 1966 , he a lso ra ised twelve missio ns to the sta tus o f a pa rish. The first was St. W e nce l's o f Neva ; th e last , St. Pa trick's o f Ste phe nsville . The la tte r fe lt th e magic o rga ni zati o nal touc h o f th e la te Msgr . Jo hn B. G e hl - fo rm e rl y rector o f th e cathedral p arish ( 1944- 1966). PHENOM EN AL EXPAN SION ON O TH E R FRONTS An a rticle by Fath e r William Stengel a nd Do n Cox in a special issue of the Green Bay Register in post-morte m tri bute to Bisho p Bona ( Decembe r 8, 1967 , p 4 , secti o n 2) includes two brief paragra phs which sketch a phe nomenal response to ed ucatio n needs. The fi rst paragraph: "Sixty-seven new grade schools we re d edica ted s ince 1945. Some fo rty-fi ve o th e rs added mo re classrooms and new facilities to taling nea rl y te n millio n do lla rs ." T he second paragraph: " Parish conve nt constructi o n has boo med during th e pas t 22 yea rs as sixty-three new faci lities we re built a nd seventee n o thers underwent major addi tio ns." In the majority o f cases , this mea ns th a t a n o ld school o r con vent was replaced wit h new constructio n - but what a magnificent response to rising e n rollme nts! A cco rd ing to a 1978 pu blicatio n of t he D iocesan De p artme nt o f Educati o n (1 928-1978, Fifty Y ears of Partnersh ip), total e nro llm e nt in Catholic eleme nta ry a nd high schoo ls in 1965 was double th e 1945 fi gure (52,093 vs 26,028) . On th e high school level, this challe nge was me t wi t h th e additio n of four new schools (St. G regory in St. Nazianz, Xavier in Appleto n, Lo urdes in O shk osh , Roncalli in Ma nitowoc-Two Ri vers) and the t ra nsfer o f three established high schools to new locatio ns and facil ities (Premon tre in Green Bay, Catho lic Central in Marine tte , Abbot Pe nnings in De Pe re). All this was done w ith the acti ve inte rest a nd e ne rgetic e nco urage me nt o f th e chie f she phe rd o f th e di ocese - Bisho p Bo na . Tha t same e piscopa l inte rest a nd e nco urage me nt was a prime co ntributing facto r in the constructi o n o f th e $3 ,300 .000 Ho ly Fam il y College a t Alve rno near Ma nitowoc (blessed o n D ecembe r 4, 1960) and t he expa nsio n p rogra m of St. Norbert's College , D ePere; in p rovidi ng cha plains a nd fac iliti es fo r Ne wman Cl ubs ( beginning with t he o ne a t O shkosh in 1960) at majo r secular institutio ns of highe r learning th rou gho ut th e di ocese; in the drama tic increase in hospital facilities d iocesewidc to a n estimated total o f $35,000,000 ; in growth o f the lay-re treat move me nt at th e Ho ly Na me

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Retreat House on Chambers Island (as of 1951), at Monte Alverno in Appleton , at the Jesuit Retreat House in Oshkosh (as of 1961) and at other parttime retreat locations ; in the efforts of the Catholic Charities offices of the diocese to adjust their social welfare programs to new, emerging needs; in the continuation of the commendable projects of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women; in advancing the objectives of the Catholic Rural Life Conference; in establishing a very successful program of marriage-preparation courses throughout the diocese. With regard to the last-mentioned program , which extended both to engaged couples and married couples, a hi-light for the Bishop must have been the Sunday afternoon in the late 1940's, when he addressed over 800 couples in the WBA Y auditorium in Green Bay. SEVERAL VERY SPECIAL INTERESTS In all probability, Bishop Bona rated the need of a diocesan paper as a very high priority. He spoke of it often . He must have pondered well an offer from his friend , Archbishop Kiley of Milwaukee, to tie in with the Milwaukee archdiocesan paper. His preference for the Denver Register chain of Catholic editions prevailed. Father Orville Janssen became the founding editor. He was sent to Denver , Colorado, for the better part of a year to absorb the professionalism of the Register School of Journalism. The first edition of the Green Bay Register (now the Green Bay Compass) appeared on November 2 , 1956. After a decade of distinguished service, Father Janssen turned the editor's quill over to his capable associate editor, Fathe r William Stengel. Several outstanding special issues (seminary dedication ; Bishop Bona's anniversaries; diocesan centennial , etc.) stand as monuments to Bishop Bona's place in diocesan history. He had a special fondness for the work of the St. Vincent de Paul societies. All but a few of such parish units had been discontinued back in Bishop Rhode's day when the diocesan Catholic charities was organized (1918). Bishop Bona kept up a quiet campaign to increase the number of St. Vincent de Paul societies. He took genuine de light in attending and addressing diocesan gatherings of St. Vincent de Paul men . He also admired the work of the Legion of Mary apostolate. In September, 1961 , he appointed Father Frank Melchior as first director of the Legion of Mary. Another of his favorites was the diocesan program for the migrant farm workers. The late Father Cornelius Moynihan , a fascinating son of St. Patrick who had worked among the Hispanics for many years in Bishop Bona's former diocese of Grand Island, was put in charge of the program in 1949. Three other dedicated workers in the program who gave generously of their time and talents as seminarians - Richard Gilsdorf, Anthony Dolski and Duane Dionne - went on to be ordained for the diocese. It is doubtful that Bishop Bona ever passed up an opportunity to address the migra nt workers in Spanish at special Masses and gatherings of the gro up. 48

THE GLORY AND THE AGONY OF FIDELITY TO DUTY There were moments of glory - that is, events of deep pe rsona l satisfaction. On August 18, 1947, he presided at the solemn blessing of Abbot Sylveste r M. Killeen, 0. Praem ., on a very hot day in the gymnasium of St. Norbert College , DePere. On July 14, 1949, in St. John's Cathedral in Milwaukee, he participated as co-consecrator (with Archbishop Kiley of Milwaukee and Bishop Meyer of Superior - late r Cardinal of Chicago) in the elevation of Bishop John B. Grellinger to the episcopal dignity. Less than three weeks later (August 2nd) he welcomed him as the auxiliary bishop of Green Bay in a heartwarming ceremony in the cathedral of Green Bay . There was his trip to Rome in October, 1949, to report to Pope Pius XII on the state of the diocese. In 1945 , and again in 1949, 1958 and 1962, he relished the satisfaction of celebrating the admission of a total of fo rtyone priests of the diocese to the honorary rank of monsignor . On April 22, 1953, he again participated as co-consecrator in the consecration of a bishop; this time , it was Thomas J. Danehy of the Maryknoll Fathers (a native of Manitowoc) who received episcopal honors. The event took place in Holy Innocents Church , Manitowoc. A second trip to Rome to report to the Holy Father took place in October, 1959. This time he reported to amiable Pope John XXIII. On November 22nd of the same year (1959), he had the singular honor of celebrating one of the solemn pontifical masses at the consecration of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington , D.C. It must have been a spiritual joy but a physical trial for him to spend three weeks in attendance at the second session of the Second Vatican Council in late 1963. During those three weeks of failing health he stayed at the Salvator Mundi H ospital in Rome with a few other Wisconsin bishops. He was still a man of vigor in late 1961 when the annual Bishop's Charities game was initiated - definitely a source of deep pe rsonal satisfaction. There was a warm bond of friendship between Bishop Bona and the legendary mentor of the Gree n Bay Packers , Vincent Lombardi. These two sports fa ns "cooked up" the annual Bishop's Charities Game which generated hundreds of thousands of dollars fo r diocesan cha rity projects over the past twenty-plus years. Yes, he was an avid sports fa n of "catholic" taste - baseball , football , wrestling, "you name it ... " perhaps baseball deserves first me ntion - the fa mily home in Chicago was not far from the home turf of the Chicago C ubs. When the eq uipme nt was available , he preferred to re lax by having several television sets going at one time. He rated high with the ladies of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women. His annual visit to their summer camp for girls at Loon Lake (near Shawano) was something special - usua lly accompa nied by the late Msgr. John J . Loerke of St. John 's Parish , Green Bay. Even double-pneumonia would not have prevented Msgr. Loerke from a prompt " All right, Bishop! " 49

when the call came to visit the camp. Speaking of being a "fan ," the term applies eminently to his interest and participation in major events of the diocesan Ho ly Name societies and the activities of the Knights of Columbus. He was an active member of the Holy Name Society, the Knights of Columbus, and the Third Order of St. Francis (singularly honored by the latter group) . He was by no means an "ivory tower" bishop. His door was open just as wide for the personal problems of the laity (marital or otherwise) as for the discussion of the personal needs of his priests. His delight and dete rminatio n was to be available to all . . . until the very end . Surely, the day of the blessing and dedication of Sacred Heart Seminary in Oneida on the Feast of St. Pius X 1h(September 3, 1957), was one of his "glory days." Another was the triduum of celebrations, June 16-18, 1959, marking the dedication of the present St. Norbert Abbey between Green Bay and DePere . Of a more personal nature; the grandiose celebration of his silver jubilee as bishop in the cathedral , G reen Bay, on May 7, 1957. Formal notice arrived from Rome that he had been honored with the designation as an Assistant at the Papal Throne. His friend, the late Cardinal Stritch of Chicago, joined eight archbishops and twenty-three bishops in gracing the occasion . Even greater preparations went into the plans to celebrate a double anniversary - comme morating fifty years as a priest and thirty years as a bishop. The festive day was August 22, 1962. A personal letter from Pope John XXIII added warmth to the occasion . Through the wonders of television, the majority of the faithful of the diocese could witness the memorable pontifical Mas and ceremonies at the cathedral. Bishop Bona must have endured the festive events with a heavy heart. The following week he submitted to major surgery at St. Vincent H ospital in Green Bay for the removal of an intestinal malignancy. H e lived with the double cross of cancer and his rare determination to continue his duties and responsibilities for five long and lingering years. That determination prodded him to attend the second session of the Second Vatican Council in Rome in late 1963. The diocese was represented by Bishop Grellinger at a ll four sessions of the Council. Thanks to the devoted ministrations of Sister Mary Henry of the domestic staff at his residence and others, periods of hospitalization could be held down to a minimum. At his residence, his ab ility to carry on was facilitated by the installation of an elevator. Later on , a temporary altar was set up in his living room for the celebration of daily Mass. He summoned the courage again and again to preside at confirmatio ns, ordina ti ons, special dedications and celebratio ns often with embarrassing interludes due to his weakened physical condition. Even when he had to return to St. Vincent's Hospital in Green Bay , meetings were held and de liberations and decisions on diocesan matters were made as if he were still in his own residence. He received the final call from the Divine Master on December 1, 1967. A packed and hushed St. Francis 50

Xavier Cathedral was the scene of his sole mn fune ral liturgy on December 61h. He lies buried under a marble slab next to the grave of Bishop Rhode beneath the extended arms of a massive Carrara-marble cross. The small triangular lot is located near the Webster Street entrance to Allouez Catholic Cemete ry - "where the people will pray for me." AN ATTE MPT AT A PE RSONALITY PORTRAIT E nough of facts and figures, bricks and mortar. The true measure of the man can be traced only by probing into the e nduring and endeari ng endowments and qualities of the man behind the facts and figures. To accomplish this, it will be necessary to abandon the third-pe rson testimonial. The following is set forth by one who live d in the bishop's residence fo r nine years and worked closely with Bishop Bona in behalf of priestly vocations and seminary training fo r 17 of his 22 years as spiritual leader of the Diocese of Green Bay. HE WAS A MAN OF PROFOUND FAITH Even in those pre-Vatican II days, Bishop Bona had a sensitive ear for anything which might be construed as unorthodox teaching. His first loyalty was to God and the gospel of C hrist Jesus. His concern for religious teaching was manifested by his close attention to the content of re ligious instruction throughout the diocese; by the publication of printed sermon outlines fo r many years; by his clear and precise pastoral letters year after year especially on the sensitive subjects of repentance and selfden ial (Lent) and marriage laws and guidelines; by his insiste nce that every speaker on the subject of marriage and morals at the diocese-wide " happiness in ma rri age" courses fo llow a summary of church teachings on the subject as approved pe rsonally by the bishop. Many times , when I had to re lay some request or message to him at his quarters on the second floor of his residence, I found him walking the floo r , hands behind his back , fin gering the be ads of the rosary. Those who were close to him during the fina l months of his illness relate that he requested quite ofte n that someone stand by to witness his repetition of the profession of fait h. He not only prayed but lived "T hy will be done." His deep faith disposed him to insist on fidelity to authority and to propriety. When it came to special cere monies at the cathedral or solution to theological or canonical matters, his attitude was , in effect: "Look it up . the way it should be done is the way we will do it." H E WAS PRIMARILY A PRIESTS' BISHOP Abstracting fro m the recurrent discussion as to whether a spiritual leader can be both a priests' bishop and a layman's bishop in equal measure, there is ample evidence that Bishop Bona catered to the needs and sensi51

tivities of his fellow priests. He could summon the stamina to dispense words of reproof or correction to younger priests when the situation required it, but it was pa inful for him to exe rcise that same responsibility with regard to those who had served long years in the priesthood. He treated his priests with courtesy and kindness because he thought kindly of them . Harsh words of co mpla int or criticism simply remained locked in his vocabulary . A ny sensitive information communicated to him re mained cloaked in sacred confidentiality. If a priest needed care o r treatment for a weakness anywhere from arrogance to " bottle-ism" to "zucchetoo-ism," it was handled with exquisite empathy. His fidelity in visiting the sick and elderly membe rs of the clergy was admirable. He was not one to inflate a fellow priest with freque nt or fa ncy words of praise. His attitude in this regard seemed to be based on the parable of Jesus re lated in St. Luke's gospe l: " We have done no more than our duty." (XVII , 10). H e was equally reticent in pronouncing words of reproof and blame. H ow can I forget the incident at a confirmation cere mony in St. Willebrord's C hurch , Green Bay, back in 1945! I was a green master of ceremonies, and had motioned the servers to remove the bishop 's chair. Suddenly he put o n his mitre and proceeded to assume a sitting position - horror of horrors! The late Father James Wagner, 0. Praem . grabbed the bishop under one arm a nd I seized the other arm . For a fe w anxious seconds, a bishop was suspe nde d by two clerics. Not a word of reprimand from the bishop either then or thereafter. He merely smiled some years late r when one of the men from St. Wille brord's teased me about "trying to kill our new bishop." HE BO RE HIS OWN BU RDENS - JOYFU LLY AND COU RAGEO USLY T o a ll outwa rd appearances, Bishop Bona was free of the trauma of moodiness or periods of depression . He we nt out of his way to maintain a spirit of peace and harmony in his househo ld and in his relationships with priests and laity. O n one occasion , whe n a slight tinge of acrimony a rose over a discussion at his table , he restored harmony by saying loudly and solemnly: " I' m changi ng the subject ." There were no personne l boards in those pre-Vatican II days. The heavy task of we ighing the pre fere nces and qualifications of individual priests before ma king appointments was his alone. Except for a request now and the n to "call Father X and have him come in to see me," he was not disposed to expect others to share the burden (and often the agony) of making such decisions. One fin e morning he would bring his rough-typed list of appointments down to the first floor office and say: " Here - type the m out for my signature ." T he clerical sleuths who specia lized in the guessing game had precious few clues for fi rming up the ir predictions. He served joyfully. His heavy step - ofte n two ste ps at a time in asce nding the stairs - and his occasiona l whistling or rugged baritone singing could be heard throughout the house. We did not sit 52

down to breakfast until the bishop appeared. He could be heard long before he was seen - bounding down the stairs (often with a fistful of cigars for his moderate use a nd for hospitality) - always in good humor. One day at table he held a cigarette between his thumb and index finger and said "this is my last cigare tte." Later that morning, he unloaded his full supply of cigarettes to one of the visiting priests who expressed an interest in his offer. On occasion, he would give up his "one or two cigars a day" for several weeks. When asked if he was giving up smoking, his attitude was "No - just showing who is boss. " He also had the pruden t policy of never indulging in strong drink when he was alone. Rarely, when some tough problem or challenge was unde r discussion , he would say in a teasing voice: "and you think that you have problems." His greatest challe nge was the gradual realization that he was a victim of cancer. The salient point is not that he died of cancer , but that he lived with cancer knowingly fo r five years without foisting his sufferings on to othe rs and without wavering in his determination to continue the discharge of his responsibilities. One day in 1962 when I was leaving after visiting with him regarding some seminary matte rs, he stood at the screen door (I was already outside) and announced calmly: "You know , I have an operation coming up for cancer." Knowing that he indulged now and the n in teasing and kidding, I laughed slightly. "It's nothing to laugh at, " he said , " it's serious. " Then he added: " Well, I am resigned . But I to ld them that I do not want to be buried in that bishops mausoleum." Trying to recoup my respectability, I ventured: "You should be buried among the priests in Allouez Cemetery." His quick answer was: "No - I want to be buried among the people so they will pray for me." HE REALLY WORKED AT THE VIRTUE OF HUMILITY With all of the constructio n projects throughout his twenty-two years as Bishop of Green Bay , suggestions were made now and the n to name some building or institution after Bishop Bona. His stand was definite and clear: "I will build no monuments." He admired the humility of his elder brother, the Jate Msgr. Thomas Bona . A special edition of the Green Bay Register on the occasion of Bishop Bona's 501h anniversary of ordination (August 17, 1962 edition , p. 19) quotes the bishop as saying o n the day of his consecration as bishop with regard to his brother: "He has been a shining example of priestly life, the one who I always tried to imitate and who I consider better than myself, the one who going before me all these years now humbly steps aside and allows me to pass."

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The final words of this testimonial have been interpreted by some to mean that Msgr. Thomas Bona first was considered for episcopal honors, but that he defe rred in favo r of his younge r bro ther. If the interpretation is true, it pr.o vides a touching lesson in elder brother humility. It was always an inspiration to note that when Tom visited his brother at the residence in Green Bay, he would meet him by falling on one knee to shake his hand and kiss his ring. There is also a lesson in humility to note that Bishop Bona preferred the simple joys of life. When he first moved into his quar ters at his residence in Green Bay , he was content with a reading chair of ancie nt vintage - a massive top-heavy wooden rocker with leather padding on seat and back. He also lacked a suitable reading la mp . It was either in 1945 or 1946 when the priests of the chancery staff a nd diocesan offi ce building presented him with a proper easy chair and floor-lamp as Christmas gifts. H e relished his vacatio n days when he could spe nd time with Msgr. Tom at the ir rambling log cabin in Minong, Wis. (near Spoone r in the Diocese of Supe rior). T hose who have been guests of the bishop at the cabin can testify that the facilities and furnishings de finitely were of Spartan inspiration. One of his favorite pastimes was to pick mushrooms. A close second was simply to amble through the stands of jack pines at Minong. Both brothers were so much at home in the north country of the Diocese of Superior that the bishop remarked more than once that he would not mind at all if he had to transfer to the Diocese of Supe ri or. The two brothers loved to recall the days when their father accompanied them to the cabin - how the old gent enjoyed meeting his old cronies up in the northwoods country every year. Bishop Bona's humility became clouded just a mite when he spoke of his ability to whip up a creditable batch of pota to pancakes. His faithful cook at his residence , Si ster Fridolin , often apologized for the high cost of meats in particular. Whe n the monthly stateme nts arrived , she often appeared at the doorway of the chancery office to say: "Too expensive, Bishop! " One day, the bishop decided to make his own polish sausage . He demonstrated his know-how in cutting up the meat, running it through the grinde r, seasoning it , squeezing it into casings, etc. Since all of the ingredients we re of prime quality , however , he e nded up by pro nouncing the expe riment as "too expensive ," - but the sausage was "fi t fo r a bishop" (delicious). One final indication of Bishop Bona's hold on humility is fo und in the simple card which he sent me unde r date of decembe r 31, 1962. H e wrote the note in long-hand to thank me fo r the labor involved in compiling the original In His Vineyard. He added : " I thank you ever so much fo r dedicating the book to me. About the only criticism - you were too generous in writing of the Jubilaria n Bishop ." 54

The above personality portrait is intended as a proper commentary on the words which appeared in the editorial sectio n of the New World (official weekly of the Archdiocese of Chicago) on the occasion of Bisho p Bona's designation as Bishop of Grand Island , Nebraska: "He is a man of rare simplicity of character. . . H e is deeply sympathetic and possesses profound understanding. His zeal is vouched for by both his life and his deeds. His sanctity is the kind that strives to hide itself in becoming humility."

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Paul Peter Rhode 1915-1945

The Most Reve re nd Paul Peter Rhode, sixth bishop of the diocese, was born at Wejherowe in Prussian Poland in September, 1871. His father, August Rhode, died when Paul was only one year old. His mother, the former Christine Kerschbaum, brought her son to Ame rica six years later , and settled in Chicago. After graduating from St. Stanislaus School in Chicago, the future bisho p enrolled successively at St. Mary College, Kentucky, St. Ignatius College in Chicago, and at St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee. He was ordained by Archbishop Katze r for the Archdiocese of Chicago on June 17, 1894 . After serving as assistant at St. Adalbert Parish in Chicago, Father Rhode was assigned to o rganize Ss . Peter and Paul Parish in the same city. His transfer to the large St. Michael Parish as pastor in 1897 brought out his native abilities of leadership and administration , and won fo r him the unusual distinction of being chosen as Titular Bishop of Barca and Auxiliary to the Archbishop of Chicago in 1908 at the age of only 36. He was consecrated at the cathedral in Chicago on July 29, 1908, the feast of his patrons, Ss. Peter and Paul, with Archbishop James Quigley of Chicago as the consecrator, a nd Bishop Peter J. Muldoon and Bishop Joseph Koudelka, the auxiliary bishops of Chicago and Milwaukee respectively, as co-consecrators. Seven years later, on July 5, 1915, he succeeded the late Bishop Fox as Bishop of Green Bay. During his long te nure of almost thirty years at the helm of the diocese, Bishop Rhode witnessed the growth of the Catholic population from approximately 147 ,000 to 193,000. He proved himself equal to the challe nge of providing for the varied needs of his expanding jurisdiction. He is credited with the following significant achieveme nts: the founding of 10 new parishes and of 19 new parochial schools; the planning and perfecting of the present organization of the Diocesan Charities and of the Diocesan Department of Education; the promulgation of new diocesan statutes following the Fourth Diocesan Synod which he had conve ned at the cathedral in Green Bay from 56

December 14th to l 61h , 1920; the reorganization of the Leo Be nevolent A ssociation in behalf of sick and retired priests of the diocese , in 1921; the successful la unching of a Diocesan Charities Campa ign in 1921; promotion o f the founding of the summe r school fo r teacher training at St. Norbert College, DePere, in 1934 ; construction of the Diocesan Office Building in Green B ay in 1938 . Bishop Rhode's name is associated with the founding or expansion of a variety of diocesan institutions. In 1921 he concluded an agreeme nt with the U.S. Gove rnment where by the grounds and buildings of the Indian School at O neida became the property of the diocese. The Gua rdian Angel Boarding School grew out of this transactio n , a nd furnished Catholic training to thousands of boys and girls up to the year 1953 when the locatio n became the site of Sacred Heart Seminary. The McCormick Memorial H ome fo r the Aged at Gree n Bay, the C rippled Childrens' Home at Robinsonville and the Catholic Girls' Camp at Loon Lake we re also promoted and pressed into service thanks to the interest and foresight of Bishop Rhode. U nder his administration , a new home fo r infants and a laundry and power plant combination were e rected on the grounds of St. Joseph Orphan A sylum ( now St . Joseph H ome) in Green Bay in the year 1929. Few prelates of his day could equal Bishop Rhode in dignity of manner and person al appearance. He was every inch the bishop , eve rywhe re and at all times . The same admirable quality characterized his public sermo ns and informal talks, so tha t he usually gave the most me morable discourse at any assemblage of speakers. His mastery of phrase and diction , without benefit of script o r memorized message, made the E nglish language a powerful ally fo r him in the exercise of his episcopal responsibilities. An equally dignified sense of good humor preserved this paternal bishop from any ta int of ivorytower civility. His practice of administerin g the Sacrament of Confi rmation Sunday after Sunday was but one indication o f his full-time dedication to the duties of his high office. A combination of illnesses plagued Bishop Rhode during the last few years of his life. Sickness had been a st ranger to him during his long years in the episcopacy, and the appearance of a combinatio n of ills just as he had adjusted to his 70's, must have presented a trying challenge to a man of his robust constitution. H e bo re the trials with resignation , and finally entered Mercy Hospital in Oshkosh , Wis ., for the final bout against the crue l combination of advancing age and relentless illness. His burden of responsibilities was lessened on D ecember 2, 1944, whe n the H oly See assigned Bishop Stanislaus V. Bona to the Diocese of Gree n Bay as co-adjuto r bishop with the right of succession. Bishop Rhode died at Oshkosh on March 3, 1945. His remains were laid to rest on a promine nt triangular lot located near the entra nce of Allo uez Cemete ry in Green Bay. Monsignor Orville Griese 57

Most Reverend

Joseph John Fox 1904-1914

The Most Reverend Joseph John Fox , the first diocesan-born bishop of the diocese , was born at Green Bay on August 2, 1855. His parents , Paul Fox and Catherine Frances Bartell , came to America in 1840, and were among the first German settlers in Gree n Bay. Their eldest daughter later became the prioress of the Dominican Convent of St. Catherine at Racine, Wis. Joseph was their third child. After having completed his e lementary education at the pro-cathedral school (old St. Mary's) , he e nrolled at St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee fo r the study of the classics. He was sent to Europe to complete his preparation for the priesthood; philosophy at Bastoyne, Belgium , and theology at the American College of the University of Louvain, Belgium. He was ordained at Malines, Belgium, on June 7, 1879. Upon his return to the diocese , Father Fox reported to Bishop Krautbauer and was put in charge of St. Kilian Congregation at New Franken. Seven months later , in May, 1880, he was summoned to Gree n Bay to become secretary to the bishop and pastor of St. John Parish. While in charge of St. John's, from May , 1880, to August 31, 1883, he directed the construction of a rectory and opened St. John School in the old cathedral school building. His eleven-year tenure as pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Marinette, began on August 31 , 1883 . During this period, he endeared himself to both the Catholics and the no n-Catholics of the Marinette area, and advanced the material welfare of the parish particul arl y with the construction of a brick-veneered six-room school. In August, 1894, he was recalled to Green Bay by Bishop Messmer to become fourth vicar general of the diocese with residence at the Bishop's House. As vicar ge neral, he supervised the construction of St. Joseph Orphan Asylum from May , 1895 , to March , 1896. In July, 1898, the vicar general became the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Fox. Apparently this was the first time that such a title had been conferred upon a priest of the Diocese of Green Bay. After Bishop Messmer was appointed to his new responsibilities as Archbishop of Milwaukee, effective 58

as of November 28, 1903, Monsignor Fox became Pope Leo XIII's choice as the Fifth Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay . Archbishop Messmer was the consecrator when Monsigno r Fox was e levated to the episcopal dignity at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay on July 25, 1904. The co-consecrators were Bishop William Stang of Fall River, Mass ., and Bishop Frederick Eis of Marquette , Mich. During Bishop Fox' s ten years as bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay , the Catholic population grew from approxi mate ly 130,000 to approximately 147,000. T he roster of diocesan priests rose from 141 to 172 . He delighted in telling others that he had "good priests," and the feeling on the part of the clergy was mutual wit h regard to the ir bishop. Gains were consolidated both on the spiritual and on the material fronts. For reasons of health , howeve r, he felt obliged to resign his high office . The resignation was effective as of D ecember 4, 1914 , and the ailing pre late was named T itular Bishop o f Ionopolis a nd administrator of the diocese. The towering stature of this Man of God is etched in the pastora l letter which he addressed to his priests o n the occasion of his resignation: You have no doubt by this time received information of the fact th at last May, while in Rome, I handed in my resignation as Bishop of Green Bay , and that by letter received a few days ago, my resignation has been accepted by the Holy See. Must I state the reason for this no doubt unexpected action on my part? When my predecessor, Archbishop Messmer, was promoted to Milwa ukee, I somewhat feared the consequences , for we were , and thank God , have ever re mained faithful fri ends and brothers. Realizing the poor condition of my health , not to me ntion my utter unworthiness, I begged him not to allow my name to go on the list for Green Bay; but not o nl y he but you , dear brothers, brought about what I dreaded , my appointment. In the same le tter to his priests, Bishop Fox stated that he decided to resign because his physical condition had deteriorated to such an extent that he dreaded "the possibility of becoming a burden and unfit for any work ." He submitted to an operation for a ma lignancy, but fai led to rally in the post-operative stages and died at the Alexian Brothers' Hospita l in Chicago , III ., on March 14, 1915 , - less than four months after his resignation . His remains rest in the Fox Mausoleum on the grounds of Allouez Cemetery at Green Bay.

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Most Reverend

Sebastian G. Messmer 1892-1903

The small village of Goldach , situate d near La ke Constance in northern Switzerland , was the birthplace of the fo urth bishop of the diocese, the Most Reverend Sebastian Gebhard Messmer. The date was August 29, 1847 . His mothe r, the form er Rose Baumgartner, died whe n Sebastian , the eldest of five children , was only ten years old . His fathe r, Sebastian Messme r , Sr. , did well fina ncia lly as a farmer and innkeepe r , a nd indulged in a thirst for education which equipped him to serve his community in positions of trust and influe nce. This self-made man, described in o ne source as "ruggedly independent , yet honorable and kind," served as a member of the Catholic Administrative Council , and also represented his district in the Swiss G eneral A ssembly. He died in the prime of life. Sebastian, Jr., pursued his high school studies at nearby Rorschach , a nd in 1861 transferred to the diocesan preparatory semina ry, St. George College, near St. G a ll , Switzerland , to begin his climb to the priesthood . The year 1866 found him enrolled at the U nive rsity of Innsbruck in the Austrian Tyrol , where he studied philosophy and theology . During these years he gave serious thought to dedicating his life to the service of the foreign missions. In all probability his eve ntual decision to turn his youthful apostolic ambitions in the direction of the American missions was prompted in large measure by a visit of Bishop J ames Roosevelt Bayley, of Newark , N .J. T his American prelate stopped off at the U nvie rsity of Innsbruck in 1869, and his message to the students made a deep impression on the youn g Sebastian Messmer . The fo rmality of incardinatio n into the Diocese of Newark, N .J. , took place soon after the visit of Bishop Bayley , and the theologian became Fathe r Messme r at Innsbruck , A ustria , on Jul y 23, 1871 , at the hands of Bishop Z uber, O .F.M. Cap., a missionary bishop of India. A good friend since high school days, the Rev. O tto Z ardetti, preached the sermon at Father Messme r's fi rst Mass in his home village of Goldach, Switzerland.

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T his lifelo ng priest-frie nd later became in successio n the Bishop of St. C lo ud , Minn. , and the Archb ishop of Bucharest, Rumania. Upo n his arrival in Am erica in O ctober, 1871, Fath er Messme r repo rted to Bishop Bayley and was appointed professor o f theology at Seton Hall , the diocesan seminary of the Diocese of Newark , N .J ., located at South Orange, N .J . During his 18 years o n the fac ul ty of the semina ry, he not o nl y expanded his teaching fie lds to incl ude sacred scri pture and canon law , but also engaged in pastoral work in the Newark area. His growing re putati o n as a teacher and a uthor brought new respo nsibilities: as assistant secreta ry of th e Prov incial Co uncil o f New Yo rk (published his Praxis Synoda/is in 1883) ; as a me mbe r of the comm issio n of e ight theologians who prepared a draft of decrees for conside rati o n by the Plenary Co uncil of Baltimore in 1884; as secretary of the same plenary co un cil. In recognition of his collaboratio n in prepari ng the decrees of the Plenary Council of Baltimore fo r publication , he was awarded an honorary doctorate of divi nity by Pope Leo XIII in 1885. The ca ll to join the facu lty of the Cath o lic U ni ve rsity of America in Washingto n , D. C., as professo r of canon law, came to Father Messmer in 1889. In order to prepare himself for his new respo nsibilities , he jo urneyed to Ro me in August of th e same year and enro lled at the Apo llinaris College. He was awarded his licentiate in canon law in June , 1890, and began his teaching career at the Catholic U niversity of America the following Septembe r. In Decembe r , 1891, he was notified of his appointme nt as successor to Bishop Katze r as Bishop of Green Bay. He was somewhat acq ua inted with th e Wisconsin scene. His younger brothe r, Joseph (Fathe r Gabriel Mess me r , O .F . M. Cap.), late r provincial of the Capuchin Order, had been statio ned a t Mt. Calvar y, Wis. , and late r at Mil waukee. The appointme nt to the episco pal dignity, howeve r , came as a shock to th e scho larly Father Sebastian Messme r. He felt that he was more qua lified to serve the best inte rests of the church by continuing in his aposto late of teaching. His e fforts to persuade Archbishop Corriga n of New York and Card inal G ibbo ns of Ba ltimore to avert his promotion to the e piscopacy were witho ut success. His consecrati o n took place on May 27, 1892, in St. Peter C hurch, Newark, N.J . While teaching at Seton Hall seminary , he had served this la rge city parish with d istinctio n fo r severa l years. His close frie nd , Bishop Otto Zardetti , was the consecrator. Bishop John Keane of the Catho lic Unive rsity of A merica and Bishop Win and Wigge r of Newark , N .J ., (fo rmerly of Seton Hall Seminary) were the co-consecrators. On April 7 , 1892, he took acti ve cha rge of th e Diocese of G reen Bay. It appeared that th e new bishop was disposed to se lect Father Ri cklin , an acquaintance of Catholic U niversity days, as hi s vicar ge nera l. Whe n he learned , however , that some of th e o lde r pries ts of the d iocese felt strongly th at the respo nsibility sho uld 61

be e ntrusted to a native son of th e diocese , he eventually selected F ather Joseph J. Fox (the future bishop) as his vicar general. During mo re t han a decade as chie f shepherd of the diocese, Bishop Messmer gave ample evide nce of his unusua l abilities as a builde r and administrator. The need for a center of religious instruction for the Catholic children north of the Sturgeon Bay area was met through the constructio n of the St. Aloysius Institute in 1892. This institutio n, located in the T ow n of Sevastopo l, was constructed at th e perso nal expense o f Bishop Messme r. In 1892, he began raising funds for a new orphanage . Construction got under way in the spring of 1894. The self-styled " Archbishop Vilatte" presented a threat to catholicism in the Door County Peninsula in the early 1890's. Bishop Messmer preserved th e flock and routed the purpled predator by inviting the Prae mo nstratensian Fathers fro m H o lland to settle in Door County . Under the leadership of the revered Abbot Bernard Pennings, O .Prae m., the Sons of St. Norbert remained to enrich the diocese in the fie ld of higher education. Bishop Messmer was also an outspoken defender of the parochial school system , and practiced what he preached by establishing a good number of parochial schools during his tenure in the diocese. Beyond the bo undaries of the diocese , Bishop Messmer gained recognitio n not o nly th rough his writings, but also as the co-founder (along with Bishop James McFaul of Trenton , N .J .) of the Federation of Catholic Societies. The organization was designed to combat discrimination and into lera nce against Catholics in Ame rica, and to fo rtify the Catholic labo ring man agai nst the growing influe nce of socialism . H e also served several terms as president o f th e Catholic Columbian Summer School at M adison , Wis., including the distin ction of having bee11 chose n as the first president of that organization. Effective as of Novembe r 28, 1903, th e Archdiocese of Milwaukee claimed Bishop Messme r as its new archbishop. The Diocese of Green Bay numbered 125,000 Catholics a nd 141 diocesan priests at the time of the tra nsfer. A perso nality sketch of this outstanding leader of men would involve emphasis o n three qualities : dignity , affability and simplicity. His full beard , powerful physique and patriarchal facial fea tures made him stand out in a ny gathering o f his peers. Ye t he could ride the street ca rs, walk unatte nded among his fe llow Ameri cans or seek relaxation in a game of skat or schafskapf with a grace and cha rm which mad e others feel completely at e ase. Pomp and flattery were distasteful to him . It was somewhat of a penance for him to endure the dignity of ceremonial garments such as the cappa magna. A heart condition forced the aging archbisho p to limit his activities during the last five years of his life. In June, 1930 , he d ecided to hazard a visit to Europe. Afte r an audience with Pope Pius XI in Vatican C ity on June 29,

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1930, he visited his native village of Goldach, Switzerland, where death overtook him on August 4, 1930. The pontifical requiem Mass was offered by his nephew, the Benedictine Abbot of Engleberg. The remains of this noble bishop and archbishop were buried next to those of his father in the small cemetery of the parish church at Goldach.

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Most Reverend

Frederick Katzer 1886-1891

The Most Reverend Frede rick Katzer , third bishop of the diocese , was born to Carl Katzer and Barbara Schwarzenbruner at Ebensee, Upper Austria, o n February 7, 1844. After completing his preparatory schooling at Gmu nden , Austria, he spent seven years (1857 to 1864) studying under the Jesuit Fathers at Freinberg, near Linz, Austria. In 1864, the zealous missionary of midwest America , Fathe r Francis Pierz, visited the sem inary at Linz, Austria, and made an appeal for volunteers for missionary service in America. Frederick Katzer was among the group of fifteen students who accepted the challenge. After his arrival in America in May , 1864, he was inclined to pursue his missionary career by joini ng the Society of Jesus. The pioneering Fathe r Joseph Salzmann of St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, however, persuaded him to e nte r St. Francis Seminary. He was ordained for the Diocese of Milwaukee by Bishop Henni on Dece mber 21, 1866. Young Father Katzer - less than twenty three at the time of his ordination - began his priestly career as a member of the faculty of St. Francis Seminary . T he seminary was then launching into its second decade of service to the Catholics of the midwest. He began as instructor of mathematics, but later graduated to the chair of dogmatic theology. Father F. X. Krautbauer, then chaplain at the motherho use of the School Sisters of Notre Dame in Milwaukee, became acquainted and impressed with the young semin ary pro fessor. Later, as Bishop-elect Krautbauer , he invited Father Katzer to accompany him to Green Bay as his secretary. As of 1875, the talented seminary professor began his duties as secretary and chancellor and as pastor of the pro-cathed ra l parish in Green Bay. Upon the death of the crusading Father Edward Dae ms, first vicar general of the diocese, early in 1879 , Fathe r Katzer was appointed vicar general. As rector of the cathedral, and later as vicar general, he worked closely with Bishop Krautbauer in directing the construction of the new cathedral in G reen Bay. After the death of Bishop Krautbauer on December 64

17, 1885, he became ad ministrator of the diocese. In this capacity, he a ttended the First Provincial Council in Milwaukee which began on May 23, 1886. O n Jul y 13, 1886, he received his appointment as Third Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay . Archbishop Michael Heiss of Milwaukee raised Father Katzer to the episcopal dignity in the new cathedral at G reen Bay on September 21, 1886. Bishop John Ve rtin of Marquette, Mich ., and Bishop John Ireland of St. Paul , Minn., were the co-consecrators. During Bishop Katzer's relatively short term as Bishop of G reen Bay, the so-called Be nnett law prohibited the use o f anything but E nglish in Wisconsin schools and thus discriminated agai nst German immigrants and the Catholic school syste m . Bishop Katzer successfully led the wave of opposition to this unfair legislation. H e made his first ad limina visit to Rome in 1888. In 1889, he convened the second diocesan synod in the cathedral at Green Bay. O n January 30 , 1891, he was chosen by the H oly See to succeed the late A rchbishop He iss as Archbishop of Milwaukee. He took up his new duties in June , 1891. He served the archdiocese for over a decade, and died at St. Agnes Hospital, Fond du Lac, Wis., on July 20, 1903. Father Norbert Kerste n, his vicar general while at Green Bay, had administered the Sacrament of Extre me Unction . The date of death coincided with the death of the illustrious Pope Leo XIII . Archbishop Katzer lies buried on the grounds of his Alma Mater, St. Francis Seminary, at Milwaukee. Bishop Katzer could be somewhat sharp and curt at times in his formal dealings with others, but a kind and considerate personality was hidden behind the official facade. He was noted for his filial devotion to his parents. After he became settled in Ame rica, he a rranged to have his father and mothe r come to Wisconsin to reside with him . His father died in G reen Bay; his mother, in Milwaukee. H is diction was ill-adjusted to English, and conseque ntly he avoided formal speeches as much as possible. His record both at G reen Bay and at Milwaukee testifies to a genui ne sense of devotion to duty. T he young A ustria n seminarian who accepted the challenge of missionary service in Ame rica must have exceeded his fo ndest apostolic dreams.

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Most Reverend

Francis Xavier Krautbauer 1875-1885

The first mission established by the Jesuit missionaries in the Green Bay area had been committed to the patronage of St. Francis Xavier. The Most Revere nd Francis Xavier Krautbauer, second bishop of the diocese, ~as responsible for placing the te n-year old diocese under the aegis of the same great Jesuit missionary-saint. This dedicated prelate, born to Francis Xavier Krautbauer and U rsula Wendi on January 12, 1824, at Mappach, near the city of Bruck in the Oberpfalz region within the Diocese of Regensburg, began his preparation fo r the priesthood in Amberg, Bavaria. He attended later the Georgianum of the University of Munich. He concluded his studies for the priesthood at the seminary in Regensburg (Ratisbon) with ordination in the Cathedral at the hands of Bishop Valentine Riedl on July 16, 1850. In October of the same year, he arrived in America having been recruited by Bishop John Timon , C. M. of Buffalo , New York , while on a visit in Europe . Father Krautbauer, who became a United States citizen on September 27 , 1856, served successively as assistant at the cathedral parish in Buffalo , New York , as pastor of a smalle r parish of the Diocese of Buffalo, and as pastor of St. Peter Parish in Rochester, N .Y . While pastor of the Rochester parish , he demonstrated an unusual ability at reconciling factions , and guided the congregation to a flourishing condition . In June, 1858, a tragic accident occurred which brought Father Krautbauer to Mi lwaukee. The first resident chaplain of the motherhouse of the School Sisters of Notre Dame at Milwa ukee, Father Anton Urbanek, was killed in the explosion of the river steamer "Pennsylvania" while accompanying the mother superior of the religious congregation on a visitation tour e n route to St. Louis, Missouri. T his religious congregation , a favorite of Bishop Henni of Milwaukee, had been founded in Neunburg vorm Wald in Bavaria, a few kilometers from Bishop Krautbauer's home village. The siste rs requested the services of Father Krautbauer as their resident chaplain . Temporary release from the Diocese of Buffalo, dated April 11, 1859, 66

brought the 34 year old priest to Milwaukee, whe re he established an enviable record as spiritual advisor, builder and educator at the motherhouse of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, whom he a lways called his beloved School Sisters fro m Bavaria. In 1866, he was chosen by Bisho p Henni to accompany him to the Council 0f Baltimore as his personal theologian. In 1875, after more than 15 years of service in the Milwaukee area , Fa ther Krautbaue r received his appointment to succeed the late Bisho p Melcher of Green Bay . His consecratio n took place in St . John Cathedral , Milwaukee, o n June 29, 1875. The consecrator, Bisho p John Martin H enni of Milwaukee , was assisted by Bisho p Michael Heiss of LaCrosse and by Bishop Tho mas Grace, O .P. of St. Paul , Minn ., as co-consecrato rs. In coming to G reen Bay, Bishop Krautbauer brought alo ng a yo ung professor of theology at St. Fra ncis Sem inary, Milwaukee, by the name of Fa the r Frederick Katzer. Father Katzer became secretary to the new bisho p, cha ncello r of the diocese, rector of the P ro-cathedra l parish in G reen Bay, and late r succeede d the esteeme d Father Edward D aems (died in February, 1879) as the second vicar gene ral of the diocese. In 1885 , Fathe r Katzer would succeed his fri end as the third bishop of G reen B ay. The following achi eve me nts of Bisho p Kra utbaue r during his ten years as bisho p of the diocese are wo rthy of special me ntion : the planning and constructi on of the present St. Francis Xavier Cathed ral fro m 1876 to 1879 at a cost of $35 ,000 (sole mn consecratio n o n November 20, 1881) and the cho ice of St. Francis Xavier as patron of the Cathedral and of the diocese (D ecember, 1878); the purchase of the fo rme r U rsuline Academy located o n Webster and Crooks Streets in Green B ay fo r conversion into a n orphanage; provisio n for the spiritual care of the Indians of the Keshena R eservation by securing the services of the Franciscan F a thers of the St. Louis Province; the planning and construction of a chapel a t R obinsonville. During his episcopate, the Catholic populatio n in the diocese rose from abo ut 60,000 to a figure in excess of 70,000; the num ber of diocesan priests rose from 63 to 81. H e had great solicitude fo r the establishment of catholic schools. He had great concern for the sick and e lderly priests of the diocese , who were often cared fo r in his own ho me. A letter of his states: "The lot of an old priest in America is pitiable. He is like the old postal ho rse in Germany - o ne good kick a nd out the door." Bis ho p Krautbauer was no t gifted with robust health in later years. H is health was aggrava ted by a close skirm ish with death o n Se ptember 15, 1873, whe n he suffe red shipwreck on Lake Michigan aboard the steamer " Ironside" while en route to Buffalo to atte nd the fune ral of his bro the r-inlaw. One reliable acco unt describes him as ." ... a ve ry noble pe rsonality, a crystal clear character, a heart most lovable, a defender of truth and justice with faults converted into virtues." H e made o ne trip back to E urope in 67

1877, which included an "ad limina" visit to Rome and a stay of o ne month in his beloved Heimatl and (Bavaria) , where "the fa rm boy became bishop" was received with g reat affection. H e died quie tly in his s leep the morn ing of D ecembe r 17, 1885. A book of visits to the B lessed Sacrament, with a marker at the entry for th e 16 1h of December , was fou nd on th e table by his bed . The illustrious Archbishop Ireland of St. Paul , Minn ., preache d the English sermon at the pontifical funeral Mass celebrated by Archbishop H e iss. The remains of Bi shop Krautbauer lie buried unde r the floor in the north transept of the cathedral in Green Bay. The marble slab covering his grave is flush with th e floor in compliance with his wish that penitents going to and fro m the confessio nal might walk over his re mains.

Monsignor Orville Griese

Mon signor Robert Gulig

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Joseph Melcher 1868-1873

The first bishop of the diocese, the Most Reverend Joseph Me lcher, was born in Vie nna, Austria, on March 18, 1807. The family moved to Modena, Italy, when Joseph was onl y seven years of age. His fathe r entered the service of the Archduke of Modena , and the future bishop completed his studies for the priesthood at the University of Modena - comple te with the acquisition of a doctorate in divinity. Afte r his ordination at Modena on March 27, 1830, he was appointed chaplain of the Austrian Court. In the earl y 1840's, Bishop Joseph Rosati of St. Louis, Mo., was in Europe on the occasion of a trip to Rome , and became acquainted with Father Melcher. H e invited the young priest to dedicate his zeal and abilities to mission work in Ame rica, and the invitation was accepted . Father Me lche r accompanied the bishop to Paris , en route to America, in March, 1843 , but the bishop became ill while in Paris , and returned to Rome where death brought an e nd to his apostolic career on Septembe r 25, 1843. Father Melcher continued the journey to Ame rica, a nd was received into the Diocese of St. Louis by Coadjutor Bishop Peter Kenrick. His first appointment was to a small parish in Little Rock , Arkansas. Whe n Little Rock, Ark. , became a separate diocese late in 1843, he was transferred first to take charge of two sma lle r congregations in the Diocese of St. Louis, a nd later became pastor of St. Mary Parish in the City of St. Louis, Mo . Illness limited his activities somewhat during the mid 1840's, and it appears that he was still recuperating whe n he accompanied Bishop Ke nrick to the Provincial Council of Baltimore in 1846 . U pon his ret urn fro m the Provincial Council of Baltimore , Father Melche r was appointed Vicar General of the Diocese of St. Louis (became an archdiocese in Jul y, 1847). As vicar general, he unde rtook three jo urneys to E urope to recruit workers to meet the missionary needs of the archdiocese, the last journey being in 1864. In 1854, he had been appointed Bishop of Quincy (now Alton), Ill. , and Administrator of the Diocese of Chicago,

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but he declined both honors. When the Holy See called upon him to assume new responsibilities as the First Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in 1868, he accepted the appointment. He was consecrated in St. Mary Church , St. Louis, Mo. , on July 12, 1868. The consecrator was Archbishop Peter R. Kenrick of St. Louis, Mo. Bishop John M. Benni of Milwaukee and Bishop Damien Juncker of Alton , Ill. , were the co-consecrators. The new bishop's appraisal of the challenge which faced him upon his arrival in Green Bay is expressed graphically in a lette r which he addressed to the Propagation of the Faith office in Lyons, France, under date of October 8, 1868: ... In the month of July , this year, I was consecrated at St. Louis as the first Bishop of Green Bay , situated in the coldest and consequently the least fertile part of the State of Wisconsin . . . I leave it to you to imagine in what embarrassment a bishop of 61 years would find himself, taking possession of the episcopal city without finding there a single church in stone , without an e piscopal residence , without schools, without religious institutions of any kind .. .. In the City of Green Bay there are, in truth , four churches, but what churches ! All four in wood, without a school building, without organs and lacking just about everything. The Catholic population is nume rous enough , but in general , poor. The Canadians and Belgians are the predominant nationalities. Then come the Irish, the Dutch and the Bohemians. The German nationality is the least numerous. Bishop Melcher's modest cathedral , the old St. Mary Church , stood on Madison Street where the Diocesan Office Building is now located. His residence was a one-story, frame building which occupied the adjoining lot. Considerable consolation was afforded the new bishop in October of 1868, when the Ursuline Sisters of St. Louis answered his call and came to Gree n Bay to open an academy for young ladies. As vicar general in St. Louis, he had been responsible for persuading the Ursulines from Oldenburg, Germany , to establish a convent in St. Louis. He had also served as confessor and director at the Ursuline Convent in St. Louis for many years. From the latter part of 1869 until March, 1870, Bishop Melcher was absent from the diocese while attending the Vatican Council in Rome . He died less than four years after his return from the council. The date was December 20, 1873. The 1873 edition of the Catholic Directory records his passing, and adds: " He found sixteen priests in the diocese, and left fo rty eight , with twelve clerical students." During his tenure in the diocese, the Catholic population rose from approximately 40 ,000 to 60,000. Four years after the death of this zealous prelate , his remains were removed from the original grave in Allouez Cemetery at Green Bay, and deposited in the vault 70

of the cemetery chapel. During the administration of Bishop Paul P . Rhode , the remains of Bishop Melcher were transferred to their present resting place in the Bishop Fox Mausoleum , located on the grounds of the A llouez Cemetery.

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PART III SKETCHES OF THE LIVES OF THE PRIESTS OF THE GREEN BAY DIOCESE 1868 -

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ABB, the Rev. Anthony John, uncle of forme r chancellor of the diocese, Fathe r Anthony John Koeferl , and great uncle of Fathe r Anthony Baier, born in New York City, May 3, 1849. Education: classics at Mt. Calvary and a t St. John's, Collegeville , Minn. ; theology at Collegeville , Minn ., and at Mt. St. Mary Seminary, Cincinnati , Ohio. Ordained by Bishop Thomas Foley for the Diocese of Green Bay at Chicago, January 4, 1875. Served briefly at St. Mary Pro-cathedral Parish , Green Bay, between J anuary and August , 1875. Pastoral assignments as follows: St . Anthony's , T own of Harrison (log church there since 1866) , 1875, from whi ch he also attended the congregation at Sherwood ; Morrison , resident pastor from May to Se ptember , 1877 ; listed in the 1878 Catholic Directory as "without mission" ; Glenmore, first resident pastor , 1879, where he remained fo r slightl y more than one year ; Stevens Point, St. Stephen Parish, 1881 through 1886, where he assisted Fathe r Nicholas July in his many apostolic ventures in that area (Custer , Sharon , Marshfield, missions and churches along the route of the Wisconsin Central Railroad, etc.) ; Briggsville (Marquette Co.) , 1886, until D ecember, 1895 , fro m which he also attended the congregatio ns at Frie ndship and at Pilot Knob. Chaplain at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, from Decembe r 3 , 1895, until his death on January 18, 1909. Lies buried in A llouez Cemetery at G reen Bay. ADAMER, the Rev. George, born in Bavaria, April 18, 1866. E ducation: classics at the G ymnasium at Rosenheim ; theology at Rome. Ordained at Rome on September 24 , 1898. Listed as assista nt at the cathedral, Green Bay, as of 1898. Transferred to St. Mary Hospital, Rhinelander, as chaplain , 1901. Left fo r Europe on Fe bruary 5, 1902, whe re he met with a tragic end o n January 14, 1905. According to an ite m in the Milwau kee Sentinel (J an. 15, 1905), he was killed and robbed in a woods near Zurich, Switzerland . H e had been called to a sick person and was carryi ng the Blessed Sacrament at the ti me of the attack. ADAMOWSKI, the Rev. John Ladislaus, born at Gorlice , Galicia, A ustria , on May 14, 1852. Completed his stud ies for the priesthood at T arnovia (Tarnow) in his homeland. Ordained by Bishop Joseph A. Pukalski on July 25, 1877. Did priestly work in E urope and in Brazil , South America (1883-1886), prior to his appearance in the Diocese of G reen Bay in 1900. Appare ntly spe nt some time at the parish at Alban , Portage County, earl y in 1900. Assigned to St. Michael Parish, Wausau, later in the year 1900. Re mained at Wausau until 1902; later left the diocese.

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ADELAAR, the Rev. John Lambert, believed to have been one of the German-speaking priests who responded to the call of Bishop Melcher when in Europe in 1869 to attend the 20111 General Council in Rome. Nothing definite known as to birth, education or ordination. Became the first resident pastor of St. Joseph Parish , Sturgeon Bay, with mission at Bailey's Harbor, 1870. Pastor at Wrightstown from June, 1873, until July, 1874, when he became the first resident pastor at Mackville with missions at Black Creek and at Stephe nsville. Transferred to the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish at Manitowoc Rapids (parish no longer exists) with mission at Cato, 1875. Father Nicholas Gross , present pastor at Mackville, who has done considerable research on the life of Father Adelaar, gives January 27, 1875, as the date of the transfe r to Manitowoc Rapids, and lists him as assistant in Little Chute in 1876. Listed in the 1877 Catholic Directory as living in Los Angeles, California. The archives of the Diocese of Green Bay contain evidence that ~he Coadjutor Bishop of Los Angeles, Bishop Francis Mora, was quite concerned over the fact that the "exeat" for Father Adelaar had been issued (on May 24, 1877) by Father Daems, the first Vicar General of the diocese , and not by the Most R everend Bishop. In subsequent years, Father Adelaar accepted pastoral assignments in areas as widespread as Colorado , Arizona, Texas and Michigan (in the Diocese of Detroit from 1888 until 1892) . Nothing definite is known as to the place or date of his death. AHEARN, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Joseph John, 6th of 9 children of William A. and Mary Rehrauer, and older brother of Father Roland Ahearn , born in Two Rivers, Wis., September 8, 1890. Education: high school and college at Mt. Calvary; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode , Green Bay, April 14, 1916. Assistant at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Parish, Green Bay, May 6, 1916. Pastor of parishes at: Sti les, June 15, 1918, with mission at Abrams; Denmark, first resident pastor , December 6, 1923, with mission at New D enmark (built rectory at Denmark , 1924); Oshkosh, St. John's, July 1, 1932; Manitowoc, Sacred H eart, JUiy 21 , 1938; Menasha , St. Patrick's, September 14, 1939 (built new school , 1940, and school addition, 1961; remodeled church , 1954, new conve nt, 1961). Raised to the dignity of domestic prelate by Pope John XXIII , May 19, 1962. Retired from active pastoral work on May 1, 1965. Resided at St. Mary's Home, Manitowoc, and died at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, on July, 23, 1967. Lies buried in Calvary Cemetery, Two Rivers.

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AHEARN, the Rev. Roland Ferdinand, 7th of 9 children o f William A . a nd Ma ry Rehraue r, and younger brothe r of Father Monsignor Joseph Ahearn of the diocese, born in Two Rivers, Wis., November 11 , 1892. Education: high and college at Mt. Calvary; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode , cathedral, Green Bay, April 14, 1916. Assistant at parishes in : Manitowoc, St. Boniface's , May 6, 1916; Marinette , Our Lady of Lourdes, July 16, 1917; Oshkosh , St. Peter's, June 15, 1918. Pastor of parishes at: Poygan with mission at Poysippi , February 1, 1919; Gillett with missions at Suring and Cecil , December 1, 1923; Maple Grove , September 16, 1930; Oshkosh, St. John's, July 21 , 1938; Marinette, Our Lady of Lourdes, June 15, 1939; Chilton , St. Augustine 's, May 8, 1945. Retired from active pastoral work on November 17, 1966. Resides at St. Mary's Home, Ma nitowoc. ALFERI, the Rev. Gerald John, 4th of 5 children of Joseph A . and Lucille Smith , first cousin of Father Dean Dombroski , born in Appleton , August 31 , 1937 . Education : high school at St. Joseph , Appleton , Appleton High School, and St. Lawrence Seminary, Mt. Calvary ; college at St. Lawre nce Se minary; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral, Green Bay, June 1, 1963. Assistant at parishes in : Combined Locks, June 13, 1963 (temporar y); Kaukauna, St . Mary's, Se pte mber 12, 1963; Sturgeon Bay, St. Joseph's, December 13, 1966; Kimberly , May 2, 1967. Appointed to faculty of Marinette Catholic Central, Septe mbe r 15 , 1970. Associate pastor of parishes in : Menasha, St. Patrick's, August 3, 1971 ; Marinette, St. Joseph's, June 20 , 1973. Pastor of parishes in Lena, May 15, 1976; Marinette, St. Anthony , August 19, 1981.

ALLEN, the Rev. Richard Lee, 10th of 12 childre n of Frank Edward A. and Mary Agnes Ahearn , born in New London , Wis., on January 2, 1935. Ed ucation : high school and junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, on May 27, 1961. Te mporary assignment as assistant at St. Joseph Parish, Marinette , June 10, 1961. A ssigned to the staff of Marinette Catholic Central High School, Septe mber 5, 1961 , and appointed principal of Mari nette Catholic Central High School, June 12, 1968. G raduate education at : Marquette U niversity , summe rs of 1962-1966 (M.A ., 1966), Unive rsity of Wisconsin , summer of 1968, Northern 75

Michigan University, summer of 1969. Served as chaplain of St. Joseph Academy , June 19, 1974 , and admi nistrator of St. Joh n the Evangelist Parish, Green Bay, Jan ua ry 12, 1975. Pastor of parishes in: Green Bay, St. Philip's, June 18, 1975; Mishicot , Holy C ross, July 1, 1982.

ALLEN, the Rev. Thomas John, 3rd of 9 children of Norbert A . and Agnes Roznoski , born in Green Bay, September 18, 1942. Education: high school and junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida ; philosophy and theology at St. John's Semi nary, Collegeville (B.A., 1964; M.A. , 1968). Spanish a t Javerian Un ive rsity, Bogota, summer of 1964. Ordai ned by Bishop Wycislo , cathedral, Green Bay, May 25 , 1968. A ssistant at parishes in: G reen Bay, St. Agnes, June 12, 1968; New Holstein , September 6, 1969 . Worked iry the Diocesan mission of D ominican R epublic, summers of 1970 a nd 1971. Part-time associate to Fa ther Richard Mauthe at the Unive rsity of Wisconsin, Green Bay, Ecumenical Center and part-time Diocesan Director of the Permanent Diaco nate Program , July 1, 1972. Full-time Diocesan D irector of the Lay Ministry Program includi ng the Permanent D iaconate Program , June 18, 1975. Coordinator of Ministries for the Diocese of Green Bay, January 1, 1978. Administrator of St. Ki llian Parish , New Franke n, while continuing as Coordinator of Ministries, December 10, 1980. Pastor of St. Sebastian Parish , Isaar, July 1, 1981, while continuing as D iocesa n Coordinator of Ministries and D evelopment and chaplain at Northeastern Wisconsi n Technical Institute.

ALLGAUER (Allgayer), the Rev. Ferdinand , bo rn at Ravensburg , Germa ny, D ecember 21, 1836. Ordained in E urope on Septe mbe r 21, 1861 , and arrived in Ame rica in February, 1862. Listed in the 1880 and 1881 editions of the Catholic Directory as in charge of the congregation at Stockbridge, referred to as Ss. Peter & Paul's in 1880, a nd as St. Ma ry's in 1881. Not listed among the assignme nts in the diocese after 1881 . ALT, the Rev. Matthias, born a t Ore nhofen , Germany , May 14, 1884. E ducation: classics at Trie r, Germany ; theology at the University of Louvain , Belgium. Orda ined in the chapel of the American College, Louvain , Be lgium, by Bishop Cami ll us P . Maes of Covington , Ke ntucky, for the Green Bay

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Diocese, July 14, 1912. Assistant at O shkosh, St. Vincent's, November 12, 1912. P astor of parishes at: Isaar , May 6, 1916; Institute , February 1, 1918; Bear Creek, June 30, 1924; Marinette, St. Anthony's, April 27, 1932; Oconto , St. Joseph's, November 6, 1940; Suring, July 19, 1949; Greenville with mission at Stephensville, June 18, 1953. Retired from active pastoral work on August 27, 1957. Died at Oconto, March 29, 1976. Lies buried in St. Joseph Cemetery in Oconto.

AlTEN, the Rev. Clement J., presumably was born in Europe where he studied under the J esuit Fathers for some years . Assisted at St. Augustine Parish , C hilton , as of 1882, until his appo intment as the first resident pastor of St. Mary's, Stockbridge , late th at same yea r. Also attended the congregatio n at Sherwood from Stockbridge fo r several years. T ransferred to St. Joseph Parish, Stevens Point, in J anuary, 1888. Resigned in September , 1899, to jo in the Jesuit Fathe rs.

ANDEREGG, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Martin Theodore, bo rn in Louvain , Be lgium , on February 19, 1862. Came to America with his parents in 1873 as a young boy and settled in De Pere, Wis., where he worked as a store cle rk for severa l years. La ter began the study of the classics under the g uidance of the parish priest. Formal ed ucatio n : completed the classics at St. Viator College, Bourbo nnais, Illinois; theology at St . Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop O tto Zarde tti of St. Cloud , Minn ., for the Diocese of Green Bay, at St. Francis Seminary , June 24, 1893. Became first resident pastor of Ss. P eter and Paul Parish , Green B ay , July 15, 1893 (church had been closed si nce Decembe r , 1876) . During 49 years of fa ithful service to the congregation he built the first rectory (1893), e nlarged th e o riginal church, built (1901) and later enlarged (1925) the first parish school , built the present church (1910) and the present rectory (1925). Before his death o n July 22, 1942, he saw his origi nal flock of about 150 fam ilies grow to o ver 700 famil ies. Dean of Brown Coun ty, 1930 to 1942. E levated to the d ignity of a domestic prelate by Po pe Pius XII o n December 21, 1939. Lies buried in Allouez Cemetery at Gree n B ay. ANDOLSCHEK, the Rev. Andrew born at Velike Poljane , Province of Carnio la, Austria (now part of Slovenia in Jugoslavia) , November 27, 1827. Educated at Re ifnitz and at Laibach, Austria. Ordained by Prince Bishop Antho ny A . Wo lf at Laibach, July 15, 1854. Arrived in New York , November 1, 1860, and proceeded to Upper Michigan where he eve ntually became pastor at Eagle Ha rbor, Mich . (May, 1861). Left Michigan, Fall of 1861, to 77

enter the novitiate of the Redemptorist Fathers at Annapolis, Md ., but left on July 28, 1862, to return to missionary work as a secular priest. Spent the next five to six years doing priestly work in the following areas: Diocese of Erie, Pa. (1 862); the present Archdiocese of San Francisco (1863-1867); the present Diocese of Sacramento, C alifornia ( 1867-1869) . Obtained credential letters from the first Archbishop of San Francisco, the Most Rev. Joseph S. Alemany , 0. P. , and set out fo r the Diocese of Green Bay in May , 1869. Pastoral appointments in the diocese include the following : Chilton , St. Augustine 's, June, 1869; Mackville (then known as Center) , February, 1876; Morrison (the n known as Morristown) , February, 1878. Left the diocese presumab ly in 1878 to return to Uppe r Michigan where he again became pastor at Eagle Harbor, Mich. Died at Eagle Harbor , June 23, 1882, a nd lies buried in the parish cemetery. ANEN, the Rev. Henry, born at Cap, Canton Capellen , Luxemburg, on D ecember 9, 1841. Ordination date given as 1864, a nd a letter from Father A nen to Bishop Krautbauer in 1877 could indicate that the ordination took place in the St. Louis, Mo. , area where the future Bishop Melcher was vicar general at the time. Father Anen wrote: " .. . I will not forget at the ho ly altar the Rt. Rev. Dr. Melcher for he assisted at my ordination and gave me my first faculties . . . " Joined the Congregation of the Missions prior to his association with the Diocese of Green Bay, and taught for a time in Missouri. Dispensed from his re ligious vows as of February, 1872, and listed among the appoi ntees in the Diocese of Green Bay as of 1874. Became pastor at Lebanon , October 10, 1874 (built a two-room boarding school) with a mission at Weyauwega. Joined by Father R ossochowitz at Lebanon, in 1875, with additional missions as follows: Bear Creek , Clintonville, Northport , Wa upaca, Little Wolf, Dupont, and Union . Left Lebanon in February , 1876, and became the second resident pastor at Poygan . Became sick in 1882, and took up residence for some time at the Alexian Brothers Hospital in St. Louis, Mo . T he 1883 edition of the Catholic Directory contains the notation: "Died , Poygan , Jul y 24, 1883 ." ARENS, the Rev. Henry Joseph, !st of 6 children of Henry A. and Gertrude Marx ; nephew of Msgr. Joseph A. Marx and cousin of Msgr. John Huhn . Born in Stockbridge, Wis. , September 20 , 1912. Education: high school and two years of college at Mt. Calvary ; philosophy at St. Norbert's (B.A. , June 6, 1936); theofogy at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Ordained by Archbishop Murray at St. Paul for the Diocese of G reen Bay on June 1, 1940. Assista nt at parishes in: Me nasha , St. Patrick's, July 9, 1940; 78

Chilton, St. Mary's, September 1, 1941; Little Chute, August 20, 1942; Oshkosh , Sacred Heart , July 5, 1944; Appleton , St. The rese's, May 8, 1945. Pastor of parishes at: Plainfie ld , November 24, 1953; Morrison , September 4, 1957; Clark Mills , November 12, 1958 (new rectory, November, 1959); Shawano , with missions at Cecil and Waukechon , September 8, 1967; lsaar, June 20, 1973. Suffered a heart attack at Isaar and died at St . Vincent Hospita l, Green Bay, March 12, 1974. Lies buried in St. Mary Cemetery, Stockbridge.

ARNOLIS, the Rev. Jean Baptiste, born in Belgium and listed in the 1891 to 1893 editions of th e Catholic Directory as serving in the diocese of Green Bay as pastor of St. Peter Parish , Lincoln (the n known as Grandlez) with missions at Dykesville and Marchand. No listings in the diocese found after 1893. From 1894 to 1898 he is listed as serving in the Ogdensburg Diocese as pastor of St. Francis of Assisi Parish , Constable , New York. Correspondence with the Ogde nsburg Diocese indicated that he was not affiliated with the diocese a nd onl y served at one parish in the diocese. The history of the diocese recorded that Father Arnolis retired to Belgium where he died. No date of death was given. AUER, the Rev. Alvin Anthony, 1st of 2 child ren of Carl A . and Mary Pupeter, born in Two Rivers, Wis., August 26, 1906. Education: high school and junior college at Mt. Calvary; philosophy and theology a t St. Paul Seminary (B.A., St. Thomas College, St. Paul, 1928) . Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral, Green Bay, June 3, 1932. Assistant at parishes in : Marinette, Our Lady of Lourdes, June 30, 1932; Oshkosh , St. Mary's, June 16, 1934; Green Bay, St. John's, October 1, 1937. Pastor of parishes in: Lebanon, November 6, 1940; St. John , Wis., Jul y 1, 1941. Founding pastor of St. Agnes Parish, Green Bay, June 18, 1953 (new chu rch-school-hall combination , 1955; new convent and rectory, August , 1955 ; addition to school, 11 classrooms , August, 1959). Pastor of St. Augustine Parish , Chilton, December 30, 1970. Appointed Vicar of Vicariate XI and Diocesan Consulter, September 27, 1971; elected as a member of the Diocesan Priests' Personnel Board , October 11 , 1971. Died at Calumet Memorial Hospital, Chilton, February 13, 1972 . Lies buried in Calvary Cemetery, Two Rivers. BABLITCH, the Rev. Michael Andrew, 4th of 6 children of Michae l B . and Martha Kosho llek, born in Stevens Point , Wis., November 5, 1911 . Education: high school and junior college at Mt. Calvary ; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary, 79

St. Paul. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral , Gree n Bay, May 22, 1937. Assistant at parishes in: Green Bay, Annunciation, June 25, 1937, and director of welfare among the deaf, November 26, 1937; G reen Bay , St. Joseph's, June 15, 1939; Neenah , St. Margaret Mary, July 1, 1941; Manitowoc, St. Boniface, November 24, 1944. Temporary chaplain of Langlade County Memorial Hospital, Antigo , October 6, 1946. Assista nt at St. John Parish, Green Bay, November 9, 1946. Pastor of parishes in: Askeaton , January 18, 1947; Gillett , August 23, 1951 ; Waupaca, October 1, 1969; Plainfield, June 19, 1974. Appointed to serve as Pro-Synodal Judge of the Diocesan Tribunal, August 23, 1967, and served as a membe r of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission. Retired from active duty, June 30 , 1979; resides in the Village of King, Wisconsin . BAETEN, the Rev. David Raphael, 4th of 7 childre n of Christian George B . and Viola M. Hackers; nephew of Rev. Dominic Hacke rs, 0. Praem. , born in Green Bay, Wis. , o n March 11 , 1936. Education: St. Norbe rt High School, D e Pere ; junior college at St. Francis Minor Seminary ; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Major Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral , Green Bay, on June 9, 1962. Assistant at Marinette, St. Joseph's, June 23, 1962. Chaplain o f: Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh, July 14, 1965; the Oshkosh Chapter of the Diocesan Council of Catholic Nurses , September 11, 1965; the Civil Air Patrol at Oshkosh, March 6, 1967. Appointed Executive Director , National Association of Catholic Chaplains, United States Catholic Conference, December 5, 1972 . Coordinator for Health Affairs for the Diocese of Green Bay and Director of Pastoral Services at St. Vincent Hospital , G reen Bay, June 14, 1976. Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Oshkosh, April 12, 1978; temporary administrator of St. R aphael Parish, Oshkosh, while remaining as pastor of St. Mary Parish , Oshkosh, January 4, 1982. E piscopal Vicar of Vicariate X, September 1, 1981. BAIER, the Rev. Anthony Joseph, 2nd of 4 children of Joseph Anthony B. and Anna Koefe rl, nephew of Fathe r Anthony Koeferl , grandne phew of Father Anthony Ab b, and cousin of Monsignor Delbert Basche, born in Green Bay, Wis., February 28, 1909. Education: high school at the Cathedral School, Green Bay, and at St. Francis Minor Seminary; college and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode , cathedral , Green Bay, June 15, 1935. Assistant at parishes in : Marinette, Our Lady of Lourdes, Jul y 8, 1935; New London, February 5, 1936; Manitowoc, St. Boniface's , January 7, 1939; Oshkosh, St. Peter's, July 5, 1940. Pastor

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of parishes at: Lanark with m1ss1on at Amherst, May 8, 1945; Leopolis , December 4, 1946 (built rectory and sacristy, August, 1949); Darboy , May 5, 1953 (addition to school, July, 1955) ; founding pastor, St. Jude Parish , Green Bay, June 21, 1957 (built new church, school, and convent, 1958) ; Gillett , August 16, 1976. Other appointments included: Holy Name Director for the Outagamie County Deanery, June 12, 1953; Chaplain of Civil Air Patrol of Appleton , July 29 , 1955; Chaplain , Green Bay Police Department, June, 1962; Chaplain , St. Vincent de Paul Socie ty in Brown County, January 8, 1960. Retired from active pastoral duty, June 30, 1979. Resided in Shawano . Died at his residence in Shawano , October 30, 1982. Burial in the Allouez Catholic Ceme tery , Green Bay. BALLY, the Rev. Victor Jean Baptist, born in Col mar, Alsace , March 17, 1850. Completed a commercial course at the Impe rial Lyceum of his native Colmar before he took up the study of Latin at the scholasticate of the Fathers of the Holy Ghost in Brittany, France . Served as a volunteer in the French Army from 1868 un til the end of the Franco-Prussian War . Resumed his studies for the priesthood in his native France in 1872; eventually came to America in May , 1877, and continued his studies as a candidate for the Diocese of Natchez, Miss. Ordained by Bishop W. H . Elder at Natchez, Miss. , September 8, 1877. Did pastoral work in Mississippi until 1897 when ill health and the need of a cooler climate prompted him to seek admission into the Diocese of Green Bay. Received into the diocese on June 13 , 1897. Assistant to Father Fitzmaurice at St. Mary's, Appleton , for a short period. Pasto r at Stiles from September, 1897 , until September , 1898 (Oconto Falls added as a mission du ring this period). Listed as stationed at R hinelander, Immaculate Conception Parish , 1899. Left the diocese on October 1, 1899. D ied in Duluth , Minn ., November 28, 1899. BANKA, the Rev. Francis Peter, 1st of 2 children of Francis B. and Mary Piotrowski, born at Hofa Park , Wis. , Fe bruary 13, 1889. Educati on: classics at St. Bonave nture's, Pulaski , Wis. ; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode at Hofa Park on Novembe r 5, 1915. Assistant at St. Peter Parish, Stevens Point, December 3 , 1915. Pasto r of parishes at : Goodman with missions at Armstrong Creek and at Pembine , September 2, 1916; Plainfield with mission at Buena Vista , December 26 , 1924. Died at Plainfield on Septe mbe r 14, 1945. Lies buried in the parish cemetery at Hofa Park.

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BARCOME, the Rev. Earl William, 2nd of 6 children of Earl B. and Eleanor Neumann, born in Oconto Falls, Wis. , July 27, 1926. Education: high school at St. Norbert's and at Central Catholic (now Premontre), Green Bay; college and theology at St. John Seminary, Collegeville, Minn. Ordained by Bishop Bona, chapel of St. Joseph Orphanage , Green Bay , April 25, 1952. Assistant in parishes at: Oconto, St. Joseph's, May 25 , 1952, during the pastorate of Bishop John Grellinger; Wabeno, January 18 to June 8, 1954. Reassigned to St. Joseph Parish , Oconto, June , 1954, where he was active in the migrant-worker apostolate and promoted the construction of a special chapel for the Spanish-speaking migrant workers, known as the chapel of Our Lady of Guadalupe (blessed by Bishop Bona on August 10, 1958). Appointed to assist Military Ordinariate, New York, in needs of the Military Apostolate, he accepted assignment with the U.S. Air Force as chaplain in January, 1959, and retired as chaplain , Lieutenant Colonel, January, 1979. Temporary administrator of Spruce and Klondike, January 31 , 1979. Pastor of Corpus Christi Parish , Sturgeon Bay, June 30, 1979; Wabeno , July 1, 1983.

BARRETT, the Rev. David Starr, 2nd of 4 children of Homer B. and Regina Starr, born in Green Bay, June 29, 1938. Education: West High School , Green Bay; college at St. Henry Preparatory Seminary, Belleville, Ill.; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral , Green Bay, May 16, 1964. Assistant at parishes in: Sturgeon Bay, St. Joseph's, May 29, 1964; Oshkosh, St. Mary's, December 13, 1966. Associate pastor at St. Mary Parish, Kaukauna , June 14, 1969. Chaplain at Winnebago State Hospital, September 1, 1971. Chaplain of the Catholic Community of Westhaven (Oshkosh) while remaining Chaplain at the Winnebago State Hospital, April 18, 1972. Pastor of parishes in : Appleton, St. Pius X, June 16, 1976; Keshena, St. Michael's, October 1, 1980. Appointed Field Advocate of Marriage Tribunal, October 22, 1981 .

BARTELME, the Rev. Joseph Aloysius, 1st of 4 children of Alois B. and Maria Schleimer , born in Cleveland, Ohio, October 15, 1887. Education: St. Ignatius High School and College, Cleveland, Ohio (B.A . , 1908); theology at Innsbruck, Austria, as a student for the Diocese of Green Bay. Ordained by Bishop Egger at

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Innsbruck , July 26, 1911 . Assistant at St. Boniface Parish, Manitowoc, Septe mbe r 1, 1911. Pastor of parishes at: Custer, May 13, 1913; Osma n (Meeme) , September I , 1919. Chaplain at St. Vincent Hospital , Green B ay, September 13, 1920. Other pastoral assignments: l saar , May 2 1, 1922; New Franken , September 20 , 1926; St. Anna , Wis. , July 8, 1937; Seymour, June 15, 1939; Cooperstown, July 9, 1940; St. Mary 's, C hilton , with mission at Kloten , May 8, 1945. Died o f a lingering illness at St. E lizabeth Hospital , Appleton , January 29, 1960. Lies buried in St. Mary Cemetery at Chilton.

BARTIK, the Rev. Joseph, ordained at the cathedral in Budweis, Bohe mia , on July 16, 1882 . Came to the Diocese of Green B ay in 1889, and received an appo intme nt as pastor of St. Lawrence Parish at Stangelville (the n known as Franklin). Re ported to have left the diocese in 1890 or 1891. He is listed in the 1892 Catholic Directory in Fillmo re, Nebraska, in the Lincoln Diocese. BARTOSZ, the Rev. Leo Joseph, son of James B. and Hedwig Kosick, born in C hicago , 111. , March 28 , 1910. Raised in St. Michael Parish , Chicago, in which the future Bishop Rhode was pasto r. Education: high school at Quigley Preparatory Seminary ; philosophy and theology at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary, Mundelein , Ill . Ordained to minor orders for the Archdiocese of Chicago. Transferred to Green B ay Diocese before ordinatio n. Ordained by Bishop Rhode , cathedral , Green Bay, May 2, 1935 . Assigned as assistant at Bishop's House , 1935. Assistant at St. Stanislaus Parish , Steve ns Point , June 21, 1938. R esigned fro m the active priesthood , August , 1939. BARWIG, the Rev. Regis Norbert, 2nd of 2 sons of Ladislaus B . and Josephine Neugebaue r , born in Chicago, Ill. , January 16, 1932. Education: Weber H igh School, Chicago; St. Procopius College, Lisle (B .A. , 1954); theology at the Pontifical Pastoral Institute and the Po ntifical Lateran University , R o me; graduate studies in governm ent and political scie nce in Georgetown University and Notre Dame University . Professed a Benedictine mo nk , June 26, 1955 , and sole mnly professed , June 26, 1958. Ordained by Bishop Martin McNamara, St. Raymo nd's Cathedral, Joliet, Ill. , May 30, 1959 , for St. Procopius Abbey. Served as secretary to the Abbot of St. Procopi us Abbey, 1955-1961 , a nd part-time instructo r in St. Procopius College Academy, 1956-1959, and 1961-1 964; secre tary of Congresses for C hristian Unity, 1956-1959, and secretary general of 83

the Apostolate for Christian Unity , 1961-1964. Founding Prior of Claremont Priory, Cedarburg, Wis., 1964-1968. Prior of the Community of Our Lady Monastery, Oshkosh, 1968. Incardina ted into the Green Bay Diocese, November 19, 1969. Member o f the Green Bay Diocesan Ecumenical Commission , 1970-1973, and member of the Board of Directors of the Inter-Catholic Press Agency, 1966-1975. Theological consultan t and me mber of the Administrative Council of Consortium Perfectae Caritatis, 1974- . Lia ison fo r the Postula tion of the Beatification of Pope Pius IX, 1975-. Member of the following associations: Selden Society, Queen Mary Coll ege, London , 1972; Bruderschaft, Collegio Camposanto Teutonico, Vatican C ity, 1959, and chairma n of the American Alumni of the organization , 1976-1977. Special distinctions include the following: Knight Comma nde r of the Order of Isabella Catolica of Spain , 1959 ; Cross of Merit of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, R ome, 1972; Magistral Chaplain , Orde r of Malta, 1974; chaplain of A ssociatio n of Polish of Wisconsin, 1980. Author of: Changing Habits, 1971; Waiting for Rain, 1975; Reflections on the Spiritual Life, 1982. Editor of: Conferences of Mother Mary of Jesus the Good Shepherd, 1968; Biography of A rchbis hop Aloysius Benziger, 1976. T ra nslator of: Diaries of Wanda (from the P olish), 1969-1971; His Will Alone (from the Italian) , 1971; Pius XI - A Close Up (from the Italia n) , 1975; Maria was His Middle Name - Writings of Blessed Maximilian Maria Kolbe (from the Polish), 1977; More Than a Prophet - Writings of Pope Pius IX (from the Italian) , 1978; Bishop Karol Wojtyla's Evaluation of the Possibility of Constructing a Christian Ethics on the A ssumptions of the Philosophy of Max Scheler (from the Polish) , 1982. Articles in: L 'Osservatore Romano, Faith and Reason, Worship, The Green Bay Catholic Register, The National Catholic Register.

BASCHE, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Delbert William, 2nd of 4 childre n of William B . and E lizabeth Baier and cousin of Father Anthon y Baier, bo rn in Green Bay, Wis. , December 22, 1904. Education: high school a nd junior college at Mt. Calvary; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedra l, G reen Bay, February 25 , 1931. Assistant at St. Mary Parish, A ppleton , March 20, 1931. Appointed cha ncello r of the diocese, June 22, 1932 , with residence at the Bishop's House. After 14 years of cheerful and efficient service, failing health prompted his transfer to St. Francis Xavier Parish , D e Pere, as pastor on June 24 , 1946 (built a new convent , parish gymnasium and renovated the church). Raised to the dignity of a domestic prelate by Pope Pi us XII on October 11, 1949. 84

The progressive advance of a brain tumor broke his health, but not his spirit . D eath came at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay , on December 14, 1954, just eight days away from his 50 1h birthday. Lies buried in Allouez Cemetery at Green Bay. BASTIAN, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Alois, son of Antoine B. and Marianne Ritter, brother of Father Joseph Bastian, born in Kirrweiler, Alsace (France), May 29, 1874. Education: classics at Belfort, France, and at Baden, Germany; theology as a student for the Diocese of Green Bay at St . John's, Collegeville, Minn. , and at St. Francis Seminary. Since he was too young for ordination, he enrolled at the Catholic University of America, Washington , D.C., for the year 1896-1897 (S.T.B ., Sept ., 1897). Ordai ned by Bishop Messmer, De Pere , September 8, 1897. Pastor of parishes at: Mishicot , 1897 (built rectory); Clintonville (built rectory and school) with missions at Tigerton (built church) , Marion (built church) , Laona (built church) , Big Falls, Carter, and Wittenburg, 1899; Oshkosh, St. Vincent's , April , 1912 (built new church , school , rectory and convent) . Became Dean of the Oshkosh area, February 7, 1935 . Raised to the dignity of a domestic prelate by Pope Pius XII in 1945. Had served as a member of the board of directors of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin since 1916. Died at Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh, on October 17, 1954. Lies buried in Riverside Cemetery at Oshkosh. BASTIAN, the Rev. Joseph, son of Antoine B. and Marianne Ritter, brother of Msgr. Alois Bastian , born at Kirrweiler, Alsace (France) , September 6, 1860. Education: classics at the Gymnasium at Buxweiler and at Zillesheim in his native land; philosophy and theology at Strassburg. Ordained at Strassburg on July 6, 1886. E ngaged for a time as a teacher in Alsace, and later in pastoral work in the D iocese of Freiburg, Baden. Came to America with Bishop Otto Zardetti of St. Cloud, Minn ., in 1892, and did pastoral work in Minnesota until Bishop Zardetti became the Archbishop of Bucharest ; Ruma nia, in 1894. Accepted into the Diocese of Green Bay and assigned to the parish at New London for a short period (two months). Successively pastor of parishes at : Portage, May, 1895; Seymour, September , 1896; Chilton, St. Mary's , 1908. Died at Chilton, November 9, 1910. Lies buried in St. Mary Cemetery at Chilton. BAUM, the Rev. John Peter, 2nd of 6 children of John Alexander B. and Katherine Gengler , born in the town of Center , Wis., on December 21, 1908. Education : high school and junior college at Mt. Calvary ; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Semin ary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode , cathedral , Green

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Bay, June 3, 1936. Assistant at parishes in : Chilto n, St. Mary's, July 1, 1936; Antigo, St. John's, January 29 , 1937. Pastor of parishes at: Aurora with mission at Pembine, February 21 , 1946; Osman with mission at Spring Valley , September 7, 1950; Sturgeon Bay, Corpus Christi, September 6, 1957 (new church , social hall and convent, August I , 1962) . Retired , June 30 , 1979; resides in Apple ton . BAUSCHKA, the Rev. Joseph Christopher, 1st of 6 children of Joseph A lvin B. and Evelyn H arty, born in Antigo , Wis ., February 28, 1930. Education : Antigo Public High School; junior college at St. Norbert's, philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary , St. Paul, Minn. Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral, Green Bay , June 4, 1955. Assistant at: Kaukauna , St. Mary's, June 16, 1955; Green Bay, St. John the Evangelist, October 7 , 1964. Counselor and instructor at St. Joseph Academy, Green Bay, September 17, 1965. Co-pastor at Green Bay , Nativity, June 14, 1969. One year's official leave of absence, February 2, 1979. Pastor at Elcho with mission at Pickerel , January 9, 1980.

BAZINSKI, the Rev. Donald Robert, 1st of 4 children of Daniel and Esther Winkowski, born in Milwaukee, Wis., December 26, 1930. Education: high school and junior college at St. Francis Seminary; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary , St. Paul , Minn . Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, G reen Bay , June 1, 1957. Assistant in parishes at: Green Bay , Annunciation, June 14, 1957 ; M enasha , St. John's, September 8, 1960; Green Bay , cathedral, September 6, 1961; Sturgeon Bay, St. Joseph's, May 31, 1963 (temporary) ; Green Bay, Cathedral, June 13, 1963. Instructor in Religion at St. Joseph' s Academy, Green Bay, while continuing as assistant at the cathedral , September 8, 1964. Temporary administrator of cathedral , July 1, 1966. A ssistant at St. Mary Magdale ne Parish , Waupaca , and chaplain of the Veteran's Home at King, September 8, 1966. R esigned from the active priesthood , July 18, 1975.

BEAUDRY, the Rev. David Brian, 2nd of 2 children of Victo r B . and Caroline Zemblowski, born in Green Bay , May 17, 1956. Education: high school at Sacred Heart Center, Oneida; college at St. Norbert's and at St. John's University, Collegeville, (B .A. in Re ligious Studies, 1978) ; theology at the Catholic

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University of America (M.A. in Theology, 1982). Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral, Green Bay, June 5, 1982. Associate pastor at Holy Cross Parish , Kaukauna, July 1, 1982.

BECK, the Rev. Frank Stephan,

2nd of 3 children of Leo B. and Mary Ann Esselman, brother of Fathe r James Beck (Madison Diocese), born in West Bend, Wis., January 16, 1932. Education: high school and junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul (M.A. in Church History, 1959). Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral , May 31, 1958. Assistant at parishes in : Two Rivers , Holy Redeemer , June 20, 1958 (temporary); Menasha, St. Mary's, September 5, 1958; Green Bay, Ss. Peter and Paul , September 12, 1963 (temporary). Released for service as chaplain in the U.S. Army, December 1, 1963. Resigned from the active priesthood, May 3, 1971.

BECKER, the Rev. Donald Edward,

2nd of 4 children of Edward B. and Marion Calmeyer, cousin of Msgr. Joseph Becker, and Fathers Russel Becker (Milwaukee Archdiocese) and John Flader (Australia), born in Two Rivers, January 6, 1945. Education: high school and junior college at Mt. Calvary; senior college and philosophy at St. Francis Seminary (B.A. , 1967); theology at St. Francis Seminary (M.A., 1971) . Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, Holy Innocents Chu rch , Manitowoc, May 29, 1971. Associate pastor at St. Bernard Parish, Green Bay, June 23, 1971. Temporary administrator at SS Edward & Isidore, Flintville, April 4, 1972. Associate pastor at parishes in Little Chute, August 1, 1972; (Courses in Music theory at Lawrence University, Appleton, 3 semesters); Green Bay, St. Agnes, June 18, 1975; (part-time student at Union Theological Seminary , first semester, 1978); Two Rivers, St. Luke's, June 15, 1978; Green Bay, St. Philip's, July 1, 1982; appointed co-pastor , March 29, 1983.

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3rd of 4 children of Victor B. and Gertrude Jape , born in Neenah , Wis., August 12, 1946. Education: high school and junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary , St. Paul. Ordained by Bishop Mark Schmitt, St. Mary 87

Church , Menasha, June 11, 1972. Associate pastor of parishes in: Green Bay, St. Matthew's, June 30, 1972; Appleton , St . Bernadette's, June 16, 1976, with part-time service to the Diocesan Commission on Liturgy ; reappointed to the Commission, September 14, 1979. Temporary administrator of St. Bernadette Parish, Appleton , July 18, 1980, to August 20, 1980. Associate pastor of St. John Nepomucene Parish, Little Chute, July 1, 1981. Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Reedsville, July 1, 1983.

BECKER, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Joseph Aloysius,

2nd child of Joseph B. and Louise Ann Pankratz, cousin of Father Donald Becker and Father Russell Becker (Milwaukee Archdiocese) , born in Manitowoc, Wis. , August 24, 1899. Education: Washington High School , Manitowoc (2 years); Mt. Calvary (3 years) ; St. Bonaventure College, D etroit (1 year) ; philosophy at St. Francis Semina.ry (B.A ., 1924); theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral, Green Bay, May 4, 1927. Assistant at parishes in: Manitowoc, Sacred Heart, May 14, 1927; Menasha, St. Mary's, June 26, 1929 (appointed principal of St. Mary High School , October 1, 1930). Administrator of St. Mary Parish, Menasha, November 8, 1948; appointed pastor, November 5, 1950 (built new convent , 1950; new school, 1952; addition to school, 1962). Raised to the dignity of a domestic prelate by Pope John XXIII , May 19, 1962. Appointed Dean of Winnebago County Deanery, August 31, 1968. Retired June 14, 1969. Resides in St. Mary's Home, Manitowoc. BECKER, the Rev. Louis Caspar,

son of Caspar B. and Catherine Geis, born in Hochfeld-Duisberg, Germany, February 16, 1875. Education: classics in Germany; theology at Mt. St.Mary Seminary, Cincinnati , Ohio . Ordained by Bishop Messmer in Appleton , Wis. , D ecember 18, 1897. Assistant at St. Mary Parish, Kaukauna, January 16, 1898. Pastor of parishes at: Shawano (built school) and missions, October 21, 1899; Oconto , St. Joseph's, November 1, 1914. Named Dean of Oconto County. Fell seriously ill in September, 1939, and died at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay, September 25, 1940. Burial at Oconto. BEDESSEM, the Rev. Henry William,

4th of 4 children of Henry William B. and Florence Marie Gallagher, born in Green Bay, Wis. , August 23, 1933. Education: Central Catholic High School , Green Bay ; junior college at Mt. Calvary ; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary (M.A. in History, 1958). Ordained 88

by Bishop Bona, cathedral , Green Bay, May 23, 1959. Assistant at Appleton, Sacred Heart Parish, June 12, 1959. Chaplain at Holy Family College (now Silver Lake College), Manitowoc, September 12, 1963. Assistant at parishes in: Little Chute, June 12, 1964; Maplewood, June 16, 1965 (temporary); Niagara, September 8, 1965. Pastor of St. Charles Borromeo Parish, Lena, June 14, 1969 (member of Board of Directors for building apartments for the elderly, 1973). Appointed Spiritual Director of the Diocesan Central Council of the St. Vincent de Paul Society, July 20, 1970, and appointed member of the Diocesan Personnel Board, October 11, 1971. Pastor of parishes in: Oshkosh, St. Peter, June 19, 1974; Flintville , June 18, 1975 (new parish center, 1980); and campus ministry at Northeast Wisconsin Technical Institute, Green Bay, June 18, 1975. Leave of absence for reasons of health, February 1, 1982. Resides in Coleman, Wis.

BEERNTSEN, the Rev. Harold Alfred,

3rd of 6 chldren of Henry William B. and Martha Ida Jordan, born in Green Bay, Wis., August 5, 1929. Education : Central Catholic High School in Green Bay ; engaged in the family business of candy manufacture and sales from 1947 to 1951 ; served with the U.S. Army for the following two years; junior college at St. Norbert's (1 year) and at Mt. Calvary (1 year) ; philosophy and theology at St. John Seminary, Collegeville, Minn. (B.A. , May, 1957). Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral , Green Bay, May 27, 1961. Temporary appointment as assistant in the office of the Associated Diocesan Societies, June 9, 1961. Assistant at St. Joseph Parish , Green Bay, September 6, 1961. Temporary administrator of St . Joseph Parish, Green Bay, August 1, 1966. Assistant at parishes in: Menasha, St. John's, September 8, 1966; Jericho, September 18, 1967 (temporary); Kaukauna, Holy Cross, June 12, 1968; became administrator of Holy Cross Parish, December 4, 1970. Pastor of parishes in: Oshkosh, St. Josaphat's, February 1, 1971 (built new church, 1976); Green Bay, St. Philip's, July 1, 1982.

BELANGER, the Rev. Byron Bernard,

2nd of 6 children of Frank B. and Jane Belanger, born in Oconto, Wis., September 21, 1908. Education: St. Norbert High School, De Pere; St. Norbert College, De Pere; theology at Grand Seminaire , Laval University, Quebec, Canada. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral , Green Bay, May 28, 1938. Assistant at parishes in: Algoma, 89

June 15, 1938; Oconto, St. Peter's, June 15, 1939. Pastor of parishes in : White Lake with mission at Langlade, July 11 , 1952; Coleman , October 30 , 1952 (built new parish hall, 1954); Marinette, St. Joseph's, July 14, 1965; Coleman, April 29, 1966. Retired because of ill health, September 20, 1973. Resides in Oconto. BELITZ, the Rev. Ronald C., 4th of 9 children of Clarence R. B. and Magdeline M . Leonard, born in Cleveland , Wis., on March 5, 1952. Education: high school at Sacred Heart Seminary ; college at St. Norbert's (B.A. in Sociology); philosophy and theology at St. John Seminary, Collegeville, Minn., 19751979. Terra Sancta Youth Lodge, Ein Karem , Israel , 1977, sponsored by St. John Seminary. Deacon , Neenah , St . Margaret Mary , 1978. Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral , Green Bay , June 2, 1979. Associate pastor of parishes in: Green Bay, St. Bernard's, June 30, 1979; Appleton, St. Bernard's, July 1, 1982.

BELLE, the Rev. Arthur N., born at Wiltz, Grand Duchy of Luxemburg, April 11 , 1862. Education: classics at Stavelot and at St. Trond in Belgium; theology at Liege, Belgium . Ordained by Bishop Victor J . Doutreloux for the Diocese of Green Bay , at Liege , Belgium , April 11, 1887. Pastor of parishes at: Clintonville with missions · at Bear Creek (built church and school) , Norrie, Tigerton , Marion, Leopolis and Aniwa, July 2, 1887; Duck Creek (now listed as Howard) with missions at Flintville and Little Suamico , December 7, 1892; Lincoln (then known as Grandlez), September, 1895; Mishicot, August 26, 1908; Isaar, September 20, 1926. Retired from active pastoral work on July 8, 1933, with residence near the St. Joseph Church in Green Bay (1229-13th Ave .). Died at Green Bay, June 2, 1940. Lies buried in Calvary Cemetery in Manitowoc. BEMOWSKI, the Rev. Francis A., son of Martin B . and Antoinette Zaborowski, born at Hull, Wis., March 30, 1888. Education: classics at St. Stanislaus College, Chicago, Ill., and at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary in Michigan ; theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul , Minn. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral , Green Bay, April 14, 1916. Assistant at parishes in: Antigo, St. John's, May 6, 1916; Green Bay , St. John's, July 3, 1917. Pastor of parishes in: West Kewaunee, June, 1918; Spruce, September 3, 1920; White Lake with missions at Langlade and Elcho, April 22, 1921; Antigo, St. Hyacinth's, September 3, 1922. In the course of the con-

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struction of the present St. Hyacinth Church, Father suffered severe injuries that caused his death when he stepped on an e levator used during construction, and as he did so, the clutch that held the elevator in place gave way and he fell to the ground a distance of about thirty feet. The sad accident occurred on July 28, 1934. He died at Langlade County Memorial Hospital, July 30, 1934. Lies buried in St. Peter's Cemetery , Stevens Point . BENKERT, the Rev. Louis,

is reported to have come to the Diocese of Green Bay on loan from the Diocese of Toledo, Ohio. He assisted Father Steinbrecher at St. Mary Parish, Kaukauna, around the year 1918, and due to his musical talent, Father Fitzmaurice requested his services at St. Mary Parish, Appleton. He assisted there from June, 1918, until January, 1919, when he returned to the Diocese of Toledo. Reported to have later joined the Precious Blood Fathers. BERG, the Rev. Robert Anthony,

4th of 4 children of Theodore B. and Lily Gretzmacher born in Appleton, Wis., June 1, 1921. Education: high school and junior college at St. Nazianz; college and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral, Green Bay, May 15, 1951. Assistant at parishes in : Oshkosh, Sacred Heart, May 28, 1951 ; Chilton , St. Mary's, December 7, 1954 ; Algoma, September 10, 1956; Clark Mill , September 26, 1958. Served as temporary administrator at Flintville from November 12, 1958, until his transfer to the parish at St. John , Wis., as assistant, on May 5, 1960. Chaplain at St. Mary Hospital, Kewaunee, September 6, 1961. Temporary administrator at Northeim, J une 16, 1963. Pastor of Northeim , September 12, 1963 (decorated the interior of the church , 1968) . Pastor at Maplewood, A ugust 31, 1968. Granted sick leave , March 5, 1970; temporary chaplain at Mercy Extended Care Center, Oshkosh , June 18, 1970. Pastor at Jericho, January 26, 1971; granted additional sick leave, July 26, 1971. Died June 6, 1976 at St. Elizabeth Hospital , Appleton. Lies buried in St. Joseph Cemetery, Appleton. BERGSBAKEN, the Rev. Dennis Lee,

1st of 2 children of Roger B. and Dolores Dudek , born in Green Bay, July 29, 1952. Education : Seymour High School; St. Norbert College (B .A. in E nglish, 1974); theology at St . Paul Seminary, St. Paul (M . D iv. , 1982) Deacon internship at Holy Name of Jesus Parish, Kimberly, August 5, 1977, to January 30, 1978. Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral, Green Bay, May 27, 1978. Associate pastor of parishes in : 91

Green Bay, St. Agnes , June 6, 1978; Appleton , St. Pius X , July 1, 1980. Field Advocate in Marriage Tribunal, September 8, 1982.

BERGSTADT, the Rev. John Paul, only child of Walter B. and Ruth Bostedt, born in Menominee, Mich. , September 24, 1941. Education: Catholic Central High School, Marinette; junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary , Oneida; philosophy at St. Francis Seminary (B.A. , 1964); theology at North American College, Rome (S. T. L. , 1968) . Ordained by Bishop Francis R eh, Rector of North American College, December 21, 1967. Associate pastor of St. Therese Parish , Appleton, August 31 , 1968. Appointed to the faculty of Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida, June 18, 1970. Associate pastor of Holy Cross Parish, Kaukauna, June 14, 1972. Pastor of St. Bernard Parish , Green Bay, June 30, 1979. Appointed parochial consultor for a period of three years, Jul y 2, 1980.

BERKEN, the Rev. Gerald Joseph, son of Theodore B. and Alberta Berendsen , born in Chicago, August 16, 1939. Education: St. Norbert High School; junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay , May 29, 1965. Assistant at parishes in: Elcho, June 11 , 1965 (temporary); Kaukaun a, Holy Cross, September 17, 1965; Two Rivers, St. Mark's, September 8, 1967. Associate pastor of St. T herese, Appleton, September 9, 1970. Resigned from the active priesthood , July 21, 1972 . BERNARDY, the Rev. Patrick Aloysius, 7th of 9 children of Albert B. and Julia O'Neil , born at Porte rfield, Wis. , January 11 , 1929. Education: Our Lady of Lourdes High School, Marinette; junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. John Seminary, Collegeville. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay , June 11 , 1960. Appointed assistant at parishes in: Manitowoc, Sacred Heart , September 8, 1960; New London, December 12, 1963; Manitowoc, St. Andrew's, September 10, 1964; Green Bay, St. John the Evangelist , September 8, 1966. Administrator of St. Hedwig Parish, West Kewaunee, July 15, 1970. Pastor of parishes in: Oconto Falls, August 25 , 1970; Niagara, June 30, 1979. Served as: Diocesan Consultor from September 27, 1971 to September 1, 1975. Episcopal Vicar of Vicariate III, September 1, 1972 to September 1, 1979. Parochial Consultor, July 2, 1980, for a three-year term. Field Advocate for the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal, October 22, 1981.

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BERRYMAN, the Rev. Harold Lewellyn, 2nd of 3 children of Lewellyn Thomas B. and Evelyn Catherine Smith, born in Flint , Mich., January 2, 1932. Education: high school at St. Joseph Seminary , Grand Rapids, and at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, May 31 , 1958. Assistant at parishes in: Luxemburg (temporary) , June 20, 1958; Oshkosh , St. Peter's, September 5, 1958: Fulltime chaplain of the Newman Club at Oshkosh, December 11 , 1961. Advanced study of psychology at Oshkosh State College, Oshkosh, February 1, 1962. Assistant at St. Matthew Parish, Green Bay, December 12, 1963. Pastor of parishes in: Lakewood, Octobe r 16, 1968; Green Bay, St. Patrick's, June 18, 1970; Manitowoc, St. Mary's, June 18, 1975. Member of the Ecumenical Commission, April 15, 1974 to April 1, 1977. Appointed to the Permanent Diaconate Board, December 5, 1979.

BESTLER, the Rev. Joseph Lawrence, 2nd of 4 children of Joseph B. and Doretta Ertl, cousin of Father Philip Hantschel, born in Appleton , Wis., on February 20, 1931. Education: St. Mary High School, Menasha, junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul , Minn . Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, on June 1, 1957. Assistant at parishes in: Green Bay, St. John's, June 14, 1957; Kaukauna, St. Mary's, October 7, 1964. Temporary administrator of St. Sebastian Parish, Isaar, June 13, 1967. Pastor of parishes in: Suring, with mission at Chute Lake, September 8, 1967; Appleton , St. Therese's, December 1, 1970. Sabbatical year with an interim parish assignment at St. Casimir Parish, Northeim , from June 19, 1975 to September 3, 1975. Studies at St. Paul University, Ottawa , Canada, September 3, 1975 for the academic yea r (D. of Min. , 1976). Temporary administrator of St. Mary Parish , Leopolis, December 2, 1976. Leave of absence for further studies at Colgate Rochester Divinity School/Bexley Hall/ Crozer Theological Seminary, Rochester, New York. Pastor of St. Raphael Parish , Oshkosh , January 31, 1979. Achieved clinical membership in the American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy. Appointed Field Advocate in Marriage Tribunal, October 22, 1981. Granted personal leave of absence, December 7, 1982.

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BETH, the Rev. George Frank,

4th of 4 children of Peter Joseph B. and Catherine Schroeder, born in Two Rivers, Wis., April 11, 1905. Education: high school and college at St. Norbert's; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral, Green Bay, May 7, 1930. Assistant at parishes in: Two Rivers, St.Mark's, May 12, 1930; Kimberly, September 16, 1930; Antigo , St. John's, September 27, 1932. Pastor of parishes at: Crandon with missions at Argonne and Hiles, July 7, 1933; Black Creek with missions at Shiocton and Navarino, January 22, 1938; Mishicot, February 22 , 1946 (built new school and parish hall) ; Two Rivers , St. Mark's, November 12, 1958; New London, September 8, 1966. Dean of the New London Deanery, 1969 to 1971. Died December 27, 1973, at St. Joseph's Residence, New London, where he resided from October 31, 1973. Lies buried in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Two Rivers. BETLEY, the Rev. Adrian Anthony,

1st of 3 children of Felix B. and Irene Holewinski, nephew of Father Anthony Betley and cousin of Father Michael Betley, born July 17, 1939, in Milwau kee, Wis. Education: high school and junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral, Green Bay, May 29, 1965. Chaplain at Holy Fami ly Hospital, Manitowoc, June 7, 1965 (temporary). Assistant at parishes in: Oshkosh, St. Peter's, July 14, 1965; Menasha, St. John's, September 8, 1967. Leave of absence, March, 1969. Resigned from the active priesthood , March , 1970. BETLEY, the Rev. Anthony Leonard,

7th of 12 children of George B. and Angeline Halada, uncle of Father Adrian Betley and great uncle of Father Michael Betley , born at Sobieski, Wis., May 24, 1909. Education: high school at St. Bonaventure's, Sturtevant, Wis. ; college years at St. Mary College , Orchard Lake, Mich .; theology at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary at the same location . Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral , Green Bay , May 26, 1934. Assistant at parishes in: Manitowoc, St. Mary's, June 16, 1934; Rosholt, March 12, 1936; Stevens Point, St. Peter's , May 7, 1937. Pastor of parishes at: Northeim, June 15, 1939; first resident pastor at Suamico (Rectory, Nov., 1949; church and hall, June, 1957) with mission at Little Suamico, January 11, 1949; Mishicot, November 12, 1958 (built new rectory, enlarged church , 1961). Sick leave, November 15, 1971. Pastor at Northeim, September 27, 1972 (church interior improvements, 1974). Retired June 18, 1975; resides in Green Bay. 94

BETLEY, the Rev. Michael Erwin,

1st of 4 children of Erwin B. and Lorraine Smurawa, grandnephew of Father Anthony Betley and cousin of Father Michael Betley, born January 31, 1953, in Green Bay, Wis. Education: high school at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida; college at St. Norbert's (B.A. in Sociology, 1975); spent a year in Concord, California, as a supervisor in workshop for developmentally handicapped adults ; theology at St. Francis Seminary (M. Div. , 1980). Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral , Green Bay , June 7, 1980. Associate pastor of St. John the Baptist Parish, Menasha, July 1, 1980. Appointed Chaplain of the Junior Court of the Catholic Daughters of the Americas, Menasha, September 12, 1980. Associate pastor of St. Bernard Parish, Green Bay, July 1, 1982.

BEYERLE, the Rev. Charles,

born in Strassburg, Alsace (France) , August 12, 1848. Parents died when he was quite young. Pursued the study of the classics and of theology at Strassburg; came to America with Bishop Melcher and enrolled at St. Francis Seminary to complete his theological studies. Ordained by Bishop Melcher at Green Bay , June 16, 1871. Pastor at Duck Creek (now known as Howard) from 1871 to 1877. According to a notation by the future Bishop Fox (then Vicar General), Father Beyerle built the church at Duck Creek ... "and being inexperienced made quite a debt which however he assumed personally and it took him nearly the rest of his life to pay it off." Transferred to Our Lady of Lourdes Parish, Marinette, April ,.1877, where he paid off all outstanding debts. Transferred to Ss. Peter and Paul Parish, Grand Rapids (now Wisconsin Rapids) in 1878, where he labored with admirable zeal until illness compelled him to give up his pastoral work less than a month before his death. Died at St. Joseph Hospital, Milwaukee, o n July 20, 1897. Lies buried in Calvary Cemetery at Wisconsin Rapids. BIEGANSKI, the Rev. Thomas,

son of Andrew B. and Elizabeth Kalina, born in Krempa, Poland, December 18, 1885. Education: classics in Germany; theology at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, Mich. , where he was ordained by Bishop Kelly on June 17, 1911. Listed in the Catholic Directory as having fulfilled pastoral assignments as follows: Oconto, St. Joseph's, 1912; Spruce, 1913-1916; Belmont (now listed as Almond) , 1917, where he died at the age of only 33 on April 26, 1919. 95

BIENIARZ, the Rev. John Casimir, born in Cracow, Galicia, Austria, June 5, 1863. Education: classics in Lincium , Upper Austria; theology at Janrinium, Hungary. Ordained by the Most Rev. John Zalka for the Diocese of Janrinium, January 29, 1888. Came to America and worked in the Diocese of Marquette, Mich., from October 1, 1893, until September 1, 1895, when he was received into the Diocese of Green Bay. Served briefly at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Parish , Eaton , until late 1895 , when he became the second pastor of the newly-established St. H yacinth Parish at A ntigo - succeeding Father Starostzick. Transferred to the pastorate of St. Michael's, Berlin , in late 1899. Became a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee with the redistricting of the dioceses of the State of Wisconsin in June , 1905 . Retired from active pastoral service and took up reside nce at St. Francis Seminary Infirmary , Milwaukee, 1925. Died December 6 , 1934. Lies buried in St. Adalbert Cemetery, Milwaukee . BILLIAU, the Rev. Alphonse M., born in Audenarde , Belgium , March 21 , 1863. Studied in Luxemburg, Europe. Ordained on October 5, 1890. Admitted into the Diocese of Green Bay on a temporary basis in January, 1902, and assigned to the parish at Askeaton. Left the diocese that same year. BINDER, the Rev. Leo Frank, son of Wenzl B. and Cecilia Schultz, born in Oshkosh, Wis., November 16, 1899. Education: high school at the Josephinum, Worthington, Ohio; junior college at Mt. Calvary; philosophy at St. Paul Seminary; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode at St. Francis Seminary Chapel, February 1 , 1925. Assistant at parishes in: Manitowoc, St. Boniface, March 4 , 1925; Appleton , St. Mary's , May 14, 1927. Pastor of parishes in: Lanark, October 17, 1930; Charlesburg, June 30, 1932 (built new school entrance); Marinette, St. Anthonis, November 8, 1945 (built addition to school) ; Antigo , St. John's , September 16, 1952 (built new church and rectory, 1957). Dean of the Langlade Deanery, 1967 to 1971. Retired on September 1, 1970. Died at St. Paul Home, Kaukauna, October 19, 1979 . Lies buried in Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh. BIRDSALL, the Rev. Anthony J., 1st of 3 children of Lawrence B. and Anna Bretl , nephew of F r. Richard Birdsall (Sioux City Diocese) and cousin of Fathers Hugh Birdsall,S.D .S., and James Bretl, S. D .S. , born in Brussels, Wis., August 2, 1934. Education : high school and junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul (B. A. , 1957).

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Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, June 11, 1960. Temporary assignments at Green Bay, H oly Martyrs, June 25 , 1960; Maplewood, July 16, 1960, and Holy Family Hospital, August 9 , 1960. Assistant at parishes in: Green Bay , St. Bernard's, September 8, 1960; Appleton, St. Mary's, September 10, 1964 (temporary administrator , June 1, 1970). Temporary administrator of St. Aloysius Parish , Kaukauna, October, 1970. Pastor of St. Mary Parish , Hilbert , January 21, 1971 (addition to school, 1974; built new church, 1981). Appointed Diocesan Director of Rural Life Conference, April 11, 1975.

BLAHA, the Rev. John Francis, 2nd of 2 children of Joseph B. and Ruth Luebke, born in Two Rivers, September 10, 1949. Education: Washington High School, Two Rivers; junior college, Sacred H eart Seminary, Oneida ; senior college, St. Norbert's (B.A. in R eligious Studies, 1971); theology at St. John University, Collegeville (M . Div., 1975). Ordained by Bishop Mark Schmitt, St . Luke Church, Two Rivers, June 7, 1975. Associate pastor of St. John Nepomucene Parish, Little Chute, June 18, 1975. Associate director of the Diocesan Vocation Program and Youth Program and part-time associate pastor of the new St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Green Bay, June 28, 1978. Appointed Director of Vocations, September 18, 1978, while continuing associate pastor of St. Elizabeth Seton Parish, Green Bay. Pastor of St. James Parish, Cooperstown , January 1, 1982, while remaining Director of Vocations.

BLUM, the Rev. Leonard (Leonhard), born at Trier, Diocese of Cologne, Germany, on September 5, 1845. Came to America with his parents in 1846 who settled at Marytown, Wis. Education: classics a t Mt. Calvary; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Henni at St. Francis Seminary in Decembe r, 1872. Served as assistant in Racine, Wis. , and then as pastor successively at Lyons, New Muster, Brighton , St. Kilian, Charlesburg (18931899) and at St. Nazianz. His te nure in the parish at St. Nazianz (as of July 12 , 1899) auto matically made him a priest of the Diocese of Green Bay as of 1905 , when new boundaries were assigned to the dioceses of the Province of Milwaukee (new faculties dated June 12, 1905). Transferred to the parish at M aplewood in September, 1905, where he remained until his retirement from active pastoral work in 1910. Died in re tirement at Milwaukee in Novembe r, 1913. Lies buried in Calvary Cemetery at Milwaukee (tombstone inscription lists December 21 , 1872, as date of ordination, and Novembe r 6, 1913 as date of death) .

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son of Adalbert B. and Catherine Mucharska , born in Poland , September 10, 1884. Arrived in America in August , 1903, and enrolled at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, Mich ., to prepare for the priesthood. Ordained by Bishop Kelly for the Diocese of Green Bay, at Detroit, Mich., June 17, 1911. Assistant at Holy Cross Paris!h, Kaukauna, July 7, 1911. Pastor of parishes at: West Kewaunee , May, 1912; Belmont (Portage Co.) , August, 1913. Given a leave of absence from the diocese , October, 1914; accepted assignments in several areas such as the Archdioceses of Toronto and of Winnipeg, Canada. Returned to the diocese , August, 1921 , and given charge of the parish at Plover (Portage Co.) . Transferred to the parish at Pine Grove, September 1, 1922. Took a second leave of absence from the diocese in August, 1925, and eventually returned to his native Poland (1926). Died in Poland, October 30, 1943. BLUME, the Rev. Engelbert,

born at Paderborn, Germany, September 24, 1843 (another source mentions October 5, 1844). Completed his theology at St. Francis Seminary where he was ordained by Bishop Henni on December 19, 1868 . Began his association with the Diocese of Green Bay in 1876 when he became pastor of St. Joseph Parish, Sturgeon Bay , with responsibility for the missions.of the area. Credited with having founded the mission at Egg Harbor where he built a church in 1878. Also encouraged the establishment of a separate congregation at Sevastopol in the Spring of 1884. Transferred to the parish at Morrison in November , 1884, where he was the predecessor of Father Conrad Saile (later Monsignor). Pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish , Merrill, summer of 1885. Letters on file at the Pastoral Office , Green Bay, infer that he was still pastor at Merrill in 1890. Information lacking on his priestly activities beyond the year 1890. Father John Hummel (later Monsignor) was his successor at Merrill in November, 1890. BODEN, the Rev. William,

is listed among the priests of the Diocese of Green Bay in but one volume of the Catholic Directory - 1869. Assigned to St. Kilian's Parish, New Franken in August , 1868, where he replaced the old log church with a new church at a cost of $2,628.00. Left New Franken in December, 1869, and apparently moved westward. Subsequent Catholic Directory listings place him at St. Ludger Parish , D eepwater, Mo., in 1871, and at St. Liborius Parish, St. Louis, Mo. , in 1873. 98

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son of Louis B. and Albertine Marcelle, cousin of Father Theodore Hendricks, born at Preble, Wis., August 23, 1931. Education: high school and two years of college at St. Nazianz, philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, June 1, 1957. Temporary appointment as assistant to Father Borusky (Chambers Island Retreat House), June 14, 1957. Assistant at parishes in: Appleton , Sacred Heart, September 4, 1957; Mishicot, June 12, 1961; Green Bay, Ss. Peter and Paul 's, September 6, 1961; temporary administrator, Institute, April 7, 1962; Green Bay , Ss. Peter and Paul , June 25, 1962; Sturgeon Bay , St. Joseph, June 13, 1963; G reen Bay, Ss. Peter and Paul, September 10, 1964; temporary administrator at Glenmore with mission at Stark, June 13, 1967. Pastor of parishes in: Plainfield, September 8, 1967; Two Rivers, St. Mark, February 19, 1970. Resigned from the active priesthood, November 20, 1971. BOGACKI, the Rev. Anthony,

began his association with the Diocese of Green Bay in 1876 or early 1877 when he was put in charge of St. Peter Parish at Stevens Point. His tenure must have been brief, but the Catholic Directory (1877) mentions that the church was in the course of construction during his pastorate. Transferred to the pastorate of St. Luke's, Two Rivers, in 1877, where he remained until 1879. Information lacking as to his priestly activities after 1879. BONDUEL, the Rev. Florimond Joseph,

son of Baptist B. and Marie Katherine Lutun, born in Cominez, Belgium, September 17, 1800 (September 18, 1799, according to one record). Education : classics at seminary in Roulers, Belgium; theology begun at seminary in Tournay, Belgium , continued at the Athenaeum (later called the College of St. Francis Xavier), Cincinnati, after coming to the United States in 1831, and completed in Detroit. Ordained by Bishop Frederick Rese , St. Anne Cathedral , Detroit, February 9, 1834 (first priest ordained in the newly established diocese of Detroit). Assistant priest at St. Anne Cathedral, 1834. Missionary work in Mackinaw and St. Ignace, 1836; arrived in Milwaukee and offered the first Mass ever celebrated in Milwaukee in the house of Solomon Juneau, 1837; rector of St. John the Evangelist Church in Green Bay, 1840 to 1843; rector of St. Gabriel's Church at Prairie du Chien and visited settlements in Crawford and Grant Counties , 1845 and 1846. His greatest achievement was his work with the Menominee Indians at the mission of St. Francis Xavier on the reservation joining Lake Poygan and the Wolf River , 1847-1853. Next he served as rector in the following 99

churches: Milwaukee, St. Pete r's, 1854; St. Gall's, 1855; again St. Pete r's, 1856 (since the Jesuits had come to St. Gall's) ; Mine ral Point (Iowa County), 1857 ; Bay Settlement, Ho ly Cross (with the Crosier Fathe rs), 1858; Green B ay, St . John the Evangelist , 1859-1861. This saintly and learned priest whose efforts played an important role in Christianizing pioneer Wisconsin died December 13, 1861, at Green Bay; lies buried in Allouez Cemetery. BONGERS, the Rev. Matthew, born in Arnheim , H olland, December 27 , 1832. Education: classics under the Jesui t Fathers at the seminary o f Culemburg, Ho lland; theology at the seminary of R yzenburg in the Archdiocese of Utrecht, Holland . Accompanied Bishop J. F. A . Kistemaker to the West Indies in May, 1861, and was ordained by him in St. Joseph Church at Curacao , West Indies, on June 25 , 1861. Worked as a missionary in the Dutch Islands of the West I ndies for the next 24 years, gaining distinctio n not only for his apostolic zeal but also for his proficiency in publishing several religious works in the language of the area (known as the "papiame nto" dialect) . Due to ill health , he took a trip to Ame rica to visit his relatives at Oconto, Wis., in June of 1885 - and remained to work in the Diocese of Green Bay. A ppointed to assist the ailing Father Brown at St. Patrick's, Green Bay (September 1, 1885), he became pastor of the parish after the death of Father Brown on December 31, 1885. Transferred to St. Wille brord Parish , Green Bay, October 6, 1886 , whe re, in his-own words, he laid claim to the distinctio n of having been "the first in the Diocese of Green Bay to establish the free school system .. . " The fo undations for the present St. Willebrord Church were laid during the pastorate of Fr. Bongers. Transferred to Holy Martyrs Church at Preb le on February 6, 1890. Died at G ree n Bay on June 17 , 1902. Lies buried in Allouez Cemetery at Green Bay. BOROWSKI, the Rev. Peter A., born in Poland on June 29, 1874. Studied at Ss. Cyril and Methodi us Seminary, Orchard Lake, Mich., and ordained by Bishop Kelly for the D iocese of G reen Bay on June 17, 1911. Pastor of parishes at : Plainfield , July, 1911 , with mission at Belmont, Portage County, as of December 1, 1914; Sobieski, March 25, 1921 ; Two Rivers , Sacred Heart, April 8, 1932; Fancher, Portage County, June 1, 1934. Died as pasto r of Fancher at St. Michael H ospital, Steve ns Point, on July 26 , 1939. Burial in St. Joseph Convent Cemetery at Stevens Point. Listed in the Catholic Directory as pastor at Plover, Portage County, from 1918 to 1922, but correspondence has failed to confirm this listing. Belmont and Plover became separate congregations as of February 23 , 1916, whe n Father Borowski was still in charge of the parish at Plainfield and the mission at Belmont.

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BORUSKY, the Rev. Monsignor Sylvester Anthony, 2nd of 3 childre n of Joseph B. and Rose Tadych, born in Two Rivers , Wis. , March 22, 1916. Education: Washington High School, Two Rivers; St. Norbert College, De Pere (B .S. , June, 1948); business college training at Milwaukee and at Manitowoc; employed in the banking profession until called to military service in April , 1942; preparation for the priesthood at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, after his return from military service in February, 1946 (B .A. , June, 1952). Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay , June 7 , 1952. Assistant at St. Philip Parish, Green Bay, June 26, 1952. Director of the Associated Diocesan Societies, February 29, 1956 (built addition to Holy Name Retreat House, Chambers Island , by guiding the construction of a new chapel in 1957, and a 53-room addition in 1960). Pastor of parishes in: Kaukauna, St. Aloysius (founding pastor), September 10, 1964; Flintville , October 13, 1971 ; Green Bay , St. Bernard , April , 1972. Appointed to the Diocesan Board of Education, June 20 , 1967, and to the Diocesan Consultors , June 7, 1973. Raised to the dignity of Honorary Prelate by Pope Paul VI , August 8, 1975. Associate pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish , Algoma , June 30, 1979, and appointed co-pastor, August 27, 1980. Administrator of St. Hedwig Parish, West Kewaunee, and chaplain of Permanent Diaconate Program , June 21 , 1981. Leave of absence for reasons of health, November 3, 1981. Died at St. E lizabeth Hospital , Appleton, August 28, 1982. Lies buried in Holy Cross Cemetery , Two Rivers. BOSNIACKI, (Bozniacki, Bozmack), the Rev. Jacob, born in Austria,May 1, 1848. Reported to have studied with the Jesuits in his homeland since 1860, and to have been ordained as a Jesuit in 1873. Taught as a Jesuit for six years but eventually left the Society of Jesus due to the effect of the sedentary type of life on his health . Did pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Limburg in Germany for some years. Came to America in 1893 in search of missionary work; assigned to Ss. Cyril and Methodius Parish at Eaton , Brown County, in 1893. Transferred to Sacred Heart Parish, Two Rivers, where baptismal entries indicate that he served there from April 24, 1894, to May 5, 1895. Died at St. Joseph Hospital, Milwaukee, June 27, 1895. BOUCHE, the Rev. Dennis George, 2nd of 7 children of Lawrence Arthur B. and Mary Martha Langer, born in Marinette, Wis., January 25, 1916. Edueation: Our Lady of Lourdes High School , Marinette ; junior college, St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. John Seminary, Collegeville, Minnesota. Ordained by Bishop Bona, chapel of St. Joseph Orphanage , Green Bay, 101

January 31, 1945. Assigned temporarily as chaplain of St. Elizabeth Hospital, Appleton , February 15, 1945. Assistant at parishes in: Two Rivers, St. Luke, March 14, 1945; Coleman (administrator) , July 9, 1946; Oshkosh, St. Vincent's, February 25, 1949. Substitute Pastor at Tigerton, July to December, 1950, and at Hollandtown, January to April, 1951. Assistant at parishes in: Manitowoc, St. Paul's, April, 1951; Oconto , St. Peter's , September 10, 1956. Administrator of St. John Parish, Coleman, July 14, 1965. Leave of absence for reasons of health, April 29, 1966. Associate pastor of Sacred Heart Parish , Shawano, June 14, 1969. Administrator of Sacred Heart Parish, Spruce, with mission at St. Wenceslaus Parish, Klondike, December 1, 1970. Chaplain of Villa St. Vincent, New London, June 16, 1971, and assistant chaplain of St. Joseph Residence, New London, with residence at Most Precious Blood Rectory, New London, February 1, 1972. Active in the LaCrosse Diocese as associate pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul, Independence , February 1973. Leave of absence, May 17, 1974. Resides in Panorama City, California. BOURESSA, the Rev. Gerald Theodore,

1st of 5 children of Frank Harold B. and Madeline Mary Williams, born in Neenah, Wis., August 16, 1934. Education: St. Mary High School, Menasha; college and theology at St. Francis Seminary (B.A., 1956). Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, June 11, 1960. Temporary chaplain at Community Hospital, New London, June 19, 1960. Assistant at parishes in: Kimberly, July 17, 1960; Oshkosh, St. Peter's, September 8, 1966. Full-time faculty member at Lourdes High School, Oshkosh , June 14, 1969. Appointed administrator of St. Mary Parish, Omro, November 15, 1972, and pastor of the parish, June 20, 1973, while continuing service to Lourdes High School. Assigned to Mission work in the Dominican Republic at St. Theresa of Avila Parish , Elias Pina, June 30, 1979. Administrator of St. Mary Parish, Stockbridge , October 11, 1982. Administrator of St. Patrick Parish, Menasha, January 19, 1983; appointed pastor, February 1, 1983.

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born at Nenno, Washington County, Wis., on November 9, 1867. Education: first year at Mt. Calvary; remaining years of priestly training at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Katzer at Oshkosh , Wis., October 26, 1890. Pastor of parishes at: Kingston (Green Lake Co.), December, 1890; Seymour, 1892 ("Bavarian Settlement" left the 102

Seymour congregation during his administration, and formed the parish at Isaar); Custer (Portage Co.) , 1894; Mishicot, 1899; Oconto Falls with mission at Stiles, 1900 or 1901 ; Wisconsin Dells (then known as Kilbourn City), 1904. With the redistricting of the dioceses of the State of Wisconsin in June, 1905, Father Bourgmeyer automatically became a priest of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Died at Wisconsin Dells on July 27, 1907. Lies buried in Calvary Cemetery at Fond du Lac, Wis. BOYD, the Rev. Eugene O'Neill, born in Kingston, Ontario , Canada, on April 9, 1858. Studied at Quebec and at Ottawa in Canada, and ordained on June 1, 1885. Active association with the Diocese of Green Bay began in 1907 when he followed Father Otto Kolbe as pastor at Lebanon . Transferred to the pastorate at Walsh in 1908. No definite information found as to his priestly activities after 1911. BOYEA, the Rev. David Joseph, 1st of 3 children of Steven B. and Florence Coenen , born in Green Bay, April 3, 1947. Education : Abbot Pennings High School , De Pere; St. Norbert College (B.A. in theology, 1969); theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul. Ordained by Bishop Mark Schmitt , St. Boniface Church, De Pere, June 3, 1973. Associate pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Parish, Green Bay, June 20, 1973. Pastor of St. James Parish , White Lake, with mission at St. Stanislaus, Langlade, and a member of the Team Ministry to the Native Americans at Neopit, June 16, 1976. BRADY, the Rev. George W., son of John Brady and Bridget O'Brien and younger brother of Father John Brady of the diocese , born at Freedom, Wis ., June 4, 1856. Education: classics through theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Krautbauer at St. Francis Seminary on June 26, 1881 - Father Peter Lochman , future Vicar General of the Diocese of Green Bay, was a member of the same ordination class. Served as assistant to his brother, Father John Brady, at St. Mary's, Portage, until August, 1881 , when he became the first pastor of the parish at Florence (built the church). Transferred to St. Patrick Parish, Green Bay, in March, 1882. Became pastor of St. Mary Parish, Portage, in September, 1883 (enlarged and renovated the church, 1886). In poor health as of 1896, and received an assistant in July, 1896, in the person of Father A. P. Desmond. Died as pastor of St. Mary's, Portage, on February 24, 1897, at the age of 40. Lies buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Portage. 103

BRADY, the Rev. James Henry, born in Lowell , Mass., August 24, 1856. Education : classics at St. Mary College, Montreal, Canada; theology at Seton Hall Seminary and College, South Orange, N .J ., where he presumably studied theology under the future Bishop Messmer. Served as assistant in Jersey City, Newark , and Paterson , N.J., as chaplain at Morristown , N.J., and as pastor in several New Jersey parishes prior to his reception into the Diocese of Green Bay on January 17, 1901. Assigned to St. Peter Parish, Oshkosh. Transferred to St. Mary Parish, Portage , Wis., in 1904, and thus became a member of ihe Archdiocese of Milwaukee with the redistricting of the dioceses of the State of Wisconsin in June, 1905. Assistant at St. John Cathedral Parish , Milwaukee, from 1905 until his death on September 16, 1906, at St. Mary's Hospital , Milwaukee. Burial in Providence, Rhode Island. BRADY, the Rev. John, son of John B . and Bridget O'Brien , older brothe r of Father George Brady, born at Freedom , Wis., March 6, 1854. Ordained in 1878, and followed Father Beyerle as pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish , Marine tte (built new rectory). Transferred to St. Mary Parish, Portage , as pastor in early 1881. Assisted by his younger brother, Father George Brady, for approximately two months up to August , 1881. Died as pastor of St. Mary's , Portage, on March 28 , 1882, at the age of only 28. Lies buried in St. Nicholas Cemetery at Freedom, Wis. BRASSART (Brossart), the Rev. John Louis, was put in charge of the congregation at Lincoln (Grandlez) in 1875, with responsibility for the missions at Thiry (Thiry Daems), Casco and Piercetown. The following year, he was transferred to St. Joseph Parish in De Pere. It has been difficult to secure accurate information regarding this priest. T here are indications that he returned to Lincoln after a short tenure at De Pere, and left the diocese later in the year 1877. *BRAUN, the Rev. William Rupert, BROEKMAN, the Rev. August, 6th child of John B. and Catherine Fink, born in De Pere, Wis., August 18, 1892. Education: high school at Mt. Calvary; college at St. Norbert's; philosophy at the American College, University of Louvain , Belgium; theology at St . Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode , cathedral, Green Bay, June 7, 1919. Assistant in parishes at: Little Chute, June 21 , 1919; Kimberly , December 26, 1920; Sturgeon Bay , Corpus Christi, November 10, 1923; Manitowoc, St. Boniface, September 1, 1924. Pastor of parishes in : Birnamwood , March 4, 1925 ; Lebanon with mission at Weyauwega, May 14, 1927; Preble, *See page 428

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Holy Martyrs of Gorcum, April 27, 1932; Wrightstown, August 20, 1942; (built new school, 1957, remodeled the church and built new e ntrance, 1967; was known in the area for his woodcarving skill). Retired from active duty, September 20, 1968. Died January 29, 1969, at Holy Cross Hospital in Kemmerer, Wyoming . Lies buried in St. Paul Cemetery, Wrightstown. BROENS, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Alphonse, 5th of 12 children of Arnold B. and Anna Beck, one of three priests in the family, born at Weert, H olland , May 1, 1864. Completed college in Weert in 1881, came to America and enrolled at Notre Dame University, Indiana, for the study of philosophy. Taught for one year at St. Joseph College, Cincinnati , Ohio . Enrolled at St. Francis Seminary for the study of theology. Ordained by Archbishop Heiss at Milwaukee, for the Diocese of Green Bay, September 12, 1886. Assistant at St. Willebrord's Parish , Green Bay, until October 21, 1886, when he became assistant under the future Bishop Fox at Our Lady of Lourdes Parish , Marinette. Except for a brief period as pastor at Duck Creek as of September 12, 1895, he served as pastor of St. Joseph Parish , Sturgeon Bay , from September 12, 1887, until his death on July 21, 1930 (built new school, 1888; new convent, 1890; the present church , 1910). Named dean of the area, Nove mber 17, 1894. Raised to the dignity of a domestic prelate on April 19, 1927. Died as pastor of St . Joseph's on July 21, 1930. Lies buried in St. Joseph Cemetery at Sturgeon Bay. One priest brother, Father Lambert J . Broens, O.Praem. , came to America with the esteemed Rt. Rev. Abbot Pennings, O.Praem. , in 1893. BROOKS, the Rev. Charles Robert, 13th of 16 children of Henry B. and Mary Brocktrup, born in the Town of H olland , Wis., May 9, 1937. Education: high school at St. Nazianz; junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary ; philosophy and theology at St. Meinrad Seminary . Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral , May 29, 1965. Assistant at St. John Nepomucene Parish , Little Chute , June 16, 1965. Temporary chapla in at Holy Family H ospital, June 6, 1966. Assistant at St. Gabriel Parish , Neenah, September 8, 1966. Chaplain of Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, June 14, 1969. Chaplain and Director of Pastoral Care at St. E lizabeth Hospital, Appleton, September 1, 1972. Pastor of St. Patrick Parish , Lebanon , and chaplain of St. Joseph Residence , New London, June 16, 1976; assisting Father Michael Koch , chaplain of St. E lizabeth H ospital, was added to his duties on March 29, 1977. Chaplain of Theda Clark Regional Medical Center, Neenah, while continuing as pastor at Lebanon, June 30 , 1979: became full-time chaplain at Theda Clark, July 1, 1980.

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BROOKS, the Rev. H. J. born in Watertown, Wis. Little is known about this priest except that he entered St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee , in 1883, and served as assistant at St. Mary Parish, Appleton, in 1894. The issues of the Catholic Directory from 1895 to 1898 lists him as absent from the Archdiocese of Chicago , and the issues of 1899 and 1900 list him as absent on leave. BROUCHOUD, the Rev. Earl Richard, 5th of 7 children of Richard B. and Bertha Ellerman, born at Mishicot, Wis., August 13, 1922. Education: high school and j unior college at Mt. Calvary; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary (B.A., 1947). Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, June 15, 1946. Assistant at parishes in: Manitowoc, St. Boniface, June 29, 1946; Green Bay, St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, June 18, 1953; Kaukauna, St. Mary's, March 29 , 1955. Appointed Defender of the Bond on the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal, November 10, 1958 to 1969. Pastor of parishes in : Morrison with mission at East Wrightstown (Greenleaf), November 12, 1958 (built school, convent and social hall at Greenleaf, 1961); Two Rivers, St. Luke's, July 14, 1965; Mishicot, November 15, 1971; De Pere, St. Mary's, July 1, 1982. Appointed Diocesan Consul tor, September 15, 1979; reappointed September 10, 1982. Member of the Social Justice Commission, June 22, 1981. Director of the Office of Permanent Diaconate, July 1, 1982.

BROWN, the Rev. John, born in Braperstown, Londonderry , Ireland , December 28, 1842. Came to America in 1857, attended college at Pittsburgh, Pa., and at St. Vincent College , Latrobe, Pa. ; subsequently joined the Christian Brothers in Montreal, Canada, and was engaged for some time in the teaching apostolate. Later returned to Pennsylvania and was ordained by Bishop M. Domenec, C.M. of Pittsburgh at St. Vincent College Chapel, Latrobe, December 28, 1872. Served for six months at Manayunk, Pa. (where he had celebrated hi s First Mass) , and then accepted assignments in the Diocese of Marquette, where he served successive ly at Marquette (cathedral) , Calumet , Mackinac Island , Ishpeming, Quinnesec and Norway. Came to the D iocese of Green Bay and served as pastor of St. Patrick Parish (then known as Fort Howard) , Green Bay, from September 12, 1883, until his death on December 31, 1885, at the age of 43. He had been in poor health for several years; death was caused by tuberculosis. Lies buried in Allouez Cemetery in Green Bay.

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BROWNE, the Rev. Stanley Thomas,

only child of Theodore B. and Pauline Gretz, born in Manitowoc, Wis. , April 18, 1939. Education: Lincoln High School, Manitowoc; University of Wisconsin Extension , Manitowoc; University of Wisconsin , Milwaukee; Milwaukee Area Technical College; Marquette University; Sacred Heart School of Theology, Hales Corners, Wis. Worked for the Wisconsin Telephone Company as a Computer Analyst for 15 years before studying for the priesthood . Deacon intern at Holy Cross Parish, Mishicot, May 26, 1981. Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral, Green Bay, December 3, 1981. Associate pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Parish, Green Bay, December 15, 1981.

BRUNNER, the Rev. Aloysius,

born at Milwaukee, Wis ., May 15, 1878. Education: classics at Mar- · quette College, Milwaukee, Wis. , and at Mt. Calvary; theology at Mt. St. Mary Seminary , Cincinnati, Ohio. Ordained by Bishop William Elder for the Diocese of Green Bay at the cathedral, Cincinnati , Ohio, June 21, 1901. Assistant at St. Mary Parish, Kaukauna, July 15, 1901. Pastor of Ss. Peter and Paul Parish , Hortonville, as of 1902 (built and opened first parochial school at Hortonville, 1905). Contracted tuberculosis in 1905 and retired to Milwaukee where he died at St . Joseph Hospital, August 26, 1907, at the age of 29. Lies buried in Holy Cross Cemetery at Milwaukee. BRUNNER, the Rev. George,

born at Kaltenbrunn, Bohemia , March 4, 1847. Education : classics in his native land; theology at St. Francis Seminary as of October, 1867. Ordained by Bishop Melcher, pro-cathedral, Green Bay , December 17, 1870. Pastor of parishes at: Kellnersville with mission at Greenstreet, December 26, 1870; Kewaunee and missions, October 1, 1871 ; Stevens Point, St. Joseph's, brief tenure as of June 27, 1887; Francis Creek, July 23 , 1887; Clark Mills, October 1, 1890; Institute (then known as Sevastopol), November 9, 1895; Darboy (then known as Buchanan) , 1896. Retired to a private residence in Appleton in 1900, where he died on April 17, 1900. Commenting on his years •n Kewaunee, where he spent more than half of his priestly span, Father Brunner wrote: "In Kewaunee I bought the lots on which the present Catholic school, church and priest house stand; finished the commenced school house and moved it to its present place and secured the services of the Noire Dame Sisters in the year 1872. I commenced the building of the new church in the year 1879, which was completed and consecrated the first Sunday of October, 1884, free of debts ." 107

BUDZIKOWSKI, the Rev. Francis Joseph,

born in Gorzno , Poland , November 25, 1870. Education: classics at St. Mary's, Detroit, Mich. ; theology· at Mt. St. Mary Seminary , Cincinnati , Ohio . Ordained by Bishop William Elder for the Diocese of Green Bay at Cincinnati, Ohio, June 17, 1897. After two brief assignments at Two Rivers (July to August, 1897) and at Duck Creek (up to October 6, 1897), he took charge of the parish at Eaton as of October 7, 1897 (church about half-completed when he left). Transferred to the congregation at Slovan , October 28, 1898. Not listed in the Catholic Directory among assignments in the Diocese of Green Bay after 1899. Met with a sad death at Minneapolis, Minn. , on March 7, 1901 , at the age of only 30. BUHL, the Rev. Wilbert Leo,

5th of 6 children of Fred B. and Elizabeth Woelfel, grandnephew of Msgr. Francis Heimann, born at Charlestown, Wis. , February 18, 1934. Education : high school and junior college at St. Nazianz; philo.sophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary . Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, June 11, 1960. A ssistant at Algoma , June 27 , 1960; temporary administrator at Algoma, September 23, 1970. Pastor at Aurora with mission at Pembine, December 1, 1970 (built new church, 1972). Episcopal Vicar of Vicariate I, September 1, 1976 to 1979. Member of Board of Consultors, November 2, 1979; reappointed in 1982.

BUJARSKI, the Rev. Edward Cyril,

1st of2 children of George B. and Pauline Walcyk, born in Green Bay , Wis., on October 21, 1908. Education : high school and one year of college at St. Bonaventure , Sturtevant, Wis.; remaining college year at St. Norbert; theology at St. Francis Seminary (M.A., January 29 , 1934) . Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral, Green Bay, on May 26, 1934. Assistant at: Gillett, June 16, 1934; Appleton , St. Therese's, September, 1934. Pastor of parishes at: White Lake with mission at Langlade, May 12, 1938 (renovated church at White Lake and Langlade , 1938-1939); Northeim, December 28, 1948; Peshtigo, August 31, 1951 (built church and school, May, 1956; rectory and convent , November, 1957). Dean of the Marinette Deanery, December 19, 1966 to July 1, 1971. Temporary leave , August 21, 1971. Retired from active pastoral assignment, 1978. Chaplain of Our Lady of Fatima Latin Mass Association.

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BUKOWSKI, the Rev. Adam,

is crepited with having established St. Peter Parish, Stevens Point , in the year 1876. In Jul y, 1877, he was transferred to St. John the Baptist Parish , Princeton , where he remained until September of that year. No further information was available for him . BUNKELMAN, the Rev. David Sebastian,

6th of 8 children of Charles B. and Olive LeClair, born in Seymour , Wis. , September 26, 1896. Education: high school and college (including philosophy) at Mt. Calvary; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode , cathedral, Green Bay, June 11, 1920. Assistant in parishes at: Oconto Falls, June, 1920; Oshkosh, St. Vincent's, March, 1921. Pastor of parishes in : Pembine (built church , December , 1927) , with missions at Dunbar , Aurora (built church , D ecember, 1927) , and Amberg, May 30, 1926; Institute, March 28 , 1928 (bu ilt church , 1930) ; Bear Creek, June 3, 1.942; Oshkosh, Sacred H eart, January 30, 1947 (built Sisters' convent , March, 1953). Retired from active duty on September 8, 1967. D ied October 11 , 1980, in Oshkosh; lies buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Oshkosh. BURESH , the Rev. Karl Francis,

only child of Frank B. and Loretta Thelen , cousin of Fathe r Berendsen , 0 . Prae m., born in Green Bay, September 2, 1942. Education: high school and junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary, O neida; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul (B.A. , 1964). Master's degree in teaching, St. Thomas College , St. Paul , 1970 . Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral, Green Bay , May 25, 1968. Assistant at Holy Rosary Parish, Kewaunee, June 12, 1968. Appointed to the faculty of Lourdes High School, Oshkosh, June 14, 1969. Associate pastor of St. Patrick's Parish, Green Bay , June 20, 1973. Pastor of parishes in: Reedsville, September 18, 1974; Appleton, St. T herese's, January 20, 1977; Manawa , Sacred Heart , July 1, 1982. Episcopal Vicar of Vicariate VIII , July 1, 1981 to Jul y 1, 1982. Chairman of the board of Xavier High School, Appleton, 1977-1980. Field Advocate in the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal , Septembr 1, 1982.

BURKART, the Rev. Donald Richard,

6th of 7 children of Killian Burkart and Marie Schauer, nephew of Father Raymond Schauer , born in New Franken , Wis. , December 21 , 1932. Education: hi gh school at Central Catholic, Green Bay, and Mt. Calvary junior college at Mt. Calvary; philosophy and theology at St. 109

John's Seminary, Collegeville. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral , Green Bay, May 31, 1958. Assistant at parishes in: Elcho, June 13, 1958 (temporary); De Pere, St. Boniface, September 16, 1958. Appointed to the staff of the Apostolate , September 12, 1963. Appointed Chaplain of the St. Vincent de Paul Society of Green Bay, September 10, 1969. Pastor of parishes in: Marinette, St. Anthony's , June 25 , 1970; Crivitz, January 31, 1979. Vicar of Vicariate I, September 1, 1981.

BUSCHLE, the Rev. Athanasius Nicodemus,

born at Stetten, Wuertemburg, Germany, on May 3, 1851. It is probable that he was one of the seminarians recrnited by Bishop Melcher during his ttip to Europe in 1869. Studied at St. Francis Seminary as of 1869. Ordained by Bishop Ignatius Mrak of Marquette, Mich. , on May 29, 1874. After a short assignment at St. Mary pro-cathedral in Green Bay, he assumed charge of St. Edward Parish, Mackville, on February 6, 1875, with missions at Black Creek, Stephensville and Seymour. Pastor of other parishes at: Wrightstown, February 16, 1876; Kaukauna, Holy Cross, March 1, 1876 as first resident pastor (built rectory) ; Oshkosh, St. Mary's, May , 1877; St. John, Wis. (then known as Woodville) , 1879; Peshtigo , 1881; Robinsonville, 1882. Leave of absence in 1884, presumably to edit a paper known as "Weltbuerger" at or near Chicago, III. Returned to the diocese and became the first resident pastor at St. John Parish, September, 1885, with missions at Rhinelander and Eagle River. Transferred to the parish at Morrison , September, 1886. Died at the age of 36 after a long illness, while enroute to Green Bay on October 23, 1887. Lies buried in Allouez Cemetery at Green Bay. Described by a reliable source as a zealous priest "who simply worked himself to death." BUYTAERT, the Rev. Amadeus,

son of Peter B. and Louise Van Broeck, younger brother of Father Richard Buytaert, born in Haasdonk, Belgium, April 10, 1882. Education: classics and theology at the University of Louvain, Belgium, and final year at St. Francis Seminary. Had been preparing for a missionary career in the African Congo, but decided late in his theological course at Belgium that he would prefer to do his apostolic work in the Diocese of Green Bay . . . "the beloved country of my heart. " Ordained by Bishop Fox, cathedral, Green Bay, December 21, 1907. Assistant at St. Mary Parish, Kaukauna, February 28, 1908. Pastor of parishes in: Laona with mission at Wabeno, December 8, 1910 (built rectory at llO

Laona) ; Wabeno , first resident pastor, with mission at Lakewood and station at Mountain , May 7, 1916 (built church at Wa beno, 1913, and rectory, 1916; built church at Lakewood, 1919) ; Wrightstown , June 1, 1921 (built new convent, 1924; new school, 1925); (Dean of the De Pere Deanery, November 5, 1934); Green Bay, Ss. Peter and Paul , August 20 , 1942. Died at St. Vincent Hospital , Green Bay , July 30, 1948; lies buried in St. Paul's Cemetery, Wrightstown. BUYTAERT, the Rev. Richard, elder brother of Father Amadeus Buytaert of the diocese, born at Haasdonk, Belgium, May 3, 1878. Prepared for a missionary career in his native Belgium where he was ordained by Bishop Vanden Branden de Ruth at Scheut, Belgium, July 17, 1904. Did missionary work in Africa until 1912, when he was transferred back to Belgium. Came to America in 1913, and received the faculties of the Diocese of Green Bay as of Septe mber 25, 1913. Assisted his brother, Father Amadeus Buytaert, at Laona, until February, 1914. Pastor of parishes at: Stiles, February 15, 1914; Coleman , 1916. Was hit by a train while carrying the Blessed Sacrament to a sick person on May 10, 1919. Lies buried in St. John Ceme tery at Coleman. According to one account , the Rev. Pastor of the parish at Pound, Wis., who had asked Father Buytaert to attend to any sick calls in the Pound area during this particular leave of absence, was a passenger on the train that caused the sad accident. BUZANOWSKI, the Rev. Donald Joseph, 1st of 2 children of Joseph B. and Elizabeth Rasmussen, cousin of Father Dean D ombroski, born in Menasha, Wis ., November 13, 1942. Education: Menasha High School; St. Mary's College , Orchard Lake , Mich. (B .A . in philosophy, 1964); theology at St. Francis Se minary. Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral, Green Bay, May 25 , 1968. Temporary assistant at St. Joseph Parish, Green Bay, June 12, 1968. Associate pastor of parishes in: Green Bay, St. Joseph 's, August 31, 1968; Green Bay, St . John's, with part-time work with the Diocesan Apostolate for the Deaf, June 25, 1970; Green Bay , St. Jude's, while continuing as Director of the Pope John Deaf Community , June 1974. Co-pastor of St . Patrick Parish , Green Bay, June 18, 1975 ; became pastor, November 12, 1975 (exterior renovation and restoration of Church, 1978). Pastor of St. Louis Parish, D yckesville, with Mission of St. Francis de Paul, Marchand, July 1, 1982; Sturgeon Bay, Corpus Christi, July 1, 1983.

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CANAVERA, the Rev. Lawrence Joseph, 2nd of 3 children of Joseph C. and Elaine Watt, born in Niagara, Wis. , January 4, 1939. Education: Niagara High School; junior college, Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida ; philosophy on a Basselin Scholarship at Catholic University of America (M.A., 1963); theology at the same location, (M.A., 1967). Ordained by Bishop Grellinger, cathedral , Green Bay, May 27, 1967. Temporary assistant at St. Mary Parish, Florence , June 3, 1967. Appointed to the faculty of Sacred Heart Seminary , Oneida, September 8, 1967. (E((tra education at Catholic University during the summer sessions resulted in an M.A. in guidance and counseling in 1970). Member of the Diocesan Personnel Board , 1971-1975, and member of the Advisory Board, Wisconsin Catholic Conference , 1979-1982. Appointed full time to the Diocesan Office of Planning and Service, June 16, 1976. Attended McCormick Theological Seminary , 1976-1981 part-time (Doctor of Ministry , June, 1982). Director of Parish Council Service and Development , February, 1979.

CARON, the Rev. Charles Olivier, born at Lennoxville, Province of Quebec, Canada , on October 1, 1849. Education: seminarian in Canada , 1870 to 1874; classics and philosophy at the College of Nicolet, Quebec; professor of languages at Montreal, 1874 to 1881 (married in 1876); government employee in Ottawa, Ontario , 1881 to 1896; returned to the seminary after the death of his wife in 1896; theology at St. Hyacinthe Seminary , Quebec. Ordained by Bishop Langevin at Winnipeg, Canada, March 19, 1899. Assisted two years in Manitoba, Canada. While at St. Boniface, Manitoba, he translated from English into French Bishop Spaulding's National Readers for the Government of Manitoba and was instrumental in obtaining professional diplomas for the teaching Sisters in Manitoba. Received into the Diocese of Green Bay, April 20, 1901. He served in Tomahawk from 1902 to 1904. No further information regarding him was obtained in subsequent issues of the Catholic Directory nor in the Diocesan Archives . CARON, the Rev. Louis Arthur Stanislaus, son of Louis C. and Apolline St. Peter, born at Islet, near the City of Quebec , Canada , January 5, 1847 . Had studied law and practiced that profession in his home town previous to his entry into the major seminary at Chicoutimi , P.Q ., Canada . Ordained for the Diocese of Chicoutimi by Bishop Dominique Racine on February 5, 1882, and did pastoral work in that diocese until 1890. Received into the Diocese of Green Bay on October, 25 , 1890, and became pastor of St. Joseph 112

Parish , Marinette (built the present church and established a free school) . Transferred to the parish at Coleman , 1910, and to St. Peter Parish , Oconto, in the Fall of 1914. Died at Oconto on January 5, 1916. Lies buried in Forest Home Cemetery at Marinette. CARR, the Rev. Martin Patrick, 3rd of 3 children of Anthony C. and Dorothy Ferguson , born in Evanston , Ill ., March 17, 1942. E ducation: high school at Our Lady of the Lake Seminary, Syracuse , Indiana ; junior college at Quigley Seminary and D ePaul Academy, Chicago; senior college and philosophy, DePaul and Loyola Universities, Chicago , and Loras College, Dubuque (B.A., 1969) ; theology at St. Francis Seminary (B.A., 1974). Served as deacon at St. Bernard, Apple ton , Roncalli High School, Manitowoc. Ordained by Bishop Mark Schmitt , St. Bernard Church, Apple ton , May 24, 1974. A ssociate pastor of St. Pe ter Parish, Oshkosh , June 19, 1974. Established a youth community center called "The Place 2-B" in June of 1974, in the basement of St. Peter's Church , Oshkosh. Later moved to Main Street and now located at Oshkosh Avenue to give more room for growth . The center serves as a temporary home for runaways, people having famjly or marital problems, drug or alcohol problems. In preparation for this work Father obtained clinical pastoral education by serving as chaplain of St. Luke's H ospital, Milwaukee, and DePaul Drug and Alcohol Center, Milwaukee, for one year at each place and one summer at the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institute. Released from diocesan assignment to work in special ministry for youth in the O shkosh area, May 1, 1979.

CARROLL, the Rev. Michael Robert, 7th of 7 children of Charles Mathew C. and Dorothy Milhaupt , cousin of Father Francis Geigel , born in Appleton , July 29, 1944. Education: high school and junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary , Oneida; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary , St. Paul (M.A . in theology) . Ordained by Bishop Wycislo , St. Mary Church, Appleton, June 21, 1970. Appointed instructor and chaplain at Lourdes High School, Oshkosh , July 15, 1970. Member of Ecumenical Commission, 19711974. Director of religious education and chaplain of Catholic Central High School, Marine tte , June 16, 1976. First Director of the Diocesan Youth Program and associate pastor of St. Bernard Parish , G reen Bay, June 28, 1979. Full-time D irector of the Diocesan Youth Program with change of residence to St. Agnes R ectory, Green Bay, June 30, 1979. Part-time chaplain to E udes Progra m, February 25, 1982, while continuing as Youth Director for the Diocese of G reen Bay.

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CASEY, the Rev. George A.,

born in New York City, July 27, 1880, and adopted in 1888 by Mr. and Mrs. George Casey of Fond du Lac,Wis. (father's name was Hayden; parents deceased). Education : classics at Sacred Heart, Watertown , Wis.; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Archbishop Messmer for the diocese of Green Bay at St. Francis Seminary, June 6, 1906. Assistant at St. Mary Parish, Appleton , 1906. Pastor of parishes at: Lebanon with mission at Northport , 1908 (built parish hall and rectory) ; Maple Grove, 1913; Stevens Point, St. Stephen's, May 14, 1929 (built new rectory and new school). Died suddenly of a heart attack at Stevens Point on July 30, 1939, shortly after having celebrated his second Holy Mass of that Sunday. Lies buried in St. Stephen Cemetery at Stevens Point. CAUTEREELS, the Rev. Peter Joseph,

born in a suburb of Antwerp, Belgium , January 3, 1833. Studied the classics at the Archiepiscopal College of Hoogstraeten in his native. Belgium; theology at the Seminary of Malines, Belgium. Ordained by Cardinal Stercks at Malines on December 18, 1857. Taught the classics at Malines from 1857 to 1863. Chaplain of St. Elizabeth Hospital at Antwerp, Belgium , from 1863 until 1877. Pastor of the parish at Hemixem , Belgium, from 1877 until his departure for America in June, 1882. For a short time he made his home at De Pere where he edited a Dutch newspaper. Received into the Diocese of Green Bay on April 12, 1884, and became pastm.: at Humboldt with mission at Walhain. Transferred to the parish at Bay Settlement in January, 1892 (completed the rebuilding of the old church in 1897). Was known as a learned and zealous priest, a popular and able writer. Died at Bay Settlement on December 4, 1903. Lies buried in Holy Cross Cemetery , Bay Settlement. CERKAS, the Rev. John William,

3rd of 7 children of Joseph C. and Bertha Green, born in Manitowoc, Wis. , August 9, 1940. Education: Lincoln High School, Manitowoc; college at University of Wisconsin Extension, Manitowoc, and Mt. St. Paul College, Waukesha, Marquette University (B.A. , 1966); theology at St. Francis Major Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, St. Mary Church, Manitowoc, May 29 , 1970. Associate pastor of St. Pius X Parish, Appleton, June 18, 1970. Administrator of St. Leonard Parish, Laona, and St. Hubert Mission , Newald , June 18, 1975; and appointed pastor, June 16, 1976. Administrator of St. Ambrose Parish , Wabeno, March 15, 1977 to January, 1982, while continuing as pastor in Laona , with mission at Newald.

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CHAMPAGNE, the Rev. Omer Joseph, son of Arthur C. and Delia Dehais, born in Norway, Mich ., April 20, 1902. Education: high school and college at Mt. Calvary; theology at St. Francis Seminary (M.A., June, 1927). Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral, Green Bay , May 20, 1926. Assistant at Green Bay , Ss. Peter and Paul's, June 1, 1926. Pastor at Humboldt with mission at Sugarbush, March 27, 1931; Marinette, St. Joseph's, June 20, 1934. Appointed Diocesan Director of St. Vincent De Paul Societies, October 20, 1957. Dean of Marinette Deanery, August 29, 1960. Died at Sacred Heart Sanitarium , Milwaukee, February 1, 1965. Lies buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Marinette. CHEBUL, the Rev. John, youngest of 8 children of Martin C. and Ursula G lobochnik, born in Velesovo, Province of Carniola, Slovenia (now in Yugoslavia) , on October 13, 1832. Education: classics and theology at Ljublj ana , Slovenia. Ordained by Prince Bishop Anthony A. Wolf at Ljubljana on November 3, 1855. Came to America in August, 1859, at the urgent invitation of Bishop Baraga of Upper Michigan, and did outstanding work in the Minnesota , Wisconsin and Upper Michigan areas with headquarters at Bayfield , Wis. H earing of the attempts by government officials to lure the Menominee Indians away from the Catholic faith, he came into the Diocese of Green Bay and, in 1873, was put in charge of St. Michael Mission at Keshena . Due to failing eyesight and a desire to remain close to his beloved Menominees, he did not return to Bayfield, but (in September, 1875) accepted an appointment as pastor of Our Lady of Lourdes Parish in Marinette (completed church , established a school) , with mission at Peshtigo. For reasons of health he sought a change of climate in 1876 by going first to E urope , then to missionary work in India , and then back to Europe where he spent several years as pastor in a country parish in the Diocese of Versailles. Returned to Upper Michigan in August, 1882, where he labored zealously in various missions until his death at Garden Bay on August 3, 1898. Lies buried at St. Ignace, Michigan. CHMIELEWSKI, the Rev. Anthony Joseph, 7th of 9 chi ldren of Anthony C. and Pelagia Novitski, nephew of Father Novitski, born in Green Bay, October 21, 1919. Education: East High School, Green Bay; St. Norbert College (B.A., June, 1940) ; theology at Ss. Cyril and Methodius Seminary , Orchard Lake , Mich. Ordained by Cardinal Mooney for the diocese of Green Bay at the cathedral , Detroit, Mich., on June 3, 1944. Assistant at parishes in : Green Bay , St. Patrick's, July 5, 1944; Manitowoc, St. Mary's, October 115

29, 1944; Green Bay, St. Matthew's, February 17, 1949; Green Bay, St. Joseph's, September 7, 1950. Pastor of parishes at: Armstrong Creek , September 4, 1957 ; Eaton, Brown County, January 14, 1960. Died suddenly in the parish rectory at Eaton, D ecember 1, 1965. Lies buried in Allouez Cemetery, Green Bay. CHOWANIEC, the Rev. Peter,

born in Galicia , Austria , January 17, 1856. Ordained in Buffalo , N.Y., April 8, 1883. Appointed to the parish at Eaton as first resident pastor with responsibility for the Polish missions in the area , where he remained until 1885. One source states that he died in Baltimore on May 26 , 1892. CHUDACEK, the Rev. Bartholemew J.

ordained July 21, 1906, in Boheme-Budvicek, Bohemia, for the D iocese of Ceske Budejovice (Budweis) ; came to the United States on March 1, 1914, with the consent of Bishop Joseph A . Hulka. Worked for a period of time in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Diocese of Sioux Falls and Grand Island . In November , 1921, came to the G reen Bay Diocese from Sargent , Nebras ka, where he had served at St. Mary's Parish. Appointed adminjstrator of St. Lawrence Parish, Stangelville, November 29, 1921 ; transferred to St. Joseph Parish, Montpelier, D ecember 9, 1922. Released from the Diocese of Green Bay, April 17, 1923. Becal}1e a member of the "Czechoslovakian Church" in 1926 (not clear whether he accepted reordination in that body, but he exercised the priestly ministry in it for some time). Last information available was that he was residing with the Franciscan F..-iars of the Atonement at Graymoor, Garrison , New York , 1939. CHYLINSKI, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Julius J.,

son of Florian C. and Josephine Ciepotowska, born in St. Joseph, Mo., February 24, 1879. Education: classics at St. Benedict's, Atchison, Kansas; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Schwebach for the Diocese of Green Bay at St. Francis Seminary, June 21, 1903 . Assigned to the parish at Pound first as assistant (June, 1903) and the following year as pastor (built rectory) with missions at Spruce (built rectory) and at Klondike (bwlt church). Transferred to St. Mary Parish at Fancher (Portage Co.), September 2, 1916 (built convent and a school) . Became pastor at St. Peter Parish, Stevens Point, J une 22, 1929 (built school with gymnasium-auditorium). Dean of Portage County as of January 13, 1938. Elevated to the dignity of a domestic prelate by Pope Pius XII o n December 13, 1945. Left the jurisdiction of the Diocese of Green Bay on D ecember 22 , 1945 , by virtue of the 116

pontifical decree whereby Portage County became a part of the Diocese of La Crosse. Died at Stevens Point, January 21, 1959. Lies buried in Guardian Angels Cemetery at Stevens Point. CIPIN, the Rev. Adalbert,

born at Chlum in the Diocese of Budweis, Bohemia, on April 13, 1848. Studied the classics and theology at Budweis, where he was ordained by Bishop Valerian Ji rsik on July 15, 1873. Came to America in August, 1873, where he was welcomed into the Diocese of Green Bay by Bishop Melcher. Appointed first resident pastor of St. Joseph Congregation at Norman (Carlton) , Kewaunee County, with responsibility for the missions at Stangelville , Tisch Mills and Montpelier (St. Wenceslaus, now a defunct mission). Played a major role in 1877, at the request of Bishop Krautbauer, in ending the unfortunate schism which had divided the congregation at Kellnersville over a five-year period. Transferred to St. Mary Parish, A lgoma , with a mission at Forestville, on October 10, 1878 (built convent and school at Algoma, and a church at Forestville). Became dean of the area in 1886. Other pastoral transfers as follows: to Kellnersville , August, 1894; to Reedsville, October, 1896; back to Kellnersville in 1901; to Holy Trinity Parish, Casco, in 1903; a third assignment to Kellnersville, 1905; to Tisch Mills in l 914. Father Cipin retired from active pastoral work in 1917, and died at Kellnersville on January 11, 1918. He lies buried in Holy Trinity Cemetery at Casco. He was a gifted musician and artist, and has left convincing evidence of his carving ability particularly in the churches at Algoma, Norman and Stangelville. CLARK, the Rev. John Stuart,

1st of 3 children of Stuart C. and Elizabeth Pawlak, born in LaCrosse, Wis., February 16, 1949. Educatio n: high school at Blessed Sacrament Seminary, Waupaca, Wis.; John Carroll University, Cleveland (B. A. in philosophy, 1972) ; Jesuit School of Theology , Chicago (3 years); Loyola University (M.Ed in Religious Education, 1977). Professed in the Society of the Blessed Sacrament, October, 1973. Ordained by Bishop Loras Waters, Church of Crucifixion , LaCrescent, Minn. , for the Blessed Sacrament Fathers, May 22, 1976. Associate pastor of Notre Dame Church , Chicago, 1976-1977. Teacher and administrator of St. Mary High School, Menasha , August, 1976 to June, 1981. Principal of Catholic Central High School , Marinette, June, 1981 to March, 1983. Incardinated into the Diocese of Green Bay, August 4, 1982. Pastor of St. Bernadette Parish, Appleton , March 19, 1983. 117

CLARK, the Rev. P., is listed in the 1871 edition of the Catholic Directory as pastor of the congregation at Poygan. Efforts to secure additional information about Father Clark have been unsuccessful. In all probability, he served the congregation at Poygan for a relatively short period, and maintained his residence at some other parish of the general area. CLIFFORD, the Rev. George Alphonse, younger brother of Father Michael H . Clifford, born in Stevens Point, Wis. , March 27, 1873. Education: classics at St. Francis Seminary; theology at the University of Innsbruck , Austria . Ordained by Bishop Aichner of Brixen for the Diocese of Green Bay , at Innsbruck, July 26, 1896. Assistant at parishes in : Green Bay, St. Patrick's (temporary), August 21 , 1897; Appleton , St. Mary's, September 24, 1897; Green Bay , St. Patrick's again, July 8, 1898. Pastor of parishes at: Chilton, St. Augustine's, 1900; Menasha, St. Patrick's, November 28, 1915. Died of heart failure as pastor of St. Patrick's, Menasha, on November 21, 1931. Lies buried in St. Margaret Mary Cemetery , Menasha. CLIFFORD, the Rev. Michael Henr1, elder brother of Father George Clifford of the diocese, born in Stevens Point, Wis., June 29, 1871. Education: classics through theology at St. Francis Seminary. A third brother, John, was also studying for the priesthood, but died in 1891. Ordained on November 5, 1893, by Bishop Messmer in St. Mary's Church, Kaukauna (special dispensation required due to age). Assistant at parishes in : Oshkosh, St. Peter's, November 12, 1893; Appleton , St. Mary's, April 1, 1894. In charge of the parish at Lebanon, December, 1894. Assistant again at St. Mary's, Appleton, May, 1895. Pastor of parishes at: Berlin, St. Joseph's, July, 1896; Portage, Immaculate Conception , 1899; Oshkosh, St. Peter's, 1904. Died as pastor of St. Peter's, Oshkosh, on April 23 , 1927. Lies buried in Riverside Cemetery, Oshkosh. CLIFFORD, the Rev. Michael Jude, 3rd of 4 children of William Henry C. and Dorothy Hatton , grandnephew of Fathers George and Michael Henry Clifford, born in Appleton , Wis. , January 6, 1933. Education: Campion High School , Prairie du Chien, Wis. ; junior college at St. Francis Minor Seminary; philosophy at St. Meinrad Seminary, St. Meinrad , Ind. (B.A. , January, 1957); theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral, Green Bay, June 11, 1960. Assigned temporarily to the Office of Associated Diocesan Societies, Green Bay, June 20, 1960. Assistant at parishes in: Green Bay , Annunciation , September 8, 1960; Neenah, St.

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Gabriel's, September 6, 1961, with added responsibilities as chaplain of the University of Wisconsin Fox Valley Newman Club Center at Menasha, September 11 , 1961, to February 13, 1965. Assistant editor of the Green Bay R egister, September 8, 1966, with residence in St. Jude Rectory, Green Bay. Associate pastor at St. Gabriel Parish, Neenah , Septembe r 8, 1967. Pastor of parishes in : Appleton, St. Bernadette's, June 26, 1971; Waupaca, June 19, 1974; Peshtigo, June 15, 1978. Granted 3 months' leave for studies while remaining pastor of St. Mary Parish , Peshtigo, January 15, 1982. Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, Algoma, July 1, 1983.

COLEMAN, the Rev. Monsignor Brian Philip, son of Joseph C. and Margaret Grace Sutton , born in Chicago, October 25, 1937. Education: high school at Quigley Preparatory Seminary, Chicago; college at St. Francis Minor Seminary; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Major Seminary (B.A. in Philosophy, 1960; B . Div., 1963). Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral, Green Bay, June 1, 1963. Assistant at parishes in: Elcho, June 13, 1963 (temporary); Appleton, St. T he rese, Septembe r 12, 1963. Chaplain of the Marian Home, Oshkosh, and assistant at the Newman Center, O shkosh, September 17, 1965. Temporary leave of absence for health reasons, September 8, 1967, to serve in St. Augustine Diocese, Florida. Appointed Associate Pastor of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, Green Bay , February 1, 1968. Special studies in canon law at Gregorian University, Rome, June 14, 1969 (Licentiate in Canon Law , 1971). Appointed Defender of the Bond in the Diocesan Marriage Tribun al , June 4, 1971 , with residence at St. Matthew's . Residence transferred to Cathedral Rectory, March 29 , 1971. Appointed Judge of the Marriage Tribunal , October 24, 1974, and Vice-Officialis of the Marriage Tribunal, May 18, 1981. Pastor of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish , T isch Mills, July 1, 1981, while continuing as Vice-Officialis of the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal. Appointed Officialis of the Marriage Tribunal, October 6, 1981, while continuing as pastor at Tisch Mills . Appointed full-tim e Officialis of the Marriage Tribunal, June 1, 1982, with residence at St. Francis Rectory, De Pere. Raised to the dignity of Chaplain to His Ho liness by Pope Paul VI , August 8, 1975. Appointed Judge of the Inter-Diocesan Tribunal of the Province of Milwaukee, February 14, 1983.

COLLE, the Rev. Robert Lawrence, 1st of 2 children of Anton Joseph C. and E leanor Rueckl, first cousin of Abbot Emeritus J erome Tremel , 0. Praem., born at Green Bay , Wis., July 11, J928. Education : Central Catholic High School , Green Bay; junior college at St. Norbert College; philosophy at Marquette

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University; theo logy at St. Paul Seminary , St. Paul , Minn. (M.A., 1956). Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, May 1, 1954. Appointed assistant at St. John Parish , Little Chute, October, 1954. Joined staff of Sacred H eart Seminary, O neida, June 16, 1955, as professor and Dean of Studies. Summer sessions in Education at Marquette U niversity (M. Ed,1960). Assigned to the staff of Holy Family College (now Silver Lake College), Manitowoc, August 15, 1960. Appointed Rector of Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida, September 26, 1962. Pastor of parishes in O shkosh, St. Peter's, August 31, 1968; Green Bay, Nativity of Our Lord, June 19, 1974. Died at his residence as a result of a fire , Dece mber 12, 1977 . Lies buried in Allouez Catholic Cemetery. COLOMBO, The Rev. Ronald Allen, 1st of 5 children of William C. and Marie J. Alberts born in Sturgeon Bay, Wis., Jul y 19, 1946. Education: high school a nd junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida; college , philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary (B.A. in philosophy, 1968). O rdai ned by Bishop Wycislo, Corpus Christi Pa rish , Sturgeon Bay, May 14, 1972. A ssociate pastor of St. Mary Parish , Antigo , (part-time) and Chaplain of Langlade Community Hospital , June 21 , 1972. Full-time chaplain of Langlade County Hospital, Antigo, March 1, 1973. Associate pastor of parishes in : Green Bay, St. Jude's, June 18, 1975; Oshkosh, St. Mary's, June 16, 1976; An tigo, St. John's, June 15, 1977. Pastor of St. Pius X Parish, Appleton , October 1, 1980.

COMTOIS, the Rev. Oliver, ordained by Bishop Ignatius Mrak of Marquette, Mich., at Marquette, on February 24, 1872. Worked in the Diocese of Marquette for some time , and appa re ntly spent a relatively short period doing priestly work in the Diocese of Green Bay. Listed in the 1878 edition of the Catholic Directory as pastor of St . Joseph Parish , D e Pere - re mained about sixteen months, and later did missionary work in the Fond du Lac area. Information lacking as to subseque nt priestly activities. CONARD, the Rev. Raymond John, 3rd of 5 children of John C. and Sylvia Barley , born in Sugarbusb, Wis., February 24, 1929. Education: Luxemburg High School (3 years) and Central Catholic High School, Gree n Bay, (1 year) ; Mt. Calvary (1 year); St. Norbert College (B.A ., 1951); theology at St. Meinrad Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay,

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June 4, 1955. Assistant at St. Mary Parish, Appleton, June 16, 1955. Served as substitute pastor at Osman, June 15 to July 27, 1958, and also at Hollandtown , July 27 to November 12, 1958. Assistant at parishes in : Chilton, St. Mary's, November 12, 1958; Manitowoc, St. Andrew's, October 15, 1962. Released for work in the Dominican Republic in the parishes of Banica, St. Francis of Assisi, September 12, 1963 ; pastor of St. Francis Parish, Banica , November 3, 1963 to June 15, 1971. Temporary administrator of St. Anna Parish, St. Anna, July 30, 1971, and became pastor, August 26, 1971. Missionary service to Bishop Emmanuel Constant of the Diocese of Les Gonoives, Haiti , as associate pastor of Marmalade , June 20, 1973. Appointed by the Haitian Bishops' Conference as founder and director of Radio Soleil , radio station of the Catholic Church of Haiti, January 21, 1974 (administrator of Holy Spirit Parish, Duval, Haiti , D ecember 25, 1974 to June 30, 1980). Co-translator of the anniversary volume of the Poems of Ladislas Mees, 0. Praem.

CONRAD, the Rev. John Francis, 2nd of 2 chlidren of Lawrence C. and Mary Speers, born in New Ho lstein , Wis. , May 30, 1937. Education : high school and junior college at St. Francis Minor Seminary; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul (B.A . in philosophy , 1959). Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, June 1, 1963. Assistant at parishes in: Manitowoc, St. Mary's, June 13, 1963; Green Bay, St. Jude's, September 8, 1967. Appointed to the faculty of St. Mary High School, Menasha, June 12, 1968; and to the faculty of Roncalli High School, Manitwoc, where he also served as chaplain , August 25 , 1970. Atte nded Notre Dame University , summers of 1969-1973 (M.A . in Educational Administration, 1973). Chaplain of the Manitowoc Catholic Women's Club , September 20, 1971 . Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Clark Mills, while continuing on the faculty of Roncalli High School, March 1, 1979. Appointed to the Board of Directors of Roncall i High School, April 10, 1980.

CORNELIS, the Rev. Louis, born in Belgium . Came to the Diocese of Green Bay in 1871. Pastor of parishes in : Stevens Point , St. Stephen's, 1871; Oshkosh, St. Peter's, 1873; Maple Grove with mission at Clark's Mills, 1874; De Pere, St. Francis Xavier's, 1875 . Left the diocese for Minnesota in 1876. Listed in the 1889 edition of the Catholic Directory as having died at Dayto n Bluff, Minn. , September 28 , 1888 .

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born in County Tyrone, Ireland, in the late 1820's. Came to America as a young man, and enrolled at St. Charles College, Catonsville, Maryland. Came to Wisconsin in 1852, and ordained on July 19, 1854. Located successively in the following Wisconsin areas: Brighton, East Troy, Oshkosh (St. Peter's), and Portage. Died at Portage , Wis. , September 6, 1880. COURTNEY, the Rev. Leo John,

son of John C. and Sarah Wilson, born in Appleton, Wis., April 19, 1898. Education: classics through theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral, Green Bay, on June 7, 1929. Assistant at St. Peter Parish , Oshkosh, June 26, 1929. Director of St . Joseph Orphanage, Green Bay, July 27, 1932. Pastor of parishes at: Maple Grove, July 23, 1938; Oshkosh, St. Josaphat's, September 14, 1939; Marinette, Our Lady of Lourdes, May 8, 1945. Credited with the construction of a large gymnasium at the former location of Our Lacly of Lourdes Parish ; transferred the parish to Marinette's west side complete with the construction of a new church and rectory, 1959. Died August 29, 1963,at St. Joseph-Lloyd Hospital , Menominee, Mich. bes buried in St. Mary's Cemetery, Appleton . COUTLEE, the Rev. M. J.,

is listed in the 1910 through 1913 editions of the Catholic Directory as stationed in Pembine. Prior to his coming to Green Bay he was listed in Mt. Hope in the LaCrosse Diocese from 1906 to 1909. In the 1914 edition of the Catholic Directory he was listed at Immaculate Conception Parish, Rhinelander, in the Superior Diocese. No listings aftc!r 1914. CRAANEN, the Rev. James William,

son of George C. and Genevieve Coleman, first cousin of Father Richard Wochenske, born in Green Bay, Wis., April 15, 1929. Education: Central Catholic High School, Green Bay (now Premontre) ; junior college at St. Norbert's; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, June 1, 1957. Assigned temporarily to assist Father Borusky at the office of Associated Diocesan Societies, Green Bay, June 14, 1957. Assistant at parishes in: New London, September 4, 1957; Neenah, St. Margaret Mary's, February 28 , 1958. Temporary administrator of Ss. Cyril and Methodius Parish, Eaton , December 1, 1965. Chaplain for the Armed Forces , January 5, 1966. Full-time chaplain for Theda Clark Hospital, Neenah, February 20 , 1969. Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Manitowoc, February 19, 1970. Resigned from the active priesthood, July 1, 1971. 122

CRAIN, the Rev. Roy Louis, son of John Thomas C. and Mary Rebman , born in the Town of Lebanon , Wis., August 17, 1918. One of the few priest-alumni of St. Joseph Orphanage, Green Bay (grades 2 to 6, elementary years). Higher education: Washington High School, New London , Wis. , two years of special latin and junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary (B.A ., January , 1944). Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, June 15, 1946. Assistant at parishes in: De Pere, St. Mary's, July 9, 1946; Green Bay , Annunciation , September 20, 1951. Chaplain , AJexian Brothers' Home, Oshkosh, with added responsibilities as chaplain of the Winnebago State and County Hospitals, July 12, 1956. Full-time chaplain at the Winnebago State Hospital , September 6, 1961. Pastor of parishes in: Spruce with mission at Klondike, September 24, 1963; Tigerton, October 7, 1964. Appointed Pro-Synodal Judge of the Diocesan Tribunal , August 11, 1967. Pastor of parishes in : Appleton , St. Bernadette's, June 12, 1968; Kaukauna, Holy Cross, January 26, 1971. Member of the Diocesan Personnel Board, February 1, 1972 to August 31, 1974. Episcopal Vicar of Vicariate IX, September 1, 1975. Chaplain of Holy Family Hospital, June 16, 1976. Reappointed Pro-Synodal Judge of the Diocesan Tribunal for a ten-year period, September 29, 1976. Pastor of Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Parish , Tisch Mills, and St. Joseph Parish, Norman , July l , 1982.

CREVIER, the Rev. Gary John, 3rd of 7 children of Wilfred C. and Emerence LeGrave , born in Green Bay, Wis., September 6, 1941. Education: high school and junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida; philosophy and theology at St. Meinrad's Seminary (B.S., 1963). Ordained by Bishop Grellinger, cathedral , Green Bay , May 27, 1967. Assistant at parishes in : Sturgeon Bay, Corpus Christi, June 13, 1967; Sturgeon Bay, St. Joseph's , February 22, 1968. Assistant pastor of Corpus Christi Parish, Sturgeon Bay , with assignment to Migrant Worke r's Apostolate for Door County, J une 12, 1968. Associate pastor of St. Aloysius Parish, Kaukauna, and Youth Director for the Diocese , September 3, 1969. D irector of Associated Diocesan Societies including the directorship of Holy Name Retreat House, Chambers Island; chaplain for Sisters at Bay Settlement; and continuing as Youth Director for the Diocese, August 26, 1970 (Diocesan Consultor, 1971 to 1974). Student at Mt. Calvary, June 19 to August 5, 1977, and at Mexican American Culture

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Center in San Antonio, Texas, August 12 to D ecember 17 , 1977, in preparation for assignment to the Mission of the Diocese in the Dominican R epublic. Missionary work in the Green Bay Diocese in St. T eresa of Avila Parish, Elias Pina , Dominican Republic, January 2, 1978. CRUD, the Rev. Philip, did pastoral work in the Diocese of Green Bay from 1868 to 1880, with assignments as follows: at Robinsonvi!Je , 1868, with mission at Dykesville ; St. John's, Green Bay, 1870, where he directed the construction of the church in 1873; Rosiere, 1875, with missions at Delwiche , Marchand and at Little Sturgeon. Listed in 1878 as "without mission. " Listed as in charge of the congregation at Lincoln (Grandlez) in the 1879 and 1880 editions of the Catholic Directory. Information lacking as to subsequent priestly activities. CUMMANE, the Rev. John D., born in County Limerick, Ireland, on January 10, 1855 (tombstone inscription). Education : classics at Limerick and at Maynooth in Ireland; theology at Maynooth. Ordained by Bishop Butler of Limerick at Limerick, June 29, 1881 (tombstone inscription) . Arrived at Nova Scotia in 1882 and did pastoral work here until 1894. Received into the Diocese of Green Bay in 1895 ; served for a time as assistant at St. Peter's Parish , Oshkosh. Pastor at St. Augustine's, Chilton, 1896. Transferred to Immaculate Conception Parish, Portage , in 1897. Notation of death stated in one chancery office record as follows : "Found dead in his bed in Portage Monday morning, July 31, 1899, having gone through all the services the day before as usual. " Lies buried in the local cemetery at Portage. CZARNOWSKI, the Rev. Januarius, born in Strassburg, West Prussia, on April 30, 1845. E ducation : classics in the gymnasium of Culm , West Prussia; theology from the Franciscan Fathers in Culm. Ordained by Rt. Rev. J eshke, Bishop of Culm , September 21, 1873 . Served in his native land fo r two years. R eceived into the diocese of Green Bay in 1875 and given cha rge of parishes in: Princeton (now in Madison D iocese) , September, 1875; Casimir (now in LaCrosse Diocese), October, 1879; Berlin (now in Madison Diocese), May, 1886 (first official pastor) . Named to the Board of Diocesan Consultors in 1892. Died as pastor of St. Stanislaus Parish , Berlin , on September 18, 1898. Lies buried in St. Stanislaus Cemetery, Berlin.

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DAEMS, the Very Rev. Edward, O.S.C., First Vicar General of the Diocese of Green Bay, born in Schaffen, Belgium, 1826. Ordained at Uden, Holland , as a priest of the Order of Canons R egular of the Holy Cross (O.S.C.) by the Rt. Rev. Baron de Wykerslooth , Lord of Schalkwyk and Bishop of Curium , I.P .I., on September 21, 1850. Obtained the permission of his religious Superior (signed at Uden, Holland , H oly Thursday, 1851) to depart for America to work in the Diocese of Milwaukee. Left Holland on May 3, 1851, accompanied by Brother Peter, O.S.C., and a rrived at the location la ter known as Bay Settlement during the summer of 1851. Left Bay Settlement after ;:i short period to assist the venerable Father Van den Broek, O.P. , at Little Chute, who was nearing the end of his remarkable missionary career (died November 5, 1851). Returned to Bay Settlement in 1853, but was directed by Bishop Henni of Milwau kee to return to Little Chute as pastor later in the year 1853. Returned to E urope in 1855, where he served as prior of the monastery (O.S.C.) at Diest, Belgium , for about one year. Came back to Wisconsin in 1856 at the request of Bishop Benni, this time accompanied by several priests and four brothers of the order, with the intention of fou nding a community of the order at Bay Settlement. In February, 1857, Father Daems purchased one hundred and three acres of land at Limestone Ridge, near Bay Settlement, and founded there the Convent of the Holy Cross. Due in large part to financial difficulties, the other three priest-me mbers of the community (Fathers I. Nuyts , W. Yerhoef and A. Arts) left Bay Settlement either to return to E urope (Father Arts) or to do missionary work in other areas of the northwest. Father Daems remained at Bay Settlement as the faithful missionary of the peninsula. He founded congregations at Bay Settlement, Marchand and at Thiry Daems (land donated by Mr. Tyri) and congregations at New Franken, Humboldt, Rosiere, Preble, Dykesville and Luxemburg are among those that bear the stamp of this missionary's unrelenting zeal. Seeing the great need for religious instruction in these rural districts, he conceived the idea of establishing a religious community of women , the Franciscan Sisters of the Holy Cross at Bay Settlement. Soon after the creation of the Diocese of Green Bay in March , 1868, Bishop Melcher designated Father Daems as the first vicar general of the diocese. He also served as administrator of the diocese from June, 1869, until March, 1870, while Bishop Melcher was absent from the diocese to attend the Vatican Council in Rome, and again from the death of Bishop Melcher in D ecember, 1873, until the arrival of Bishop Krautbauer in July, 1875. Bishop Krautbaue r also appoin ted him as vicar general in 1875. He died on February 12, 1879, a t Bay Settle ment, at the age of 52, and lies buried

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there in the parish cemetery. The stature of this man of God is indicated in the "congratulatory" which his grateful parishioners caused to be printed in September, 1875, on the occasion of his 25th anniversary of ordination: "As by miracle almost you have transformed a wilderness into an earthly paradise. You have left your honorable mark for all future times in the annals of our mission and in the history of the State of Wisconsin , which neither time, nor malice, nor jealousy , nor prejudice will ever be able to obliterate. " DAGNAULT, the Rev. Peter S., born in St. Francis Parish, Montmagny County, Province of Quebec, April 17, 1833. Studies in Canada; ordination by Bishop La Fleche of Trois Rivieres, Canada, during the Christmas ember days, 1868. Did pastoral work in New Jersey, Minnesota and in Colorado prior to his arrival in the Diocese of Green Bay in November, 1894. Assignments in the diocese as follows: administrator of the parish at Tomahawk , 1894; pastor at Wausaukee, 1895; returned to Tomahawk as pastor, 1898; pastor at Peshtigo, April, 1901. Listed in the 1906 edition of the Catholic Directory as pastor at Peshtigo, but not me ntioned thereafter among pastoral assignments in the diocese. Later listed as "absent on leave." Admitted to the Alexian Brothers' Hospital, O shkosh , on February 9, 1915, where he died suddenly on January 26, 1917, at the age of 83. Lies buried in the brothers' section of Riverside Cemetery at Oshkosh. DAMBACHER, the Rev. A., is listed in the 1887 edition of the Catholic Directory as assistant to Father July at St. Stephen Parish , Stevens Point. In that capacity, he attended the newly-established St. J oseph Congregation in Steve ns Point until the arrival of the resident pastor, Father Francis Stemper, in April, 1890. DANEN, the Rev. Lyle Joseph, 3rd of 4 children of Elmer D . and Catherine Biersteker, born in De Pere, Wis., September 28 , 1938. Education: high school and junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, May 16, 1964. Chaplain at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, May 31 , 1964 (temporary) . Assistant at parishes in: Appleton, St. Therese's, July 17, 1964 (temporary); Appleton, St. Pius X, September 10, 1964. Associate pastor at parishes in Antigo, St. John's, June 14, 1969; Green Bay, St. Joseph's, August 3, 1971. Pastor of Ss. Peter & Paul Parish , Hortonville, June

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14, 1972. Assistant at St. Patrick Parish, Menasha, and chaplain of Theda Clark Hospital, June 19, 1974. On loan to the Diocese of Orlando, September 6, 1974. Incardinated into the Diocese of Orlando, August 3, 1979. DANIELS, the Rev. Anthony M., son of Mathias D . and Mary Bruder, born in Green Bay , June 28, 1886. Education : classics at St. Norbert's; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Archbishop Messmer for the Diocese of Green Bay on May 21, 1921. Assistant in parishes at: Little Chute, June , 1921; New London , May 22, 1923; Menash, St. Mary's, November 21, 1923; Sturgeon Bay, St. Joseph's , August 21, 1924. Pastor of parishes at: Poygan with mission at Poysippi, May 21, 1926; Walsh with mission at Wagner, January 15, 1929; Maplewood, September 16, 1930; Glenmore with mission at Stark, May 1, 1937. Died on November 22, 1937. Lies buried in Allouez Cemetery at Green Bay . DANKS, the Rev. Arthur John, 1st of 5 sons of Charles Leonard D . and Martha Magdalen Klatt, cousin of Father Sylvester Stern , born in New London , Wis., on July 26, 1916. Education: high school and junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Archbishop Moses Kiley for the Diocese of Green Bay, cathedral, Milwaukee on March 20, 1943. Assistant at parishes in : West De Pere, St. Boniface's, April 16, 1943 ; Oshkosh, St. Peter's, May 8, 1945; Kaukauna, Holy Cross, September 1, 1948. Chaplain of the Alexian Brothers H ospital, July 19, 1949, with additional responsibilities as chaplain of the Winnebago State and County Hospitals. Pastor of parishes at: Northeim (Newton), July 12, 1956 (built new rectory, 1958); Lena, September 8, 1959 (built new school, 1964); Green Bay, St. Joseph's , September 8, 1966 (rectory remodeled and church redecorated, 1970; school remodeled , 1973; further remodeling of church , including new enclosed entrances, new sacristies and confessionals , and stained glass windows , 1980). Member of the Board of Premontre High School, Green Bay, from 1967 to 1977. Appointed Pro-Synodal Judge of the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal, August 11, 1967, and reappointed September 29, 1977. Appointed to serve as Chaplain-moderator of the Worldwide Apostolate of Fatima in the Green Bay Diocese, September 20, 1982. Appointed Judge of the Inter-Diocesan Tribunal of the Province of Milwaukee, February 14, 1983.

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DANTINNE, the Rev. Gary Joseph, 2nd of 2 children of Chester D. and Irene Boehm, born in Green Bay, June 25 , 1941. Education: Premontre High School, Green Bay; St. Norbert College (B .A., 1964) ; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Wycislo , cathedral, Green Bay, May 25 , 1968. Associate of the Associated Diocesan Societies, June 12, 1968 (temporary). Associate pastor of parishes in : Marinette, Our Lady of Lourdes, September 20, 1968; Green Bay, St. Patrick's, June 13, 1969; Menasha, St. Mary's, July 1, 1970; Neenah, St. Margaret Mary's, August 3, 1971. Pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish, Greenville , June 18, 1975. Co-pastor of St. Mary Parish, Kaukauna, January 31, 1979, and became pastor, June 30, 1979.

DARCHE, the Rev. John Joseph, born in Paris, France, June 30, 1864. Education: classics in Paris; theology and philosophy in Baltimore with the Sulpician Fathers and in Vineland , New Jersey, with the Fathers of Mercy. Ordained by Bishop Joh n Loughlin in Brooklyn, New York, April 25, 1888. Served in parishes staffed by the Fathers of Mercy from 1888 to 1900. Received into the Diocese of Green Bay on a temporary basis, April 22, 1900, and assigned first to St. Mary Parish, Peshtigo, as temporary pastor, April 22 to October 1, 1900, and later to St. Peter Parish, Oconto, as assistant from October 1 to November 12, 1900. Pastor of other parishes at: Manawa, November 15, 1900; Lena, 1904; Coleman, 1908; Florence, 1910. Did some writing while at Peshtigo , and even succeeded in winning the endorsement of Cardinal Gibbons for a pamphlet entitled : "Testament of a Pastor to His Flock." Left the diocese in August, 1912. Not listed in the Catholic Directory after 1912. DEBY, the Rev. Victor, is listed in the 1892 edition of the Catholic Directory as pastor at Robinsonville, with Dykesville as a missio n. Information is lacking as to his background and priestly activities before 1892 and after 1894, but he is listed as pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Niles, Michigan (Detroit Archdiocese), in 1893. DECKER, the Rev. James W., son of Matthias D. and Barbara Konop , born at Kelloersville, Wis., February 12, 1890. Education : classics at St. Procopius Seminary, Lisle, Ill .; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop

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Rhode, cathedral , Green Bay, April 14, 1916. Pastor of parishes at: Norman with mission at Krok, May 7, 1916; Montpelier (Pilsen), December 9, 1917; Reedsville , October 1, 1920; again at Montpelier, February 10, 1928. A ppointed chaplain of Langlade County Memorial Hospital , Antigo , June 1, 1933, with mission at Neva. Left for Florida for his health , May, 1935. Died at J acksonville, Florida, o n June 27, 1935; Lies buried in St. J oseph Cemetery, Kellnersvi lle. DEDECKER, the Rev. Donald R.,

son of Frank D. and Mary Bero, born in Appleton , Wis., December 8, 1927. E ducation: high school at the public school in Appleton; served 3 years in the U.S. Navy ; college courses and theology at St. Francis Semina ry. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay , June 1, 1957. Assistant at parishes in: Oshkosh , St. Mary's, June 21, 1957; Shawano, September 26, 1958. Died of a lingering illness at St. E lizabeth H ospital , Appleton, O ctober 13, 1960. Lies buried in St. Mary Cemetery at Appleton. DE GROOT, the Rev. Frederick J.,

son of Pete r D . and Mary Kiefer, brother of Father Ambrose De Groot, OFM Cap. , born in Appleton , Wis., September 16, 1914. Education: high school and junior college at Mt. Calvary; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Se minary, St. Paul , Minn. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral, Green Bay, May 31 , 1941. Assistant to Father Le Mieux at the Guardian Angels Boarding School, Oneida, September 19, 1941. Assistant at parishes in: Shawano, March 12, 1942; Green Bay , St. Philip's, September 22, 1944. On sick leave from February, 1952, until his appointment as assistant at St . Joseph Parish, Marinette, on J anuary 19, 1953. First pastoral appointment on March 14, 1956, when he became pastor at Walsh with mission at Wagner. In residence at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida , for reasons of health , May , 1958. Served as professor of speech in the college department at the seminary for two scholastic years. Chaplain at Marian Home, Oshkosh , November 27, 1964. R etired for reasons of health on September 17, 1965, to St . Mary's Home, Manitowoc . Died A ugust 10, 1981 , at Holy Family H ospital, Manitowoc. Lies buried in St. Joseph Cemetery, Appleton. DE HAAN, the Rev. William Hubert Henry,

born in Amsterdam , H olland, January 19, 1858. E ducation: classics at the Gymnasium of Ve nray, Limburg , in his native land ; philosophy and theology at Mount St. Mary Seminary, Cincinnati , O hio. Ordained by Bishop Messmer, cathedral, Green Bay, March 25, 1893. Stationed 129

at St. John Parish, Antigo, March 28, 1893. Pastor of parishes at: Aniwa, first resident pastor, with missions at Phlox, Tige rton , Parrish, Elton and Norrie (last two rated as stations), September 1, 1893; Morrison with mission at East Wrightstown, July 4, 1895; Francis Creek, August 15, 1896. Went to Europe for a six month visit and rest in 1897, and returned to take charge of St. Cecelia's Parish, Kilbourn City (now Wisconsin Dells) in 1898. Other transfers as follows: Jericho, 1900; Preble, Holy Martyrs, 1901; Phlox, 1902 (bu ilt parochial school). Due to poor health, another visit to Holland followed in 1907. Returned in July , 1919, and assisted for a time at St. Joseph Orphan Asylum in Green Bay and at Oconto Falls and Hortonville. Administrator at Humboldt with mission at Sugarbush , Septembe r 19, 1924. Chaplain of the convent at Bay Settlement , March 27, 1931. Died at Green Bay on February 4, 1932. Lies buried in Allouez Cemetery at Green Bay . DE KELVER, the Rev. William,

born on a farm in Kewaunee County, Wis., on April 21 , 1843. Worked as a hired farm hand for several years and later as a lumber camp employee in Kewaunee. Served in the civil war in Company A , 27th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, from August , 1863, until April, 1864, when a severe illness entitled him to an honorable discharge. Studied at St. Francis Seminary; ordained by Bishop Melcher in Green Bay on June 1, 1871. First assignment as first resident pastor of St. Cecelia's Parish at Kilbourn City (now known as Wisconsin Dells) where he built a rectory. Other pastoral assignments as follows: Ss. Peter and Paul Parish, Grand Rapids, Wood County (now Wisconsin Rapids), 1873; St. John Parish, Green Bay, 1875; St. Francis Xavier Parish , D e Pere, 1876; St. Patrick Parish , Menasha, 1884 (built church and rectory). Resigned from active pastoral work in 1915. Later became chaplain at St. Mary Hospital , Green Bay, where he died on March 25, 1923. Lies buried in Allouez Cemetery at Green Bay. One source reports that Father De Kelver enjoyed a fine reputation as an English scholar, and that he was quite a friend of non-Catholic ministers. DE LOUW (De Lauw), the Rev. Cajetan,

youngest of a family of 14, born at Geldrop, Holland, April 27, 1839. Education: classics at Jumet, Belgium ; theology at Bruges, Belgium , where he was ordained on May 26 , 1866. Did missionary work in Belgium and in H olland until 1871, when Bishop Melcher welcomed him into the Diocese of Green Bay. At Wrightstown as first resident pastor as of January 12, 1872, where he organized the parish and also attended the missions at Snyderville. Stationed at Robinsonville as of June, 1873 , with responsibility for the many missions of the area.

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Returned to Wrightstown as of August , 1874, where he attended the mission at Snyderville and organized the mission at East Wrightstown (built church; area then known as the German Settlement). Pastor of St. Willebrord's Parish, Green Bay , October 25, 1875; had the honor of dedicating the new Ss. Peter and Paul Church at Green Bay on April 9, 1876. Other pastoral appointments: to Little Chute, April , 1879; back to St. Willebrord's, Green Bay, June, 1881; to H ollandtowri , September , 1883 (built a convent and an addition to the church) . Enjoyed a fine reputation as a pulpit orator. Was a member of the Board of Diocesan Consultors under Bishop Krautbauer from 1876 to 1879. Died as pastor of Hollandtown on January 12, 1901. Lies buried in St. Francis Cemetery, Holland town . DEMSKI, the Rev. Ladislaus, born in Galicia, Poland, January 29 , 1886. E ducation: classics in his native Galicia; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Fox , cathedral, G reen Bay, on April 13, 1914. Pastor of parishes at: Torun (Portage Co.) , May, 1914; Spruce, February 23 , 1916; Pine Grove , December 3, 1916; Oshkosh , St. Josaphat's, June 14, 1919; West Kewaunee, September 3, 1920 ; Red Granite , April 27, 1921. Given a leave of absence on October 21, 1921, to seek pastoral work in some other diocese. Died at Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, January 6, 1943 . DEMUTH, the Rev. Paul Eugene, 2nd of 2 children of E ugene D . and Mildred Mueller , born in Manitowoc, Wis., May 7, 1942. Education: high school and junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary; philosophy and theology at St. Meinrad's Seminary , (M. Div ., 1971) ; guidance and counseling courses at Indiana U niversity , Bloomington. Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral, Green Bay, May 25, 1968. Assistant at St. Patrick's Parish, Menasha, June 12, 1968. Associate pastor at St. Francis Xavier Cathedral , Green Bay, June 14, 1969. Half-time associate pastor of St. Francis Xavier Parish, D e Pere , and half-time work on the Liturgical Commission, June 20, 1973 . Chairman of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission, January 22, 1975. Co-Pastor of St. John the Evangelist Parish , Green Bay, while continuing as Chairman of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission and Director of the Liturgy Office, June 18, 1975. E lected chairman of the Federation of Diocesan Liturgical Commissio ns, J anuary, 1980, to January, 1982. Prior to his election he served on the board of directors for two years. Pastor of St. J ohn the Evangelist Parish , Green B ay , and continuing as Chairman of the Liturgical Commission of the Diocese, July 1, 1982.

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DE PARADIS, the Rev. Peter, presumably born and educated in Italy, is listed as pastor of St. Joseph's at Little Sturgeon in the 1879 edition of the Catholic Directory, and as pastor at Duck Creek in the 1880 edition. After 1880, he worked in other areas of the State of Wisconsin such as Cumberland, New Richmond and Elroy . He died in northern Illinois in February , 1894. One source lists Coal City , Ill ., as the place of death, whe reas another source lists Kankakee, Ill. DESMOND, tha Rev. A. P., born in Ireland , studied theology in Paris, France. Received into the Diocese of Green Bay in December, 1894, and assigned to St. Mary Parish , Appleton , Transferred to St. Joseph Parish , Berlin, in 1895, where he became pastor in October of the same year upon the resignation of the pastor, Father Thomas Taugher. Assigned to assist Father George Brady at St. Mary Parish, Portage, in July, 1896, but left the parish and the diocese presumbly soon after Father Brady' s death in late February , 1897. DEUERMEYER, the Rev. Francis Xavier, born in Amsterdam , Holland, on April 29 , 1839. Ordained by Bishop Michael Domenec, C.M. , of Pittsburgh , Pa., at Pittsburgh, on March 7 , 1868. Welcomed into the diocese of Green Bay in 1882 and put in charge of the parish at Freedom until Father Lochm an was appointed to that pastorate in August, 1883. Stationed at the cathedral in Green Bay until his transfer to the pastorate at Cooperstown in July, 1884. Became pastor at C lark's Mills in June , 1887. Returned to Europe in May, 1890, to settle affairs consequent upon the death of his fa ther. Returned to the diocese in late 1890 and took charge of the parish at Stockbridge. Died on June 9, 1894. DE VRIES, the Rev. Monsignor John Gysbert, 3rd of 6 children of William D. and Elizabeth Lourense, born in Schijndel , Holland , on October 8, 1883. Joined the Milhill Fathers, ordained by Bishop Joh nson of Westminster at Milhill, London, N . W ., England, on September 19, 1908, and served as a missionary in the Philippine Islands for 8 years . Came to the diocese in 1916 and served as assistant in the following parishes: G reen Bay, St . Patrick's, September 1, 1916; New London , April 15 , 1917. Temporary administrator of St. Mary Parish , Reedsville, Nove mber 1, 1919. Incardinated into the diocese , Dece mber 21 , 1925. Pastor of parishes at: Coleman , December 3, 1919; Bear Creek, April 27 , 1932; De Pere , St. Mary's, June4, 1941; Hollandtown , April 9, 1942. Dean of the De Pere Deanery, 1942. Raised to the dignity of a Domestic Prelate by Pope Pius XII on March 14, 1958. Retired October 8, 1962, and returned to his native home , 132

Schijnde l, Holland . Later he came back to the United States and resided in La Mesa , California. H e returned again to Holland in November, 1972, and lived in Breautelaan. H e died June 9, 1974 at Vieght, Holland . Lies buried in St. Servatius Cemetery at Schijndel , Holland. DEWANE, the Rev. John Bernard, 1st of 5 children of Roland D . and A lice Cisler, cousin of Father Daniel D ewane (African White Fathers) , born in Cato , Wis., January 7, 1935. Education: Kewaunee High School; University of Wisconsin , Madison ; philosophy at St. Paul Semina ry, St. Paul (B.A., 1960); theology at North American College, Rome (S.T.B., 1961 ; S.T.L. , 1963) . Ordained by Archbishop Martin O'Connor, Christ the King Church, Rome , December 19, 1962. Assistant at parishes in: Green Bay, St. Jude's, August 8, 1963 (temporary) ; Kaukauna, St. Mary's, September 12, 1963; Menasha, St. Mary's , October 7, 1964 . Appointed to the Diocesan Board of Education, 1969. Administrator of Lourdes High School, Menasha, June 15, 1970 (sum mer study at Marquette U niversity (M.A. in Counseli ng, 1976) . Co-pastor of parishes in: Kaukauna, St. Mary's, June 5, 1978; Green Bay , Na tivity, January 31, 1979. Elected Vice-President of Priests' Senate, January 30, 1979; became President , March 10, 1981. Appointed to the Bishops' Committee on Priestly Life and Ministry , J anuary 10, 1983. Sabbatical leave for study at the Institute fo r Continuing T heological Education at the North American College in Rome, February through May , 1983. Appointed to the Commission for Ecumenical Affairs, March 1, 1983. Administrator of St. Mar y Parish , Brillion, June 3, 1983. Pastor of St. Mary Parish , Peshtigo , and Administrator of Catholic Central High School, Marinette, J ul y 1, 1983.

DE WILD, the Rev. John, son of Egbert D . and A nna M. De Wilt, uncle of Father Egbert Timmers , born in Uden , Holland , April 2, 1881. Education: classics with the C rosier Fathers at U den, Holland , from I 903 to 1908; continued at St. Norbert College, 1908 to 1910; theology at St . F rancis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Fox, cathedral, G ree n Bay, on April 13, 1914. Assistant at parishes in: Little Chute, May 1, 1914; Kaukauna, St. Mary's, Novembe r 28, 1915. Pastor of parishes at: Wautoma with mission at A lmond , May 6, 1916; Crandon with missions at Argonne and at Hiles, May 16, 1924; Combined Locks, December 28, 1925. Retired from active service due to advanced age on .January 16, 1962, after 36 years o f service at Combined Locks. Lived in retirement in his private home located near the parish property at Combined Locks. Died at St. Pau l Nursing Home , Kaukauna, Nove mber 29, 1973 . Lies buried in St. Paul Cemetery, Combined Locks.

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DE WILT, the Very Rev. Elzear Marian, 1st of 6 children of Martin D . and Maria Anna Van Den Broek, born at Uden, Province of North Brabant, Holland, July 8, 1827. Education: classics at Uden, and later at Bruges, Belgium, where he entered the novitiate of the Franciscans. Ordained at Tournay, Belgium, June 9, 1851. Taught philosophy and theology for about 8 years in Belgium and in Holland; sent to a benefactor of the Franciscans, the Bishop of Shrewsbury, England, for pastoral work in Wales for several years; returned to Belgium, first to Antwerp and later to Brussels, to do missionary work in Belgium, Holland and in Northern France. Obtained permission from Rome to come to America and to join the newlyestablished Diocese of Green Bay (presumably at the invitation of Bishop Melcher). Arrived in the diocese in 1868 and given charge of the congregation at Duck Creek. Transferred to Little Chute, 1869, where his activities are described in his own words as follows: "In Little Chute I finished and opened the new church for service with an expense of about $6 ,000." Transferred in 1874 to the parish at Montello, with missions at Princeton and Neshkoro. Became pastor at Wrightstown , 1876, with mission at East Wrightstown (built the rectory , church, school and convent at Wrightstown: the church in his own words, "at my own expense."). He was appointed head of the newly erected deanery of St. Adelbert and served as consultor in the Green Bay Diocese. He was a generous donor to the Wrightstown parish and to St. Joseph Orphanage, Green Bay. This outstanding pioneer parish priest went to his eternal reward on February 28, 1907. He lies buried in St. Paul Cemetery, Wrightstown, where he served so faithfully for 31 years. DE WITT, the Rev. Monsignor James Robert, 3rd of 3 children of Frank Albert D. and Esther Final, born in Green Bay on February 2, 1930. Education: Central Catholic High School, Green Bay; junior college at St. Norbert; philosophy at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. (B.A. , October, 1951); theology also at St. Paul. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay on June 4, 1955. Assistant at parishes in: De Pere, St. Francis Xavier, June 16, 1955; Oshkosh,St. Mary's, September 12, 1963; Green Bay , St. John's, September 17, 1965. Pastor of parishes in: Plainfield, March 24, 1966; Glenmore, with mission at Stark, September 8, 1967; Manitowoc, St. Andrew's, June 14, 1969. Appointed Episcopal Vicar for Region XII, September 1, 1971, reappointed for a three-year term , September 1, 1972. Pastor (Rector) of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral, June 18, 1975 (restored and renovated the rectory, rebuilt the cathedral organ, set up a cathedral museum, 1977). Appointed full-time Defender of the Bond

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in the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal, September 2, 1980. Other appointments included : Pro-Synodal Judge of the Diocesan Marriage Tribunal, August 11 , 1967 ; member of the D iocesan Board of Consul tors, September 27 , 1972, (reappointed September 10, 1976 and September 10, 1982); chairman of the Board of Directors of R oncalli High School, February 26, 1971; charter member of the Roncalli E ndowment Committee, September 5, 1973; member of the Budget Review Board for Catholic High Schools in G reen B ay and De Pere , Septembe r 10, 1975. Member of the Corporate Board of Directors of the Diocese, January 2, 1976. Raised to the dignity of Honorary Prelate by His Holiness, Pope Paul VI , August 8, 1975. Appointed Defender of the Bond for the Inter-Diocesan T ribunal of the Province of Milwaukee, February 14, 1983.

DIEDRICH, the Rev. Nicholas, son of Peter D . and Catherine Diede rich, born in Stockbridge , Wis., January 1, 1882. Education: classics at Mt. Calvary and at St. Meinrad Seminary, St. Meinrad ; theology at St . Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Fox, St. Mary Church, Kaukauna, October 9, 1910. Assisted temporarily at St. Patrick Parish, Maple Grove , until his assignment to the cathedral parish in Green Bay o n November 25, 1910; temporarily pastor at the cathedral parish when the pastor, Fathe r H ummel , was transferred to Menasha on November 14, 1914 . Pastor of other parishes at: New Franke n, May 6, 1916; Clintonville, September 20, 1926; Hortonville with mission at Dale, Fe bruary 20, 1947. Diocesan Consulto r from Ja nuary 28 , 1946, unti l his sudden death at Hortonville on Sunday morning, September 22, 1957 (found dead in his bed ; had recently returned from his annual spiritual retreat). Father Diedrich was a serious student of history, and author of several historical works including "History of New Franken , Wisconsin" (1926) and "History of Clintonville, Wisconsin " (1937) in collaboration with Monsignor John Gehl. Lies buried in St. Mary Cemetery at Stockbridge. DIEDERICK, the Rev. Richard, son of Mathew D. and Mercedes Magui re, born in Kaukauna , Wis., Decembe r 14, 1940. Education: high school and junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary , O neida; senio r college at St. Francis Minor Seminary; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Major Seminary. O rdained by Bishop Grellinger, cathedral, Green Bay, May 27, 1967. Assistant at parishes in : G reen Bay, Ss . Peter and Paul, June 13, 1967; Manitowoc, Holy Innocents, June 12, 1968. Associate pasto r of parishes

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in: Oshkosh, St. Vincent de Paul , September 3, 1969; Niagara, November 21 , 1969. Resigned from the active priesthood, May 21, 1971. DILLENBURG, the Rev. James Edward, 1st of 5 children of Edward D. and Marie Guenzel, cousin of Father Thomas Dillenburg, born in Casco , Wis., November 28, 1939. Education: high school and junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary , Oneida; philosophy and theology at St. John Seminary, Collegeville. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral , Green Bay, May 29, 1965. Assistant at parishes in: Casco, June 6, 1965 (temporary). Green Bay , St. Agnes, September 17, 1965. Member of the Diocesan Liturgical Commission, May, 1969, to May 31, 1978. Diocesan Director for Apostleship of the Sea (AOS) , while continuing as associate pastor of St. Agnes Parish , Green Bay, June 14, 1969. Pastor of St. John Parish, Seymour , July 3, 1973 (built new church, 1974), while continuing a.s Diocesan Director for AOS (delegate to the International Congress of AOS in Rome, September, 1972; in Hong Kong , December, 1977 ; and in Rome, October, 1982; first president of National Conference for Seafarer, October, 1976, and re-elected in 1978; elected to the National Board of AOS, September, 1974, and re-elected in 1976. Attended St. John University , Collegeville, summers of 1976 to 1979 (M. Div. , 1979). Appointed National Director of AOS for a five-year period, January 9, 1980, with headquarters at Pensacola , Florida.

DILLENBURG, the Rev. Thomas John, 1st of 7 children of Victor D . and Eleanor Muraski, cousin of Father James Dillenburg, born in Shawano , Wis. , May 29, 1939. Education: high school and junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Grellinger, St. Mary's Church , Bear Creek, July 10, 1965. Assistant at parishes in: Wautoma, July 10, 1965 (temporary); Chilton , St. Mary's, September 8, 1965; Oshkosh , St. Vincent's, December 16, 1969. Resigned from the active priesthood , February 27, 1971. DILLON, the Rev. George F., born in Buffalo, N.Y. , June 20 , 1869. Education: classics and theology at St. Bonaventure's, Allegany, N .Y. Ordained for the Diocese of Pittsburgh at Pittsburgh , by Bishop Richard Phelan , on April 9. 1895. Worked in his home diocese for about ten years in parishes at Altoona, Braddock and Pittsburgh, Pa. Received into the Diocese of Green Bay 136

on December 18, 1904, and appointed assistant at St. Peter Parish. Oshkosh, Pasto r of parishes at: Askeaton, 1905 (buil t the church); St. Francis Xavier's, De Pe re, September, 1910. Retired from active pastoral work in 1927. Lived in retire ment in Milwaukee where he died o n November 5, 193 l. Burial took place at A llegany, N. Y. DILLON, the Rev. John P., is listed in the 1890 editio n of the Catholic Directory as pastor at Lebano n. During his pastorate at Lebanon , he also attended the cong regation at Manawa fro m Ju ne, 1889, to Ju ly, 1890. Not hing defi nite is kn own as to his pri estly activ ities a fte r 1890. DINY, the Rev. Joseph Nicholas, 8th child of Pete r D . and Theresa Schabel, cousin of Fathers Earl Schuh , R obert Smith, and Ronald Smith (OFM Cap.), born in East H olland, (Askea ton), Wis., July 15, 1898. Education : high school through ph ilosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral, Gree n Bay, May 17, 1923. Assistant at Green Bay , St. Will ebrord 's, J une 1, 1923. Pastor of parishes in: Custer with missio n at E ll is, October 29, 1929; Meeme with mission at Spring Valley, April 22 , 1932; Maplewood, May 1, 1937; Green Bay, St. Joseph's, D ecembe r 6, 1948. At St. Joseph's, Father Diny guided the construction of two additions to the parish school and has seen a new parish, St. Agnes, fo rmed fro m his parish. Appointed parish priest consultor, Ma rch 2, 1957. R etired from active d uty in the Diocese, July 3 1, 1966. Died November 30, 1967, at St. Vincent Hospital. Lies buried in A llo uez Ca tholic Cemete ry, Green Bay. DIONNE, the Rev. Chester Anthony, 2nd of 2 children of Francis D . and Anna Ver Kuilen, cousin of Father Ralph Hermsen, born at P ound , Wis., January 28, 1897. Education: high school and 4 years of college at Mt. Calvary (B.A. 1919); theology a t St. Francis Sem ina ry. Ordained by Bishop R hode, cathedral, Green Bay, May 17, 1923. Appointed assistan t at Green Bay , St. Patrick's, June 1, 1923. Pastor of parishes in: Aurora with mission at Pembine, April 28, 1928; Poygan with mission at Poysippi (remodeled church), June 12, 1930; Manawa with mission at R oyalton , April 27, 1932; Humboldt with missio n at Sugarbush, June 15, 1939; D enmark (completed school, 1958) with mission at New D enm ark, May 10, 1944. Served on the Marriage Tribunal: Proc.-Adv., August 18, 1951. Retired from active d uty o n January I , 197 1. Resided a t Thunder Lake , C rivitz, summer . and St. Petersburg, Florida, winters. Died at St. Anthony Hospital. St. Petersburg, Florida, D ecember 9, 1982. Lies buried in A ll Saints Cemetery, De nmark.

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DIONNE, the Rev. Duane Henry, 1st of 4 children of Joseph D. and Margaret Vanderfin, born at Marinette, Wis., December 5, 1934. Education: high school at Central Catholic High School, Green Bay; St. Norbert College; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary (B.A., January, 1958). Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral, Green Bay, May 27, 1961. Assigned to St. Joseph Parish , Wautoma , for the summer Migrant Worker Apostolate, June 9, 1961. Asssistant at parishes in : Kellnersville, October 9, 1961; Manitowoc, St. Andrew's, December 11, 1961; Chilton , St. Mary's, October 15, 1962. Director of Cursillo Movement and part-time associate pastor of St. Matthew Parish, Green Bay, August 31, 1968. Pastor of St. Paul Parish, Manitowoc, January 26 , 1971. Temporary administrator of St. Mary Parish, Reedsville , January 20, 1977. Associate pastor of St. Agnes, Green Bay, August 22, 1977. Leave for special studies, May 21, 1978. Resigned from the active priesthood, November 20, 1978. DISHER (Dyszer), the Rev. Francis, 3rd of 7 children of Jacob D . and Paulina Flysokowski , born at Plover, Wis. , on March 17, 1909. Education: classics at St . Bonaventure's, Sturtevant, Wis. ; theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul, Minn. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral, Green Bay, June 1, 1933. Assistant at parishes in : Manitowoc , St. Mary's, June 15, 1933; Marinette, Our Lady of Lourdes, June. 16, 1934. Pastor of parishes at: White Lake with mission at Langlade, August 17, 1934; Spruce with mission at Klondike , May 12, 1938. Entered the U.S. Army as chaplain on July 31, 1942. Returned to the diocese as temporary administrator at Gresham , June 24, 1946. Incardinated into the Diocese of LaCrosse at his own request on November 2, 1946. He served as pastor in the Lacrosse Diocese at Cashton, Thorp, North Creek and Amherst before retiring in 1972. From 1976 until his death , May 28, 1980, he resided with his sister, Sister Mary Disher, at St. John's Convent, Menasha. Died at Theda Clark Hospital, Neenah. Lies buried in the family plot in Guardian Angel Cemetery, Stevens Point. DOLEZEL, the Rev. Adolph, 4th of 4 children of Joseph D . and Mary Reznicek, born in Pilsen , Czechoslovakia (Europe) , May 9, 1914. Education: classics in the Gymnasium, Vyskov, Czechoslovakia; theology in the major seminary of Prague, Czechoslovakia. Ordained by Cardinal Charles Kaspar, St.Vitus Cathedral, Prague, Czechoslovakia, June 29, 1940. Assistant at St. Bartholomew Church, Pilsen, Czechoslovakia, 1942 to 1949. Left the Diocese of Prague because of Communist persecution of the 138

Church. Came to America in February, 1950. Assistant at Ss. Peter and Paul Parish , G reen Bay, 1950 - 1952. Member of staff, Guardian Angels School , Oneida, 1952 - 1954. Assistant at parishes in: Kaukauna , St. Mary's, 1954 - 1955 ; Two Rivers, St. Luke's, 1956. Incardinated into the diocese on March 5, 1962. Pastor of parishes in: Walsh , with mission at Wagner, September 12, 1963; Reedsville, July 14, 1965; Suring, with mission at Chute Lake, June 23, 1971 . Died at Suring, May 25 , 1979. Lies buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Two Rivers. DOLSKl, the Rev. Vernon Anthony, 7th of 7 children of Anthony D. and Mary Wawrzyniak , born at West Kewaunee, Wis., August 19, 1931. Education: Kewaunee High School; college at St. Francis Minor Seminary; theology at St. Francis Major Seminary (B.A ., 1957). Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, May 23, 1959. Assistant at parishes in : New Holstein, Holy Rosary, June 12, 1959 (te mporary); Wautoma, July 3, 1959 (temporary); Marinette, St. Joseph's, September 8, 1959; Institute, June 12, 1961. Temporary administrator of Ss. Peter & Paul Parish, Institute , June 23, 1962 (active in migrant work in Door County while assigned to St. Joseph Parish, Green Bay, during summers of 1963 to 1973). Appointed Director of Migrant Apostolate, August, 31 , 1968, while continuing as assistant at St. Joseph Parish, Green Bay. Resigned as Migrant Apostolate Director, January 1, 1973, while continuing as assistant at St. Joseph Parish, Green Bay.

DOMBROSKI, the Rev. Dean Walter, only child of Walter D. and Helen Smith , cousin of Fathers Gerald Alferi and D onald Buzanowski, born in Neenah , Wis., April 22 , 1938. Education : high school and junior college at Mt. Calvary ; philosophy at St. Paul Seminary , St. Paul ; theology at Catholic University of America . Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral , G reen Bay, May 16, 1964. Assistant at parishes in: Elcho, June 5, 1964 (temporary); Green Bay, Ss. Peter & Paul , September 10, 1964 (served on faculty of St. Joseph Academy, 1966-67 school year); Chilton , St. Mary's, D ecember 16, 1969. Associate pastor of St. Jude Parish, Green Bay, July 22, 1970. Pastor of Holy Name Parish, Kimberly, June 19, 1974. Director of the U rban Ministry to the Indians of the Diocese of Green Bay with residency at St. Jude Parish, June 30, 1979. Part-time chaplain at Our Lady of Charity, Green B ay, while continuing the work for the 3,000 Wisconsin Indians living in the Diocese of Green Bay, December 11, 1979. Director of Sacred Heart Center, Oneida, while continuing as Director of Indian Urban Ministry for the Diocese, Se ptember 1, 1980.

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DOMEK, the Rev. Theodore Marian, Nothing is known of his ordination and priestly work except that he was serving as Polish Chaplain of the Polish Re patriation Center in Lauf/Pegn, Germa ny, whe n he negotiated with Bishop Bona to come to the diocese of G reen Bay in 1948. H e had been a prisoner in Dachau and Buche nwald Concentration Camps for six years. He served for a very brief pe riod in the Green B ay Diocese as assistant to Father Edwin Ocwiega at Wabe no and the n left the Diocese for Los Angeles to live with his relatives. No furth er info rmation was found. DONOVAN, the Rev. Michael Patrick, only child of James D. and Mildred D e Coster, born in Green Bay, Wis., September 17, 1949. Education: Premo ntre High School, Green Bay; U niversity of Wisconsin, Oshkosh (B.S. in Journalism, 1971) . (Worked as news reporte r for the H erald Times Reporter, Manitowoc and as part-time eme rgency medical technician and instructo r in C.P.R. for the Manitowoc Ambulance Service, 1971 to 1976) . Philosophy and theology at St. John's University , Collegeville (M. Div., 1981). Tern· porary deacon internship at St . Pius X Parish, Appleton, January through D ecember, 1980. Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral, Green Bay, June 13, 1981. Associate pastor of St. Mary Parish, Oshkosh, July 1, 1981. Part-time faculty , Lourdes Academy, 19811982. Member of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains. Coauthor of: The Sacrament of the A nointing of the Sick, 1982.

DORY, the Rev. Michael Edward, 3rd of 4 children of Edward D . and Virginia Allen , born in Menominee , Mich., August 24, 1949. Education: Marinette Catholic High School; Northland College , Ashland (1 year) and St. Norbert College, (B.A. in 1972); theology at St. John's University, Collegeville (M. Div., 1976). Temporary deacon internship at St. Bernard Parish and Xavier High School, Appleton, June 2, 1975. Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, Sacred Heart Church, Marinette , June 12, 1976. Appointed me mber of the facu lty of Lourdes H igh School, Oshkosh , June 16, 1976. Chaplain of St. E lizabeth Hospital, June 30 , 1979. Appointed Field Advocate in Marriage T ribunal, October 22, 1981. Pastor of H oly Angels Parish, D arboy, July 6, 1982 , while continuing chaplain d uties at St. E lizabeth Hospital.

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(2 yea rs) and the Neenah High School (2 years) ; college at Southern Methodist, Dallas. a nd the University of Wisconsin (B.S., June, 1952): ph iloso phy and theology at St. Francis Seminary (B . A. in philosophy, 1958). Prior to enro llment at S t. Francis Semi nary, Fath er Dowling was associated with the Financial Training Program o f the General E lectric Co. at Lo uisville, Ky. fo r 1 year. Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral , Green Bay, May 27 , 1961. Assistant at parishes in : Leo po lis, Jun e 12 , 1961; G reen Bay, A nnunciation , Septe mber 6 , 196 1; K ewa unee, Septe mbe r 26, 1962. C haplain and instructo r at Ho ly Famil y College (now Silve r Lake) , Ma nitowoc, Jun e 12, 1964; (summer sessions 1964-1968 at Marquette U ni ve rsity, M .A. in th eo logy , 1968) . Served temporarily as executi ve secre tary fo r the Priests· Person ne l Board , September 9 , 1970 , to J anu ary 21, 1971. Pasto r of St. Mary Pari sh , B rillio n , J anua ry 21 , 197 1. Resigned as pastor of St. Mary P arish , Brill ion , January 21, 1979. Leave of abse nce fo r o ne year, April 13, 1979, for para-medical studies at Sacred H ea rt N ursing School , Milwau kee. Leave of abse nce extended for wo rk in Mexico in providing pastoral ca re to parishes in Los R eyes , La Paz (Mexico C ity , D.F.) , April 13, 1980.

DOWNS, the Rev. Thomas Alexander, 2nd of 4 children of A le xa nde r D . and Elea nore Mora n , cousin of Father E mme t Weber , born in Superior , Wis., April 7, 1938. E ducatio n: De L aSalle High School, Minneapo lis and Mt. Ca lvary ; phi losophy a nd th eology at St. P aul Seminary, St. Paul (M .A . in Histo ry, 1963). Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral , Green Bay , May 16, 1964. T empo rary assistant in the Office o f A ssociated Di ocesan Societies, Jun e 5 , 1964. A ssista nt at parishes in: Gree n Bay, St. Philip's, Septembe r LO, 1964 ; S hawano , February 17 , 1965. Temporary Chapl ain at Winnebago State Hospita l, June 16, 1965. Assistan t at St. Paul 's Parish , Combined Locks, A ugust 3 , 1966. Le ave o f abse nce, April , 1969. Resigned fro m the act ive priesthood , June I , 1970. DREES, the Rev. John Alois, bo rn at Goshingen in th e Grand Duchy o f Luxe mburg, E urope , o n Jul y 6, 1853. E ducati o n: classics a nd theology at the Athe nae um and late r a t th e seminary in Luxembu rg. Ordained at the cathedral in Lu xemburg by Bishop Nicolaus Ada mes on A ugust 24, 1876. Did pastora l work in his nati ve land until his departure for Ameri ca in 1883. Arrived in th e Diocese o f Gree n Bay on Jan uary 9, 1884 , and g iven charge of th e parish at Humboldt. Transfe rred to t he pastorate at Luxemburg o n June 16, 1884. Took charge o f St. Lu ke Parish, T wo 141

Rivers , on January 19, 1893. Construction activities described in his own words as follows: " . . . finished the church in Luxemburg by decoration, putting up marble high altar and two side altars and communion rail. Built the new sister-house, and an addition to the school. . . In Two Rivers the new pastoral residence was built last year." (Signed, Feb., 1896) Listed in the 1897 edition of the Catholic Directory as "absent on leave. " Died at Sacred Heart Sanatorium, Milwaukee, Wis., on March 16, 1897. DREXLER, the Rev. Michael John, 5th of 7 children of John D. and Anna Blechinger, born in Oshkosh, Wis., September 28, 1912. Education: high school at Mt. Calvary; philosophy at St. John 's Seminary, Collegeville, Minn. ; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Rhode, St. Joseph Church, De Pere , August 12, 1939. Assistant at parishes in: Kaukauna, St. Mary's , September 14, 1939; Antigo, St. John's, February 7, 1945; Marinette , St. Joseph's, September 16, 1952; Green Bay, Annunciation , January 19, 1953. Administrator at Birnamwood with missions at E land and Wittenberg, June 18, 1953. Pastor of Sacred Heart Parish, Sherwood , March 8, 1960 (built new entrance to the church, 1960). Retired from an active role for reasons of health, October 1, 1974. Died February 2, 1975. Lies buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery, Oshkosh. DRURY, the Rev. Dennis Gerard, 2nd of 3 children of Raymond D. and Marie Liebl, born in Casco, Wis., March 5, 1953. Education: high school at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida; college at St. Norbert's (B.S. in physics, 1975; B.A . in mathematics, 1975); theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul (M.A. in theology, 1982). Worked as a Computer Programmer, 1975 to 1977. Ordained by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral, Green Bay, June 5, 1982. Associate pastor of St. Margaret Mary Parish, Neenah , July 1, 1982.

DU CHARME, the Rev. Paul Erwin, Only child of Erwin Du Charme and Olive Steinmetz, nephew of Father Mark Steinmetz, 0. Praem., and cousin of Fathers Paul and Mark Schumacher, born at Green Bay, Wis ., June 29, 1927. Education: high school, Central Catholic, Green Bay; 4 years at St. Norbert College ; Military service, U.S . Navy , June, 1945 to August 1946; philosophy and theology, St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral , Green Bay, Wis. , June 4, 1955 . Assistant at St. Mary Parish, Oshkosh, June 17, 1955. Chaplain of Wisconsin State Reformatory , Green Bay, September 6, 1961.

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4th of 4 children of Peter D. and Albertine T . Haevers, younger brother of Father Peter Duerr and grandnephew of Father Clemens Duerr, born in Green Bay, Wis. , February 4, 1922. Education: Cathedral High School , Green Bay, and St . Norbert High School, De Pere ; St. Norbert College (B.A., 1943) ; theology at St. John Seminary, Collegeville, Minn . Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral , Green Bay, June 15, 1946. Assistant superintendent in the Diocesan D epartment of Education, June 24, 1946, with duties as assistant at St. Matthew Parish, Allouez, January 30, 1947, then at the cathedral parish, Green Bay, June 7, 1947. Assigned to the Catholic University of America, Washington, D .C., for graduate studies in canon law , September 8, 1947, where he obtained his doctorate in canon law in 1950. Served as administrator in the following parishes during summer periods: Bay Settlement, 1948; Darboy, 1949; Glenmore, 1950. Assistant at St. Patrick Parish, Green Bay, August 29 , 1950. Assistant chancellor of the diocese , August 18, 1951, with additional duties as notary of the Diocesan Matrimonial Tribunal as of June 18, 1953. Part-time professor of Canon Law at St. Norbert Abbey, 1957-1961; part-time instructor in Religion Department of St. Norbert College, 1961-1967. Pastor of parishes in : Humboldt with mission at Sugarbush, September 26, 1958 (built rectory at Sugarbush , 1960; merged into one parish after fire in Nove mber, 1966; built Our Lady, Queen of Peace church and hall, 1967) ; De Pere, St. Boniface , October 17, 1972; Isaar, May 1, 1974. Father Duerr was a contributor to the New Catholic Encyclopedia. Died at St. Vincent Hospital , Green Bay, while pastor at Isaar, February 6, 1981. Lies buried at Allouez Catholic Cemetery in the Duerr plot. DUERR, the Rev. Clement,

4th of 6 children of Matthew D. and Geneva Lehmann, great uncle of Fathers Peter and Charles Duerr , born at Fulgenstadt, Germany, November 22 , 1837, and ordained in Germany on August 10, 1866. Came to America in May, 1869, and appointed to the pastorate at Darboy (then known as Buchanan) in June , 1869. In 1870 he started a mission field comprising New London , Lebanon, Bear Creek, Weyauwega, and Waupaca . In 1872 he went to the Chicago Archdiocese and started a parish at Huntley. He retired while serving as pastor of St. Peter Parish, Spring Grove, Ill., and died at his residence in Chicago , February 23, 1921. Lies buried in the Catholic Cemetery in Benton Harbor, Michigan . 143

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1st of 4 children of Peter D. and Albertine Haevers, older brother of Father Charles Duerr and grandnephew of Father Clemens Duerr , born in Green Bay, Wis. on May 4, 1911. Educatio1J: St. Norbert High School and College, De Pere (B.A., 1933); theology at St. Francis (M.A., 1937). Ordained by Bishop Rhode, cathedral, Green Bay , May 22, 1937. Assistant at parishes in: Marinette, Our Lady of Lourdes, June 25 , 1937; Two Rivers , St. Luke's, June 15, 1938; Oshkosh , St. Vincent's, July 9, 1940; Manitowoc, St. Boniface , July 1, 1941; Neenah, St. Margaret Mary , November 24, 1944. Pastor of St. Anthony Parish, Tigerton with mission at Marion, January 19, 1948. Assistant at Menasha, St. Mary's, November 27, 1948. Pastor of parishes in: Askeaton, St. Patrick's, August 23, 1951; Leopolis, May 5, 1953; White Lake with mission at Langlade, January 16, 1962. Died May 23, 1967, at St. Vincent Hospital, Green Bay; lies buried in Allouez Catholic Cemetery in the Duerr plot. DURA, the Rev. Stanislaus Aloysius,

son of Victor D. and Josepha Jasinska, born in Pittsburgh, Pa., on November 5, 1882. Education: classics at Holy Cross College, Pittsburgh; theology at Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis, Mo. Ordained for the Diocese of Green Bay at St. Louis by Archbishop John J. Glennon on June 11 , 1908. First and only appointment as pastor at Pine Grove. Due to ill health , he requested a leave of absence in 1912 in order to return to his native Pittsburgh. A letter from a Pittsburgh priest, dated August 1, 1912, stated that Father Dura was "at the point of death at the Mercy Hospital here , being in the last stages of tuberculosis." Died at Pittsburgh on August 21, 1912, at the age of only 29. DURIN, the Rev. Joseph F.,

Missionary of the Sacred Heart (M.S.H.), born in Montmarault, France, on January 2, 1834. Education: classics and theology at the Seminary of Moulins , France. Joined the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart after his ordination in France and spent some years in missionary work in Asia, Africa and Australia. Returned to France and did pastoral work there for about 13 years before departing for America around 1874. Founded the St . Joseph Apostolic School in Watertown , N. Y ., where free education was offered to aspirants for the priesthood. Came to De Pere in 1888, where he was given charge of St. Joseph Parish; built the present church, established the Archconfraternity of St. Joseph, and began the publication of the "Annals of St. Joseph. " Made a special trip to Europe to obtain permission for the solemn crowning of the statue of St. Joseph in the church at De Pere (event 144

took place on May 8, 1892). Resigned his pastorate at De Pe re in February, 1896, due to misunderstandings with Bishop Messmer over the fin ancial management of St. Joseph Church . Left the diocese and eventually began the publication of monthly magazine entitled " The Messenger of the Poor Souls." Failed to rally after an appendectomy and died at Mercy H ospital in Chicago in January, 1897. DUSOLD, the Rev. August George, son of August D. and Mathilda Ruepplinger, born in Manitowoc, Wis., on November 25 , 1879. Education: classics through theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Fox, June 10, 1906, at St. Francis Seminary Chapel. Assistant at parishes in: Green Bay, cathedral, July 21 , 1906; Kaukauna , Holy Cross, September 1, 1907. Pastor of parishes in: Glenmore , with mission at Stark , February, 1908; Cooperstown, with mission at New D enmark , October 19, 1912; Waupaca, March 23, 1922. Left the d iocese in September, 1923, to do pastoral work in the Archdiocese of Milwa ukee . Returned to the diocese in 1932 to live in retireme nt at Manitowoc. R eturned to active work as chaplain of the Langlade County Memorial Hospital at Antigo, September 18, 1947. Patient at the AJexian Brothers' Hospital, Oshkosh, September 20, 1951, until his death on June 14, 1960. Lies buried in the family plot in Calvary Cemetery, Manitowoc. EBEL, the Rev. Alfred John, 3rd of 4 childre n of A lfred Edward E. and Anna Kulbacki , born in Two Rivers, Wis. , April 15, 1930. Education: Washington High School, Two Rivers; college at the University of Wisconsin and at Mt. Calvary; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral, Green B ay, June 1, 1957. Assistant at parishes in : Green Bay , St. Agnes, June 1, 1957; Manitowoc, Sacred H eart, Se ptember, 1959; Niagara , September 8, 1960; Oconto, St. Pe te r's , September 8, 1965; Gree n Bay, St. Patrick's, December 16. 1965; Kimberly, Septe mbe r 8, 1966; Sturgeon Bay, May 2, 1967. Chaplain at the Langlade County Memorial Hospital, Antigo , January 22, 1968 (temporary). Assistant at Florence with mission at Long Lake , March 5, 1968; appointed pastor at Florence , August 31, 1968. Associate pastor of parishes in: G reen Bay, Ss. Peter & Paul, February 19, 1970; Two Rivers, St. Luke's, May 14, 1971. Chaplain of St. Mary Memorial Hospital, Kewaunee, August 18, 1971.

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EGAN, the Rev. John Robert, 6th of 8 children of Jeremiah E. and Clara Schlaefer, cousin of Father Gerald Nolan, 0. Praem. , born in Lebanon , Wis., November 13, 1938. Education: Washington High School, New London, and Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida; junior college at Sacred Heart Seminary, Oneida; philosophy and theology at St. Meinrad Seminary, St. Meinrad (B.A. in philosophy, 1961). Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay , May 29, 1965. Temporary assistant to the D irector of Holy Name Societies of the Diocese , June 7, 1965. Assistant at St. Patrick Parish, Menasha, September 17, 1965. Associate pastor of parishes in: Green Bay, St. Matthew's, October 16, 1968; Oshkosh, Sacred Heart, November 21 , 1969. Resigned from the active priesthood, September 30, 1971. EHR, the Rt. Rev. Monsignor Henry J., born near Portage, Wis., on April 1, 1873. Education: classics at Mt. Calvary and at St. Francis Seminary; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Archbishop Katzer for the Diocese of Green Bay at Milwaukee, June 20, 1897. Assisted Father John Rhode at Hilbert remained until September, 1898. Pastor at Hortonville from September 13, 1898, until 1902 (built rectory). Began his long tenure as pastor of St. Joseph Parish , Stevens Point, in 1902 (built church and rectory). Member of the Board of Diocesan Consultors in the Diocese of Green Bay from 1942 to 1945, and in the Diocese of LaCrosse from 1945 to 1948. Raised to the dignify of a domestic prelate on December 13, 1945. Became a subject of the Diocese of LaCrosse on December 22, 1945, by virtue of the pontifical decree whereby Portage County became a part of the Diocese of Lacrosse. Retired from active pastoral work in 1957 and took up residence in Oshkosh, Wis. , where he died on October 23rd of the same year. Lies buried in Sacred Heart Cemetery at Oshkosh. ELBERT, the Rev. Stanislaus Anthony, born in Prussian Poland on December 31, 1869. Education: classics at St. Charles College , Catonsville , Maryland; theology at St. Mary Seminary, Baltimore, Md . Ordained by Cardinal Gibbons on March 19, 1896. Served in the Archdiocese of Baltimore prior to his welcome into the Diocese of Green Bay on March 19, 1900. First appointment to the parish at Plover (Portage Co.) where he built a rectory. Transferred to St. Michael Parish , Wausau, in 1902, and to Sacred Heart Parish, Marinette, in 1904 (after a brief pastorate at Hofa Park). Formally incardinated into the diocese on December 8, 1907. Other pastoral charges as follows: to Fancher (Portage Co.) , April 27, 1909;

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to Stevens Point, St. Peter's, December 12, 1909 . Named a member of the Board of D iocesan Consultors on September 12, 1928. Resigned from the parish in Stevens Point on June 22, 1929, and became chaplain of St. Joseph Convent in the same city. R eturned to parish work as pastor of St. John Parish , Menasha, November 12, 1932. Transferred to the parish at Casimir (Portage Co .) on July 31, 1942. Became a subject of the Diocese of LaCrosse, Decembe r 22, 1945 , by virtue of the pontifical decree whe reby Portage County became a part of that diocese. Listed in the 1962 edition of the Catholic Directory as "retired ." Died at the age of 96 on March"l , 1965, at Stevens Point. Lies buried in Guardian Angel Cemetery, Park Ridge , Wis. ENGL, the Rev. Simeon J. (Samuel), son of Florian E . and Barbara Zaugel, born at Aniwa, Wis. , on February 18, 1904. Education: classics at St. Nazianz (5 yea rs) and at St. Norbe rt's (2 years) ; theology at the University of Innsbruck , Austria. Ordained by Bishop Sigismund Waitz at Innsbruck , Austria, July 26, 1930. Assistant at parishes in : G reen Bay, St. Patrick's, November 8, 1930; Stevens Point, St. Stephen's, June 26, 1931; De Pere , St. Mary's, June 15, 1933; Hilbert, St. Mary's, January 12, 1934. Pastor of parishes at: Aurora with mission at Pembine , January 31 , 1934; Laona with missions at Newald, Blackwell and Long Lake, February 16, 1935 . Ente red U.S . military service as Chaplain in 1945. Returned to pastoral work , August 9, 1947, as te mporary chaplain of the Langlade County Memorial H ospital, A ntigo. Temporarily in charge of St. Mary Parish , T wo Rivers, September 6, 1947. Administrato r at Je richo, June 17, 1948. Pastor at Osman with mission at Spring Valley, May 20, 1950. On leave of absence from assignment , August 29, 1950. Pastor at Isaar, September 16, 1952 ; transferred to the pastorate at Suring, June 18, 1953. Obtained a second leave of absence from the diocese on March 5, 1954. Incardinated into the Diocese of San Diego, March 6, 1961. Listed in the 1982 Official Catholic Directory as reti red. ESDEPSKY, the Rev. Joseph J., son of Joseph E . and Mary D rajewski , born in Menasha, Wis. , October 24, 1884. Education : high school at St. Mary's, Me nasha; college at Mt. Calvary; theology at St. Francis Seminary. Ordained by Bishop Fox on May 1, 1913. Assistant at parishes in: Green Bay, St. John's, May 13, 1913 ; Oshkosh, St. Pe te r's, December 19, 1915. Pastor of parishes at: Crandon with missions at Argonne and Hiles, February 6, 1917; Lanark with missio n at A lmond, June 23 , 1918; Lebanon with mission at Northport, J une 25, 1920 ; Aniwa with mission at Birnamwood, August 26, 1921 ; Black Creek with mission at Navarino, June 1,

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EVERS, the Rev. Leonard Martin, 14th of 14 childre n of Ma rtin E. and Mary Vande r Loop, nephew of Fa th ers T heodore and St ephe n Vander Loop, 0 . Praem., born in Little C hute , W is., March 11 , 1942. Educatio n: hig h school at St. Jo hn 's, Little Chute and Sacred H ea rt Se mi nary; junior college at Sacred H eart Seminary ; phi losoph y at St. Meinrad Se mina ry, St. Me inrad ; th eology at St. J o hn's Seminary, Little Rock , Arka nsas,and No t re D ame Seminary, New O rl eans. Ordai ned by Bisho p W ycislo, cathedral , Gree n Bay. May 25, 1968. A ssistant pasto r o f St. Ph il ip Parish , G reen Bay, J une 12, 1968, and chaplain of Cali x Society, unit o f St. Philip's. Preside nt of Samaritan H alfway H o use for A lcoho lics Inc ., Green Bay, 1970 to 1974. Associate pastor of A nnunciation Parish, Gree n Bay , Dece mber I , 1971. Pastor o f pa rishes in : E lcho a nd Pickerel, Februa ry l , 1975 ; Seymo ur , January 9 , 1980.

FABIANSKI, the Rev. Jerome Frank, 1st of 8 childre n of Fran k F. a nd Frances J ezie rny, born in Chi cago, Ill ., Jun e 3, 1903 . E ducatio n : St. Stanislaus High School, C hicago; junior college as a candid ate for th e Congregation o f the Resurrection ; phi losoph y at the Gregoria n Un ive rsity , Ro me ; theology at St . Lo uis Un ive rsity, St. Louis, Mo. Ordained by Archbishop G le nn o n as a pri est o f the Congregation o r th e Resurrecti o n (C. R .) , at St. Lo uis, Mo., June 26 , 1929. Pas to ral work in parishes in C hi cago , Ill. . from June, 1930 , until Ja nuary, 1949. Received into the Diocese of G reen Bay in January , 1949, and assigned as assistant to St. A mbrose Parish , W abe no. Incardi nated in to the D iocese of Gree n B ay, Apri l 22, 1952. Ass istan t at St. Antho ny's Parish, Niagara, D ecember 3 1, 1954. Pastor o f parishes in Wabeno, June 18, 1959 (new hall , 1963); Eato n, Ja nuary 5, 1966; Isaar , Septembe r 8, 1967. Re tired June 20 , 1973. Resides in C hicago. FALK, the Rev. Gerald Raymond, 2nd o f 4 children of Ma nu e l F . and A lice Margaret Burle, brot her of Fathe r Robert Falk , SOB., bo rn in Green Bay , Wis., Decembe r 22, 1929. Ed ucati o n: Central Hig h School (now Premo nt re) , Green Bay; St. Norbert College (B.A ., 1952); two years of se rvice with U.S. Army; theology at St. Paul Seminary , St. Paul. Ordained by B isho p 148

Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, May 21, 1959. Assistant at the office of the Associated Diocesan Socie ties, June 12, 1959 (te mporary); assistant at parishes in: Appleton , St. Mary's, Septe mbe r 8, 1959; Mani towoc, St. Andrew's, Septe mber 8, 1966 . Associate pastor of St. Mary Parish, Oshkosh, August 31, 1968. Pastor of St. T homas More Parish , Appleton, Septembe r 9, 1970.

FEELY, the Rev. Monsignor James Bernard, 2nd o f 2 children o f B ernard Brosnan F. and Lauretta Jane Lavelle, born in Green Bay, Wis., April 20, 1932. E ducation: Central Catholic High School (now Premontre), Green Bay , junior college at Mt. Calvary; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Semina ry (B .A ., 1955). O rdained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, G reen Bay, May 31, 1958. Assistant at parishes in: E lcho, June 20, 1958 (temporary); Little Chute , September 5, 1958. Member of the fac ulty of Marinette Catholic Central High School, June 12, 1964. Pastor o f parishes in: Marine tte, St. Joseph's, June 14, 1969 (renova ted sanctua ry and sacristy of church afte r fire destruction , 1973) ; Green Bay, R esurrection , June 16, 1976. Served as President of the Priests' Senate and on the Diocesan Board of Consultors, 1972 to 1974. Appo inted to the Ecumenical Commissio n, April 1, 1972 and re-appointed on May 1, 1975, and on May 24, 1978 (served as chairma n, 1977-1981). R aised to the dignity of Honorary Prelate by Pope Paul VI , August 8, 1975. Field A dvocate in Marriage Tribunal, October 22 , 1981.

FEENEY, the Rev. John Patrick, 1st of 3 sons of John Patrick F. a nd Ma ry J . Roney, born in Gra nd Island , Neb., January 1, 1927. E ducation: St. Mary Cathed ral High School, Gra nd Island, Nebr. ; No tre Dame University, Indiana (l 1/2 yea rs); 1 year of service with the U.S. Naval Air Corps, first at their T echnical T raining Center at Memphis, Tenn. , and then as a stude nt under the Naval ROTC Program at the University of Idaho , Moscow, Idaho ; philosophy and 2 years of theology at St. T homas Seminary, Denver, Colo. ; accepted as a cle rical student fo r the Diocese of Green Bay, August , 1950, and assigned to St. Francis Seminary to complete theological studies. Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral, G reen Bay, June 7, 1952. Assistant in parishes in : Green Bay, St. Joseph's, June, 1952; Kewaunee, January, 1954; Sturgeon Bay, St. Joseph's, September, 1954; Clintonville, June , 1955; Oshkosh, St. Pete r's , March

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14, 1956; Two Rivers, Holy Redeemer, September 5, 1958; Appleton, St. Therese's, September, 1961; Chilton, St. Mary's, September 12, 1963; Clark Mills, September 8, 1965 (temporary); Flintville, October 25 , 1965; Francis Creek, January 11, 1966 (temporary); Maplewood, April 15, 1966; Wautoma, June 30, 1966 (temporary) . Administrato r of Holy Family Parish, Elcho, and St. Mary Mission , Pickerel, August 3, 1966. Pastor of parishes in: De Pe re, St. Francis Xavier, June 14, 1969 (consolidated school with St. Mary's, 1971; erected new church , 1972); Suamico with mission at Little Suamico , June 20 , 1973; Freedom, June 21, 1976. Temporary administrator of St. Mary of the Seven Dolors Parish , Stockbridge, January 31, 1979.

FEENEY, the Rev. William Michael,

2nd of 3 children of William F. and Maude Byrne, born in Prairie du Chien, Wis., November 7 , 1937. Education: high shcool and junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy at St. Francis Seminary; theology at the American College, University of Louvain, Belgium. Ordained by Bishop John Cody, American College Chapel, Louvain , Belgium , June 29, 1963. Assistant at parishes in: Appleton , St. Bernadette's , August 8, 1963 (temporary) ; De Pere, St. Mary's, September 12, 1963; Oshkosh, Sacred Heart, September 10, 1964. Leave of absence for personal reasons, June , 1965, to May 8, 1981. Returned to priestly service, June, 1982. Associate pastor of St. John Nepomucene Parish , Little Chute , July 1, 1982 (temporary). Final leave of absence , July 16, 1982. Resigned from the active priesthovd, August 16, 1982. FElDER, the Rev. Paul Arnold,

3rd of 8 children of Wilmer F. and Marcella Brabender, grandnephew of Msgr. James Feider (Milwaukee Archdiocese) and Father George Feider, 0 . Praem., born in Sheboygan, Wis. , February 20, 1951. Education: high school at Sacred Heat Seminary; St. Norbert College (2 years) ; philosophy at University of Innsbruck (Canisianum College), Austria (B.A. , 1973); theology at St. Francis Seminary (M. Div., 1977). Summer assignment as deacon , St. John Nepomucene Parish , Little Chute, June 1, 1976. Ordai ned by Bishop Wycislo, cathedral, Green Bay, May 29, 1977. Associate pastor of parishes in: Appleton, St. Thomas More, June 15, 1977; Oshkosh, St. Peter's, July 1, 1982. Author of two books on spiritual healing: Arise and Walk: The Christian Search for Meaning in Suffering, 1980, and Paul's Letters for Today's Christian , 1982.

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FELLENZ, the Rev. Paul James, 5th of 5 children of Arthur F. and Ve ronica Rinzel, brother of Father Robert Fellenz, born in West Bend, Wis., May 19, 1940. E ducation: high school and junior college at Sacred H eart Seminary ; philosophy and theology at St. Paul Seminary, St. Paul. Ordained by Bishop Grellinger, cathedral, Green Bay, May 28 , 1966. Assistant at parishes in : Elcho, June 9, 1966 (temporar y); Kimberly, September 8, 1966; Green Bay, St. Matthew's, December 18, 1969. Associate pastor of St. Thomas More Pa rish , Appleton, September 9 , 1970. R esigned from the active priesthood, November 1 , 1971. FELLENZ, the Rev. Robert Anthony, 1st of 5 children of Arthur F. and Veronica H . Rinzel, b rother of Father Paul Fellenz, born in West Bend, Wis., February 5, 1932. Education: high school and junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St. Francis Se minary. Ordained by Bishop Bona, cathedral, Green Bay, May 31 , 1958. Assistant at parishes in : Clintonville , June 20, 1958; Black Creek, June 4, 1963; Manitowoc, H oly Innocents, May 5, 1964. Member of the staff of the Diocesan Department of Education , June 12 , 1968. Resigned from the active priesthood, May 4, 1969. FELLER, the Rev. Donald John, 1st of 3 children of George Joseph F. and Anna Jindra , born at Maplewood , Wis. , July 13, 1920. Education: Maplewood High School (2 years) and A lgoma High School (1 year); senior year and junior college at St. Nazianz; philosophy and theology at St . John Seminary, Collegeville, (B.A. , 1943). Ordained by Bishop Bona , cathedral, G reen Bay, June 15, 1946. Assistant at the chancery office, Green Bay, June, 24 , 1946, with additiona l duties as assistant at St . Francis Parish , Ott Pere, from October 31 , 1946, to September 1, 1948. Appointed Assistant Chancellor of the diocese, Septembe r 1, 1951. Pastor of St. Mary Parish, Tisch Mills, September 26, 1958. Diocesan Director of Priests' Eucharistic League , Septe mber 11 , 1961. Pastor of All Saints Parish, De nmark , with mission at New D enmark , January 21, 1971.

FELTON, the Rev. Daniel John, 1st of 5 children of Kenneth F. and Carol Rudolph, born in Portsmouth , Va. , February 5, 1955. E ducation: Ei nstein Junior High, Appleton , and West High School, Appleton ; St. Norbert College (B.A. in Re ligious Studies and Psychology, 1977); theology at St. John's University, Collegeville (M. A. , 1981). Ordained by B ishop Wycislo, 151

cathedral. Green Bay. June 13. 1981. A ssociate p astor of H o ly In n oce nts Pa r i>. h . Manitowoc. Jul y 1. 198 1. Appointed to Commission fo r Ecu mrnica l Affa irs. August 5. 1982.

FESSLER, the Rev. George, so n of George F. and Elizabeth Sedle r , brothe r of Fathers Joseph Fess ler or Green Bay Diocese. a nd C harl es Fessle r of Milwaukee A rch