Peter Conrad Nagel
Peter Conrad Nagel (born May 15, 1825 in Grevenstein , † March 12, 1911 in Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania ) worked as a missionary Catholic priest in Pennsylvania.
After attending primary school in Grevenstein, he went to the Arnsberg grammar school Laurentianum from 1841 to 1847 . While studying theology in Münster he was one of the founding members of the student association KDSt.V. Sauerlandia Münster in the CV . After completing his studies, he worked for three years as a tutor for a family of landowners in what was then the Prussian part of Poland near Marienburg . In 1857 he emigrated to the United States and entered the seminary of Philadelphia one. In the following year he took over as a priest a parish in Wilkes-Barre on the Susquehanna River , built churches in the region and brought in other Sauerländer as pastors for Scranton , Honnesdale and Williamsport . For his place of birth Grevenstein he financed a water pipe, the Conrad-Nagel-Foundation for tasks of the parish and a study foundation, which is administered by the Archdiocese of Paderborn .
literature
- Clemens Liedhegener: Grevenstein through the ages. Bigge 1965
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Nagel, Peter Conrad |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American Catholic priest |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 15, 1825 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Grevenstein |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 12, 1911 |
| Place of death | Wilkes-Barre , Pennsylvania |