Albert Henry Ottenweller

Albert Henry Ottenweller (born April 5, 1916 in Stanford , Montana , USA ; † September 23, 2012 in Toledo , Ohio ) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Steubenville .

Life

Albert H. Ottenweiler grew up in Leipsic , Ohio. He attended St. Joseph High School and later St. Joseph College in Rensselaer , Indiana . In 1943 he graduated from the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC in Philosophy and Catholic Theology. The Bishop of Toledo , Karl Joseph Alter , ordained him on June 19, 1943 . He was vicar at St. John the Evangelist Church in Delphos and from 1959 to 1961 at St. Richard Church in Swanton . 1961/62 he was pastor in St. Joseph Church in Blakeslee and the associated mission station Sacred Heart of Montpelier . From 1962 to 1968 he took over the parish of Our Lady of Mount Carmel Church in Bono and also the Spanish-speaking apostolate of the diocese from 1958 to 1969. In 1968 he took over the parish of St. John the Evangelist Church in Delphos and was appointed vicar general of the diocese .

Pope Paul VI appointed him on April 17, 1974 titular bishop of Perdices and auxiliary bishop in Toledo. The episcopal ordination donated him the Bishop of Toledo, John Anthony Donovan , on May 29 of the same year; Co- consecrators were Joseph Bernardin , Archbishop of Cincinnati , and William Michael Cosgrove , Bishop of Belleville . On October 11, 1977 he was by Paul VI. appointed Bishop of the Diocese of Steubenville and officially introduced to this office on November 22nd.

On January 28, 1992, Pope John Paul II accepted his resignation because of his age. He retired in Toledo, Ohio and was the rector of Holy Rosary Cathedral until 2010.

Web links

• Entry on Albert Henry Ottenweller on catholic-hierarchy.org ; Retrieved April 2, 2017.
• Biography of Albert H. Ottenweller on the website of the Diocese of Steubenville, accessed on April 3, 2017 (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
John Anthony King Mussio	Bishop of Steubenville 1977–1992	Gilbert Ignatius Sheldon