Bernard W. Schmitt

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Bernard William Schmitt (born August 17, 1928 in Wheeling , West Virginia , † August 16, 2011 ibid) was an American clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Wheeling-Charleston .

Life

Bernard William Schmitt, fourth of seven children from a family with German ancestors, attended the Corpus Christi School and the Wheeling and Central Catholic High School in Wheeling, St. Charles College in Catonsville ( Maryland ) and the Saint Mary Seminary in Baltimore . On May 28, 1955, Schmitt was ordained a priest by Bishop Thomas J. McDonnell for the Diocese of Wheeling in St. Joseph's Cathedral in Wheeling. He later completed a postgraduate degree in guidance and counseling at Ohio University .

After serving as deputy pastor at Saint Joseph's Cathedral and assistant to Archbishop John Joseph Swint , he became director of new appointments for the priesthood in 1963, later director of the spread of the faith and director of the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) . In 1966 Schmitt became rector of the Sankt Josephs preparatory seminar in Parkersburg, then pastor of the Franz von Assisi parish in St. Albans. In 1982 he moved to the parish of St. Michael in Wheeling.

Pope John Paul II appointed him on May 27, 1988 titular bishop of Walla Walla and auxiliary bishop in the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston. The Archbishop of New Orleans Francis Schulte donated him on August 1, 1988 episcopal ordination ; Co- consecrators were William Donald Borders , Archbishop of Baltimore , and Donald Wuerl , Bishop of Pittsburgh . On March 29, 1989, he was named Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston. Schmitt served on the commissions for the life and ministry of priests, marriage and the family, and the initiative for human life in the United States Bishops' Conference .

On December 9, 2004, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.

He was inducted into the Wheeling Hall of Fame in 2011 and honored with Wheeling YMCA's "Light of the Valley" .

Fonts

  • The sacraments. A collection of pastoral letters . Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston 2004 (101 pages).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Keri Brown: WV Diocese: Retired Bishop Schmitt dead at 82. The Herald Dispatch, August 16, 2011, accessed November 18, 2017
  2. ↑ a b Bishop Emeritus Bernard W. Schmitt. ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Wheeling-Charleston Diocese . Retrieved August 17, 2011  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.dwc.org
predecessor Office successor
Francis Schulte Bishop of Wheeling-Charleston
1989-2004 		Michael Joseph Bransfield
personal data
SURNAME Schmitt, Bernard W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schmitt, Bernard William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American clergyman and Roman Catholic Bishop of Wheeling
DATE OF BIRTH August 17, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH Wheeling, West Virginia
DATE OF DEATH August 16, 2011
Place of death Wheeling, West Virginia