John Henry Tihen
John Henry Tihen (born July 14, 1861 in Oldenburg , Indiana , † January 14, 1940 in Denver , Colorado ) was an American Roman Catholic clergyman. Tihen was last bishop of the Denver diocese .
Life
John Henry Tihen's parents, Herman and Angela Tihen, were German immigrants. As a child, he moved with them from Indiana to Jefferson City , Missouri , where he attended denominational schools. After he graduated from the Benedictine College in Atchison ( Kansas had acquired), he joined in 1882 to Saint Francis de Sales Seminary , a seminary in Milwaukee ( Wisconsin ), a. On April 26, 1886, he was by Michael hot , the archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee , for ordained priests .
He then moved back to Missouri, where he was employed as a curate at St. John's Church in St. Louis until 1888 . When John Joseph Hennessy was named first bishop of the Diocese of Wichita in 1888 , Tihen succeeded him. He served as advisor to the new bishop and chancellor of the diocese. In 1907 he was appointed vicar general and received the title of monsignor .
On May 12, 1911, Pope Pius X appointed him Bishop of the Diocese of Lincoln in Nebraska . On 6 July the same year he became Bishop Hennessy to consecrated bishop . Co-consecrators were Bishops Nicholas Chrysostom Matz and Richard Scannell . Tihen served as a bishop in Lincoln for six years until 1917. When Bishop Matz died in August 1917, Tihen was on September 21, 1917 by Pope Benedict XV. appointed new Bishop of Denver. He took up his new office on December 21, 1917.
During the First World War , Tihen supported Liberty Bonds (war bonds), organized students in Catholic schools in the so-called US Boys Working Reserve and supported the Red Cross . In 1919 he became a delegate to the League of Nations on the initiative of Denver Mayor Mills . Tihen was also one of the active opponents of the Ku Klux Klan .
During his tenure he founded 18 denominational schools, had 41 churches built, founded three hospitals and an orphanage. At the beginning of his tenure, 174 priests served in his diocese, up from 229 last.
On January 6, 1931, Pope Pius XI took the resignation of Bishop Tihen. Immediately afterwards he was appointed titular bishop of Bosana .
In March 1938 he suffered a stroke that left him paralyzed. He died a year and a half later, in January 1940, at the age of 78 in Denver.
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| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
| Nicholas Chrysostom Matz |
Bishop of Denver 1917–1931 |
Urban John Vehr |
| Thomas Bonacum |
Bishop of Lincoln 1911–1917 |
Charles Joseph O'Reilly |
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tihen, John Henry |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, Archbishop of Denver |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 14, 1861 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Oldenburg , Indiana |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 14, 1940 |
| Place of death | Denver , Colorado |