John Janssen
John Janssen (actually Johannes, born March 3, 1835 in Keppeln , a district of Uedem ; † July 2, 1913 in Belleville, Illinois ) was a German-American clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Belleville .
Life
After graduating from the College Augustinianum Gaesdonck and the study of theology in Münster came Janssen 1858 in the United States and was on 19 November of the same year a priest of the Diocese of Alton ordained . From 1870 to 1886 Janssen was vicar general of his bishop Peter Joseph Baltes . After his death on February 15, 1886, Janssen was initially diocesan administrator of Alton and, after the diocese of Belleville was separated from the diocese of Alton on January 7, 1887, also of Belleville.
On February 28, 1888 Janssen was then by Pope Leo XIII. appointed first bishop of Belleville. He received his episcopal ordination on April 25th of the same year by the Archbishop of Chicago , Patrick Augustine Feehan . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Kansas City , John Joseph Hogan , and the Bishop of Leavenworth , Louis Mary Fink OSB .
He died in office on July 2, 1913.
Web links
- Janssen's biography on www.famousamericans.net.
- Entry on John Janssen on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on April 3, 2020.
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| SURNAME | Janssen, John |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German-American clergyman and Roman Catholic bishop of Belleville |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1835 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Keppeln , district of Uedem |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 2, 1913 |
| Place of death | Belleville, Illinois |