Joseph Melcher
Joseph Melcher (born March 19, 1806 in Vienna , † December 20, 1873 in Green Bay , USA) was the first Catholic bishop of Green Bay from 1868 to 1873 .
Life
Joseph Melcher was born in Vienna and emigrated to the United States , where he in 1830 for the Diocese of Saint Louis for priests ordained was. Peter Richard Kenrick , the first Archbishop of Saint Louis after the diocese was elevated to an archbishopric, appointed Melcher as Vicar General . In this role he made several trips to Germany to win prospective priests for service in America.
With the establishment of the Diocese of Green Bay on March 3, 1868, Pope Pius IX appointed. Joseph Melcher as its first bishop. On July 12, 1868 Archbishop Kenrick donated him episcopal ordination . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Milwaukee , John Henni , and the Bishop of Alton , Henry Damian Duncker .
Joseph Melcher took part in the First Vatican Council as a council father .
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ cf. Wolfgang Stüken: Liborius, Saint Louis and the Pfauenstuhl, on www.dafk-paderborn.de ( Memento from October 17, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
| predecessor | Office | successor |
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Bishop of Green Bay 1868–1873 |
Franz Xaver Krautbauer |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Melcher, Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Catholic clergyman and Bishop of Green Bay |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 19, 1806 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 20, 1873 |
| Place of death | Green Bay , Wisconsin, USA |