Kilian Kaspar Flasch

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Bishop Kilian Kaspar Flasch of La Crosse

Kilian Caspar Flasch (born July 13, 1831 in Retzstadt , Diocese of Würzburg , Lower Franconia, Kingdom of Bavaria; † August 3, 1891 in La Crosse (Wisconsin) , USA) was a German emigrant, Catholic clergyman and Bishop of La Crosse from 1881 to 1891 .

Life

Kilian Kaspar Flasch emigrated with his parents from Lower Franconia to the United States of America in 1847 . The family settled in Fond du Lac County , Wisconsin , where they quickly became famous. Father Andreas Flasch was one of the founding fathers and pioneers of the young Wisconsin Catholic Church. The traveling missionaries found shelter in the Flasch house and for a long time it served as a church and meeting place for the scattered Catholics. Of the family's six children alive - one girl had died on the crossing - four consecrated religious vocations. Three girls became nuns, Kilian, the only son, wanted to be a priest.

He studied at the Salesianum in Milwaukee and the local Bishop Johann Martin Henni ordained him in 1859 as a priest. After a brief pastoral work, Flasch returned to the seminary as a teacher until typhoid fever brought him to the edge of the grave in 1865. He was entrusted with the rural parish of Elm Grove, where he recovered. From there, Flasch returned to the Milwaukee Seminary in 1875 as a professor of morality and spirituality; In 1878 he became its rector. As early as 1868, the independent diocese of La Crosse was separated from the Diocese of Milwaukee and Bishop Henni's secretary, Michael Heiss , was appointed first bishop. A German immigrant from Bavaria was also hot and in 1881 he advanced to the position of chief shepherd in Milwaukee, which has since become an archbishopric. Kilian Kaspar Flasch succeeded him as Bishop of La Crosse. On August 26, 1881 Michael Heissed him episcopal ordination . Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Green Bay , Franz Xaver Krautbauer , and the Apostolic Vicar of North Minnesota , Bishop Rupert Seidenbusch OSB .

Bishop Flasch eagerly toured his district and the number of priests doubled during his term of office. Even as a priest he was very benevolent and charitable - a trait that also distinguished the bishop. He is also described as learned and pious, but extremely humble and simple. In 1883 the clergyman traveled to Rome, in 1884 he took part in the 3rd plenary council of Baltimore . A "painful illness", not described in detail in the obituary, befell him and he died at the age of 60 after a long period of suffering. His vicar general James Schwebach from Luxembourg succeeded him in the episcopate.

literature

Web links

  • Diocese of La Crosse. In: Catholic Encyclopedia , with a chapter on Bishop Flasch.
  • Entry on catholic-hierarchy.org with incorrect data

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bishop Michael Heiss
predecessor Office successor
Michael hot Bishop of La Crosse
1881–1891 		James Schwebach
personal data
SURNAME Flasch, Kilian Kaspar
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flasch, Kilian Caspar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1831
PLACE OF BIRTH Retzstadt , Franconia, Germany
DATE OF DEATH August 3, 1891
Place of death La Crosse, Wisconsin , USA