Vincent de Paul Wehrle
Vincent de Paul Wehrle OSB (born December 19, 1855 in Berg , Canton St. Gallen , Switzerland as Johann Baptist Wehrle ; † November 2, 1941 ) was an American religious and first bishop of Bismarck , North Dakota .
Life
Johann Baptist Wehrle entered the Benedictine order and took the religious name Vincent de Paul . On September 2, 1876, he made temporal and three years later his perpetual profession . On April 23, 1882, he received the sacrament of ordination .
Pope Pius X appointed him on April 9, 1910 as the first bishop of the newly founded diocese of Bismarck. The episcopal ordination donated him the Archbishop of Saint Paul , John Ireland , on May 19 of the same year; Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Duluth , James McGolrick , and the Bishop of Saint Cloud , James Trobec .
On December 11, 1939, he resigned as Bishop of Bismarck and was appointed titular bishop of Teos .
Web links
- Entry for Vincent de Paul Wehrle on catholic-hierarchy.org
- Andreas Meyerhans: Wehrle, Vinzenz. In: Historical Lexicon of Switzerland .
| predecessor | Office | successor |
|---|---|---|
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Bishop of Bismarck 1910–1939 |
Vincent James Ryan |
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wehrle, Vincent de Paul |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Wehrle, Johann Baptist (maiden name); Wehrle, John Baptist |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, Bishop of Bismarck |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 19, 1855 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berg , Canton of St. Gallen , Switzerland |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 2, 1941 |