Walter Joseph Schoenherr
Walter Joseph Schoenherr (born February 28, 1920 in Center Line , Michigan , † April 27, 2007 in USA ) was auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Detroit .
Life
Walter Joseph Schoenherr was ordained a priest on October 27, 1945 by the Archbishop of Detroit, Edward Aloysius Mooney .
On March 8, 1968 he was by Pope Paul VI. appointed auxiliary bishop in Detroit and titular bishop of Timidana . The episcopal ordination received his Archbishop John Francis Dearden on 1 May of the same year. Co- consecrators were the Bishop of Lansing , Alexander Mieceslaus Zaleski , and the Detroit auxiliary bishop Joseph Matthew Breitenbeck .
On March 7, 1995, Pope John Paul II accepted his age-related resignation.
Schoenherr was a member of the Columbus Knights .
Web links
- Entry on Walter Joseph Schoenherr on catholic-hierarchy.org
- "Cardinal Maida on the Death of Auxiliary Bishop Schoenherr" (PDF file; 59 kB)
- Bishop Thomas Gumbleton's Homily at the Funeral Mass of Bishop Walter Schoenherr
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| SURNAME | Schoenherr, Walter Joseph |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American clergyman, auxiliary bishop in the Archdiocese of Detroit |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 28, 1920 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Center Line , Michigan |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 27, 2007 |
| Place of death | United States |