Augustine Francis Schinner

Augustine Francis Schinner (May 1, 1863 in Milwaukee, Wisconsin – February 7, 1937 in Milwaukee and was buried there) was a Roman Catholic bishop.

Biography

He was educated at St. Francis Seminary,[1] and was ordained to the priesthood on March 7, 1886, by Archbishop Michael Heiss of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.[2] After serving for one year as a pastor, he was a member of the faculty of St. Francis Seminary from 1887 to 1893. From 1893 to 1905, he was chancellor and vicar general of the archdiocese of Milwaukee.[1]

On May 13, 1905, Pope Pius X appointed him the first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior in Superior, Wisconsin; he was ordained a bishop on July 25, 1905.[2][3] He resigned in 1913,[1] and a year later, on March 18, 1914, Bishop Schinner was appointed first Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane in Spokane, Washington; he was installed on April 18, 1914.[2][4]

On December 17, 1925, Bishop Schinner retired, and he was a missionary in Bolivia from 1925–1928, until he finally retired to Milwaukee, where he died and was buried.[2][5]

References

  1. ^ a b c  "Schinner, Augustin Francis". Collier's New Encyclopedia. 1921. 
  2. ^ a b c d Bishop Augustine Francis Schinner biography at catholic-hierarchy.org
  3. ^ Superior, Wisconsin, Diocese at catholic-hierarchy.org
  4. ^ Spokane, Washington, Diocese at catholic-hierarchy.org
  5. ^ Bishop Augustine Francis Schinner, Wisconsin Historical Society

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