Joseph Melcher

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Joseph Melcher (March 19, 1806 – December 20, 1873) was the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.^[1]

Born in Vienna, Austria, he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on March 27, 1830 for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis. On March 3, 1868, Pope Pius IX appointed him the first Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese and he was ordained a bishop on July 12, 1868. He died in Green Bay, Wisconsin.^[2]

Notes

↑ http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bmelcher.html
↑ http://www.gbdioc.org/pg/history.tpl

Preceded by None	Bishop of Green Bay March 3, 1868 – December 20, 1873	Succeeded by Francis Xavier Krautbauer

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Name	Melcher, Joseph
Alternative names
Short description	Catholic bishop
Date of birth	March 19, 1806
Place of birth
Date of death	December 20, 1873
Place of death

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