Raphael Michael Fliss

Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss is a retired American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Superior, in Superior, Wisconsin from 1985 to 2007. He is currently Bishop Emeritus.^[1]

Biography

Bishop Fliss was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 25, 1930. He received his licentiate in theology at Catholic University of America. He was ordained May 26, 1956 and served as a priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee. He received his doctorate from Lateran University in Rome in 1965.

He became Coadjutor Bishop of Superior on November 6, 1979, and was consecrated on December 20, 1979.^[2] On June 27, 1985 he became Bishop of Superior, appointed by Pope John Paul II.^[3]

On June 28, 2007 Bishop Fliss retired.^[1]

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• Diocese of Superior

Diocese of Superior Bishops Augustine Francis Schinner Joseph Maria Koudelka Joseph G. Pinten Theodore H. Reverman William Patrick O'Connor Albert Gregory Meyer Joseph John Annabring George Albert Hammes Raphael Michael Fliss Peter F. Christensen Churches Cathedral Cathedral of Christ the King Former Saint Ann's Church, Greenwood St. Francis of Assisi Mission Church, Ladysmith Priests Philip B. Gordon Catholicism Portal

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