Mark Francis Schmitt

Mark Francis Schmitt (February 14, 1923 – December 14, 2011) served as the tenth Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette, in Marquette, Michigan.^[1]

Biography

Born in Algoma, Wisconsin, he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on May 22, 1948, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.

On April 30, 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed Schmitt, titular bishop of Ceanannus Mór and auxiliary bishop of the Green Bay Diocese; he was consecrated on June 24, 1970.

On March 21, 1978, Pope Paul VI appointed Bishop Schmitt to the Diocese of Marquette.^[2]

On October 6, 1992, Bishop Schmitt retired.^[3][4] Bishop Schmitt died in DePere, Wisconsin.^[5]

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Diocese of Marquette Bishops Ireneus Frederic Baraga Ignatius Mrak John Vertin Frederick Eis Paul Joseph Nussbaum Joseph Casimir Plagens Francis Joseph Magner Thomas Lawrence Noa Charles Salatka Mark Francis Schmitt James Henry Garland Alexander King Sample John Francis Doerfler Churches Cathedral St. Peter Cathedral, Marquette Parish Churches St. Ignatius Loyola Church, Houghton St. John the Evangelist Church, Ishpeming Immaculate Conception Church, Iron Mountain Ste. Anne Church, Mackinac Island St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Menominee Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral, Sault Ste. Marie Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children, Sugar Island Catholicism Portal

Diocese of Green Bay Bishops Ordinaries Joseph Melcher Francis Xavier Krautbauer Frederick Katzer Sebastian Gebhard Messmer Joseph John Fox Paul Peter Rhode Stanislaus Vincent Bona Aloysius John Wycislo Adam Maida Robert Joseph Banks David Zubik David L. Ricken Auxiliary bishops John Benjamin Grellinger Robert F. Morneau Mark Francis Schmitt Churches Cathedral St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Parishes St. Mary's Church, Appleton Holy Cross Church, Green Bay St. Willebrord Church, Green Bay Holy Cross Church, Kaukauna St. Mary's Church, Kaukauna St. Gregory's Church, St. Nazianz Former Saint Joseph of the Lake Church, Menominee Indian Reservation St. Ambrose Church, St. Nazianz St. Lawrence Church, Stangelville Shrines Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, Campion National Shrine of Saint Joseph, DePere Abbey St. Norbert Abbey Oratory St. Joseph's Oratory, Green Bay Education Higher education St. Norbert College Silver Lake College High schools Lourdes High School, Oshkosh Notre Dame Academy, Green Bay Roncalli High School, Manitowoc St. Mary Central High School, Neenah St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, Marinette Xavier High School, Appleton Priests John Francis Doerfler Frank Joseph Dewane Catholicism Portal