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GAECIITER, Rev. Joseph (Jesuit), was born at Koblach, Austria, November 6, 1847; educated by and for the Jesuits in Maria Laach, and for them ordained at Liverpool, England, February 25, 1878. For two years he was professor in Europe. In 1880 he was sent to Can- isius College, Buffalo, N. Y., where he was engaged in like position till August, 1886, when he was appointed one of the professors in St. Ignatius' College, Cleveland. August, 1889, he was again transferred to Canisius College, Buffalo. Is now stationed at Bombay, East India.
GALES, Rev. Nicholas (Sanguinist), was born in Wellenstein (Kleinmacher), Luxemburg, September 2, 1814; came to the United States in August, 1846; joined the Sanguinists and was ordained by Bishop Rappe, January 27, 1851. His field of labor was chiefly in this diocese -- Glandorf, New Riegel, Thompson, Fostoria, Crawfordsville and St. Stephen's. For twenty-five years he abstained from the use of meat and led a most mortified life. He died at Himmelgarten, Mercer county, O., January 1, 1882. .
GALLAGHER, Rev. Joseph F., was born at Newport, county Mayo, Ireland, May 22, 1836, and came to Cleveland in July, 1847. Made his studies for the ministry in St. John's College, Cleveland, at Loretto, Pa., and St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland. Bishop Rappe ordained him, June 30, 1861. Mansfield was his first appointment, July, 1861, till May, 1862. He was then sent to Wooster, where he remained till October, 1865. From Mansfield he attended Crestline, till May, 1862. While stationed at Wooster he attended Mansfield, till December, 1863, and Loudonville, from May, 1862, till September. JS65. His next appointment was as one of the curates at the Cathedral, October, 1865, to September, 1870, when he was sent to Toledo to take temporary charge of St. Patrick's congregation. December, 1870, he was appointed pastor of Holy Rosary (now Holy Name) church, Cleve- land, which charge he held till his death, January 30, 1886. Father Gallagher was a zealous worker for Catholic education and total abstinence .*
GALVIN, Rev. John L., was born in Rutland, Vt., August 10, 1854. Was educated for the priesthood at Montreal and Cleveland ; ordained by Bishop Gilmour, June 15, 1878; pastor of Wellington and missions from July, 1878, to January, 1888, when he left the diocese.
GANTHIER, Rev. Sebastian (Sanguinist), a native of Germany, was born in Unter-Münsterthal, Baden, August 20, 1821; in the
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United States since May, 18-17 ; ordained for the Sanguinists, by Bishop Rappe, at Peru, Huron county, June 5, 1849. Between 1849 and 1872, he attended from Thompson the missions of Bismarck, New Wash- ington, St. Stephen's, Fostoria, Liberty, Crawfordsville, Big Spring, Upper Sandusky and Reed. Since 1872 he has done pastoral duty in the dioceses of Fort Wayne and Cincinnati. He is now stationed in the latter diocese.
GASTACER, Rev. John, a Bavarian, was born September 15, 1861. Made his ecclesiastical studies at St. Vincent's, Pa., and Cleveland. Was ordained by Bishop Mullen, for the diocese of Cleveland, June 6, 1891. Was curate at St. Mary's, Sandusky, from June to November, 1891; temporary chaplain at Villa Angela, to March, 1892; pastor of Holgate and missions to September, 1892, when ill health obliged him to resign. Went to St. Joseph's Hospital, Lorain, where he died December 4, 1892. He was a model priest. .
GAUTHIER, Rev. F., D. D., was born in Quebec, Canada, January 22, 1836; studied at Quebec and Rome; was ordained at Rome by Cardinal Patrizzi, October 2, 1860 ; was twice in the diocese of Cleve- land, first, as pastor of St. Louis' church, East Toledo, from Septem- ber, 1872, to March, 1876; and then as resident pastor of St. Mary's Corners, from February, 1877, to October, 1880, when he left the diocese.
GAYER, Rev. Adolph (Jesuit), a native of Germany, was stationed at St. Mary's, Toledo, from March to June, 1875. He then left the Jesuits, became a secular priest, and returned to Europe. No other record of him.
GELASZEWSKI, Rev. Alexander, a native of Poland, was in this diocese as first resident pastor of French Creek, from August till December, 1850. During this time he also attended Sheffield and Avon as missions. No other record of him.
GERON, Rev. Henry (Jesuit), was born in Germany, June 10, 1837; ordained for the Jesuits, December. 1868; was in Cleveland, at St. Ignatius' College, from September, 1895, to August, 1897. Is now stationed at Canisius' College, Buffalo.
GEY, Rev. Engelbert (Franciscan), a native of Germany, was born at Elberfeld, November 26, 1853 ; ordained at St. Louis, Mo., for the Franciscans, July 24, 1877; at the Franciscan Monastery, Cleve- land, as professor of philosophy, from August, 1896, to August, 1898.
GEZOWSKI, Rev. Joseph, was born in Bohemia, February 13, 1811; ordained January 29, 1838 ; came to the United States, July, 1850; was in the diocese of Cleveland from 1854 to 1855, first as assistant at St. Peter's, Cleveland, then as assistant at St. Mary's, in same city. In 1855 he left the diocese and joined the Carmelite Order. Was for a time in the diocese at Covington. Then went to New York city, where he died July 25, 1881, as chaplain of St. Joseph's Asylum, of which he was the founder.
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GIBBONS, Rev. Walter John, was born March 5, 1844, in Cleveland, where he was also educated for the ministry. He was ordained by Bishop Rappe, May 18, 1867. His charges were: Maumee, June, 1867, to September, 1820; , professor at St. Mary's Seminary, September, 1870, to July, 1871; Youngstown, St. Columba's, August, 1871, to July, 1822; Ravenna and Kent, July, 1872, to May, 1874. After a few months' leave of absence on account of sickness he was pastor of St. Augustine's, Cleveland, from September, 1874, to July, 1875. He was again compelled to give up pastoral work because of ill health, remaining off duty till November, 1876. Next he was assist- ant at St. Francis', Toledo, till February, 1877, when he again assumed charge of St. Augustine's, Cleveland. May 30, 1878, he was appointed pastor of Bellevue, where he died April 1, 1885, soon after completing the present beautiful church. His remains rest in St. John's cemetery, Cleveland. Father Gibbons was an earnest worker in the cause of Catholic schools .*
GILLIBERTI, Rev. A. R., a native of Italy, was stationed at the cathedral as assistant from March to September, 1862. No other record of him.
GIRSCHEWSKI, Rev. Cletus ( Franciscan), was born in West Prussia, March 11, 1846; ordained for the Franciscans, at St. Louis, Mo., May 22, 1884 : at the Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, as chap- lain, from July, 1887, to July, 1891.
GMEINER, Rev. Bartholomew (Jesuit), an Austrian, was born in Bregenz, March 24, 1851; made his ecclesiastical studies in Europe with the Jesuits, and was ordained for them in England, August 28, 1887. Was in Cleveland, at St. Ignatius' College, as professor, from August, 1839, to August, 1894, and at the Jesuit Novitiate, in Parma, from September, 1897. to August, 1899. Is now stationed at St. Ann's church, Buffalo, N. Y.
GOCKE, Rev. Joseph J., was born at Howesville, Preston county, W. Va., October 18, 1854. He made his collegiate studies at St. Vin- cent's, Wheeling, 1871-72, and St. Vincent's, Westmoreland county. Pa., 1872-16. In September, 1876, he was received into St. Mary's Semi- nary, Cleveland. Was ordained by Bishop Gilmour, July 2, 1881. Shortly after his ordination he was sent to South Thompson, Geauga county, from which place he also attended Madison as a mission. Four years later, June 2, 1885, he was transferred to Milan, with charge of Prout's Station, as a mission. Was a faithful servant of his Master. He died at Milan, after an illness of but five days, on January 31, 1890.
GOEBBELS, Rev. Joseph J., was born in Düsseldorf, Prussia, August 30, 1816; came to the United States, February, 1857; was ordained February 24, 1859; was in the diocese of Cleveland from 1861 to 1864 as pastor of Fort Jennings, whence he also attended Kalida (1861) and Ottoville (1861-63). He died at Covington, Ky., October 11, 1885.
GOEBBELS, Rev. Peter L., a native of Rhenish Prussia, was born March 8, 1845; entered the Capuchin Order in 1872; was ordained at
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Milwaukee, June 11, 1878; left the Capuchins in October, 1891, and was received into the diocese of Cleveland in the following month. He was pastor of West Brookfield from November, 1891, till his death, October 30, 1894.
GOLDSCHMIDT, Rev. Henry (Sanguinist), was born in Baden, September 11, 1865; was ordained for the Sanguinists, at Carthagena, Mercer county, O., February 26, 1899. Was in the diocese of Cleve- land from April to August, 1899, as curate at Glandorf.
GONTHYN, Rev. Edward, a Belgian, was in the diocese from 1869 to 1870, and during that time had charge of the Catholic French in Cleveland, who then attended Mass in St. Mary's church on the Flats. He left Cleveland for Wisconsin, and died suddenly at Preble, in the diocese of Green Bay, March 9, 1879.
GOODWIN, Rev. Jacob, was pastor of St. Vincent's, Akron, from 1849 to 1850, when he left the diocese. From Akron he also attended Doylestown and Hudson. No other record of him.
GRANDMOUGIN, Rev. Charles A., was born at Bezange-la-Petite, France, in 1842: finished his studies for the ministry in St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, and was ordained by Bishop Rappe, February 14, 1867; was appointed pastor of St. Augustine's, Cleveland, where he died, November 13, 1871, of smallpox, contracted whilst attending a sick call.
GREVIN, Rev. Louis, was born and ordained in France; came to this diocese November, 1855, when he was appointed pastor of Harris- burg. There he remained till 1858, when he was. transferred to the Cathedral, remaining, however, but a few months, when he left the diocese. He was then received into the diocese of Ft. Wayne, where he remained till 1865. Then he returned to France and died about 1870.
GRIESE, Rev. H. (Jesuit), a native of Germany, was born April 2, 1854; was ordained for the Jesuits, in Holland, August, 28, 1897; stationed at the Jesuit Novitiate, Parma, Cuyahoga county, from August to December, 1899, when he left the diocese and the Jesuits.
GRIESSMAYER, Rev. Francis X. (Sanguinist), was born at Sont- heim, Würtemberg, December 26 1829 ; was ordained for the Sanguin- ist Society, October 24, 1863. He had charge of many Sanguinist missions, in and outside of the diocese of Cleveland between November, 1863, and April, 1898. He was stationed at New Riegel from. August, 1856, to July, 1868, and at Thompson (where he built the present church), from March, 1878, to April, 1891. He was again stationed at New Riegel, as curate, from February, 1897, to April, 1898, when he resigned his position, on account of ill health, and returned to his native village, where he died, May 18, 1898. He was an excellent priest.
GRISS, Rev. Charles, an Alsatian, was born September 5, 1837; he made his ecclesiastical studies in the diocesan Seminary at Cleve- land; was ordained by Bishop Rappe, June 28, 1863. He held the following charges in the diocese: Perrysburg and missions, Elyria, Sandusky-as temporary pastor of St. Mary's, Oak Harbor and
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Fostoria. He was pastor of the last mentioned place, from March, 1891, until his death, October 13, 1899. Father Griss always cher- ished a love for music. This talent he manifested in the excellence of his choirs organized under his direction. He was an earnest and practical advocate of the highest and best in church music.
GROENINGS, Rev. Jacob (Jesuit), was born near Cologne, Germany, February 15, 1883 ; made his studies for the ministry at Bonn and Maria Laach; was ordained at Cologne, for the Jesuits, July 2, 1868; came to the United States in August, 1874; was in the diocese of Cleveland, at St. Mary's, Toledo, from January to. November, 1890, and again from September, 1898, to September, 1899, when he was transferred to Buffalo.
GUDENUS, Rev. Charles (Jesuit), was born in Vienna, Austria, October 20, 1845; educated for the Jesuits, and ordained for them at Louvain, Belgium, September 8, 1876. Was stationed at St. Mary's, Toledo, as assistant, from July, 1896, to August, 1897; was then trans- ferred to St. Ignatius' College, Cleveland, remaining there till Septem- ber, 1900. He is now stationed at St. Ann's, Buffalo.
GULDNER, Rev. Benedict (Jesuit), a native of Prussia, was born March 10, 1845; was ordained for the Jesuits, at Laval, France, September 20, 1878; was professor in various Jesuit colleges in this country, from 1880 to 1892. In the latter vear he was transferred to St. Ignatius' College, Cleveland, where he remained till July, 1894. He is now a professor at the Jesuit College, Woodstock, Md.
HACKSHJEL, Rev. John, was born at Riefensberg, Tyrol, Austria, August 15, 1825; ordained July, 1849; came to the United States November 18, 1857: was at once received into the diocese of Cleveland, when he was appointed pastor of Randolph, which charge he held till July, 1861. His next appointment was the pastorate of St. Mary's, Sandusky, where he remained till September, 1862. No- vember, 1862, he was transferred to French Creek, from which place he also attended Avon and Sheffield. March, 1864, he was sent to St. Peter's, Canton, of which congregation he had charge till August, 1865, when he left the diocese to join the Jesuits. He remained with them till his death in New York City, as pastor of St. Joseph's church, March 31, 1885. He was a learned and saintly priest.
HAEFELY, Rev. Basil ( Jesuit), a Swiss, was born February 4, 1822; entered the Society of Jesus, October 3, 1843; was ordained September 14, 1854. at Liege, Belgium. He labored for 25 years as a missionary in Bombay, and for 15 years in the United States. He was in the diocese of Cleveland, from September, 1885, till his death, January 16, 1897. viz .. at St. Mary's. Toledo, St. Ignatius' College. Cleveland, and again at St. Mary's. Toledo-at the last place from August, 1892. He did much good for religion, and was an eloquent preacher in his younger years.
HAEMERS, Rev. H. E., was pastor of Fort Jennings from 1864 till September, 1866: had temporary charge of St. Joseph's, Toledo, and
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. Sylvania, during the fall of 1866, when, in November of the same year, he was sent to Peru. There he remained till January, 1867, when he was dismissed from the diocese.
HAETSCHER, Rev. Francis Xavier (Redemptorist), was born in Vienna, Austria, December 1, 1784; ordained there January 23, 1816; was stationed at Peru, Huron county, between 1832 and 1833; during the summer of 1832 he attended Tiffin from Peru; returned to Europe. in the autumn of 1837; died at Leoben, Austria, January 3, 1863.
HAHN, Rev. Florian B. (Sanguinist), a native of Würtemberg, was born in the village of Ravensburg, September 4, 1850; was ordained for the Sanguinists, at Carthagena, O., June 8, 1882. He was in the diocese of Cleveland as pastor of Reed, from August, 1882, till March, 1889. Is now stationed at Banning, Cal., where he has charge of the Indian mission schools.
HALBFAS, V. Rev. Vincent ( Franciscan), was born in Germany, September 12, 1832; was ordained for the Franciscans at Paderborn March 12, 1856; came to the United States in July, 1875; was for a time Provincial of the Franciscans, with residence at St. Louis, Mo .; was stationed at the Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from August, 1894, to August, 1895. Died at St. Louis, Mo., July 3, 1897.
HALLEY, Rev. Thomas F., was born at Tramore, county Waterford, Ireland, January 14, 1833 ; made his course of studies for the ministry at Waterford, Mt. Melleray and All Hallows', Ireland, and Cincinnati, Ohio, completing them at St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, where he was ordained by Bishop Rappe, December 2, 1860. . He was sent as assistant to St. Francis', Toledo, whence, after a short time, he was transferred to St. Mary's Seminary, as professor. August, 1862, he was appointed pastor of the Immaculate Conception church, Grafton. April, 1868, he was transferred to St. Mary's, Norwalk, where he remained till his death, January 4, 1885 .*
HAMELIN, Rev. Armand, a native of France, was born April 18, 1841 ; was ordained in France, June 15, 1867; came to the diocese of Cleveland in February, 1883, and was stationed at St. Ann's, Fremont, as temporary pastor, till April, 1883. His next pastoral charges were : Antwerp and missions to August, 1886, and Toussaint, till August, 1890, when he was removed.
HAMENE, Rev. James, was born, 1835, in Chemery, Lorraine; studied philosophy and theology in the diocesan seminary of Metz. He was received as a student for the diocese of Cleveland in 1852, and was ordained by Bishop Rappe, December 11, 1853. He had the following pastoral charges in the diocese: Peru; St. Peter's, Norwalk; St. Mary's, Sandusky, where, under his direction, the congregation built their first church; St. Mary's, Cleveland: Maumee, with charge of Perrysburg as a mission; his last appointment was St. Mary's, Mas- sillon; from 1863 to 1867, when he returned to France, where he did pastoral work till his death, April 14, 1886.
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. HANDTMANN, Rev. John, was born in New York City, December 18, 1857; entered the Capuchin Order at Mt. Calvary, Wis .; was ordained at Milwaukee, May 21, 1881, for the Capuchins, whom he left in 1892. He was stationed at St. Michael's, Cleveland, as temporary assistant, from October, 1895, to November, 1896, when he left the diocese.
HANNAN, Rev. John. (See biographical sketch, page 179, this volume.) *
HANSEN, Rev. H. Beda (Franciscan), was born at Bedburg, Rhenish Prussia, November 26, 1847; ordained March 21, 1874; in the United States since July, 1875; at Franciscan Monastery, Cleveland, from 1881 to 1882. He is now a secular priest, and stationed in the diocese of Columbus.
HARTMANN, Rev. Hubert (Jesuit), born in Muenster, Westphalia ; was ordained in the same city by Bishop Brinkmann, August 10, 1873. Was sent by his superiors to the United States, in September, 1888. He was assistant at St. Mary's, Toledo, and pastor of Sylvania from September, 1888, till September, 1889. Is now in Luxemburg.
HAUSER, Rev. Theodore (Jesuit), a native of Freiburg, Baden, was born September 18, 1836; was educated for the sacred ministry in his native city ; ordained for the Jesuits, at Maria Laach, September 10, 1867; was on the mission in Germany, East India, Holland and Eng- land, until September, 1880, when he came to the United States. Was in Cleveland at St. Ignatius' College, as a member of a missionary band, from August, 1888, till May, 1893. He died at Buffalo, July 21, 1895. He was a most excellent priest, an eloquent preacher, and of genial disposition.
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HAUSSNER, Rev. Victor, was born at Erlinsbach, Switzerland, December 7, 1833; came to the United States, April, 1856, when he joined the Sanguinists and was ordained by Bishop Rappe, August 28, 1857. No record of his pastoral charges till 1861 (the year he left the Sanguinists), when he was received into the diocese by Bishop Rappe. He had the following pastoral charges: Avon; Randolph, where he built the present church; St. Mary's, Sandusky; Bismarck; North Ridgeville, where he labored till December. 1880, when he became seri- ously ill. In January, 1881, he went to Charity Hospital, Cleveland, and. after many weeks of suffering, died April 28, 1881.
HAVERMANN, Rev. Henry, a Westphalian, was born June 6, 1846 ; was educated for the Jesuit Society, in Germany, and was ordained in England, August 29, 1878; stationed at St. Mary's, Toledo, as assistant and chaplain from August, 1893. till July, 1894. Is now at Mankato, Minn., doing pastoral work at Sts. Peter and Paul's church.
HECHT, Rev. Edward, D.D., a native of Alsace, was born at Rufach, October 1, 1836. He made his ecclesiastical studies at Strass- burg and Rome: obtained in the latter city the doctorate in philosophy, theology and canon law. Was ordained at Strassburg December 17, 1859. September, 1869, he came to the United States and was appointed professor of philosophy and dogmatic theology at Mt. St.
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Mary's Seminary, Cincinnati, which position he held till the closing of the seminary, in 1880. In September of same year he was received into St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, and appointed professor of the same branches he taught at Cincinnati. In August, 1887, he was recalled to Mt. St. Mary's Seminary, where he died after a few days' illness, January 9, 1888. He was a man without guile, learned, unos- tentatious, devoted to his work as a professor, and a man of solid piety.
HEGEMANN, Rev. Theodore, a Westphalian, was born December 6, 1859; was ordained for the diocese of Milwaukee, June 24, 1883. Joined the Jesuits in 1893 and was with them in Holland until Juiy, 1897, when he was sent to Toledo, as assistant at St. Mary's. Hc remained there till January, 1898, when he was sent to Prairie du Chien, WVis. He is now stationed at St. Ann's, Buffalo.
HEIDEGGER, Rev. Jacob, was born at Triesen, Austria, March 18, 1846; made his ecclesiastical studies at Feldkirch, Austria, and St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland ; was ordained at Cleveland, July 5, 1871. Had the following pastoral charges in the diocese: Navarre, Avon, Fort Jennings, and St. Mary's, Sandusky. He was in last mentioned place from November, 1888, till March, 1893, when he left the diocese. He is now stationed in the diocese of Sioux Falls, S. D.
HEIMO, Rev. Joseph A., was born in Freiburg, Switzerland ; ordained in his native country, from which he and the inmates of his convent (Black Friars) were expelled by the Swiss government in 1848; came to Cleveland, July, 1860, and was sent to Calmoutier, Holmes county, then in the diocese of Cleveland. He also had charge of the missions of Strasburg and Harrisburg, which he attended from 1861 to 1863. He died at Napoleon, Holmes county, O., April 12, 1859, aged fifty years.
HEITZ, Rev. Joseph (Sanguinist), was born at Sherman ( Bis- marck), Huron county, Ohio, June 9, 1856 ; educated at Carthagena, Ohio, and Teutopolis, Ill. ; ordained for the Sanguinists, June 11, 1881 ; was in the diocese of Cleveland, as assistant at Glandorf, from January to August, 1882 ; and as pastor of Big Spring from August. 1882, to October, 1883.
HENDRICK, Rev. Patrick J., a native of Ireland, was born February 5, 1886 ; was ordained for the diocese of Duluth, Minn., February 14, 1892. Was stationed at St. Edward's, Cleveland, as curate, from April till June, 1899, then at St. Columba's, Youngstown, till November, 1899, when he left the diocese.
HENGARTEN, Rev. Isadore (Sanguinist), was born at St. Gallen. Switzerland, July 2, 1857 ; was educated by the Sanguinists at Cartha- gena, Ohio, and was ordained for them at Cincinnati, March 9. 1884. He was stationed at Thompson, as chaplain, from May to September. 1890. Is now in the diocese of St. Cloud. Minn.
HENNEBERRY, Rev. Patrick (Sanguinist), a native of Ireland, was born January 30, 1830 ; ordained by Bishop Rappe, at New Riegel, for the Sanguinists, November 21, 1853. He had the following pastoral charges in the diocese of Cleveland: St. John's. Defiance : St. Rose's.
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Lima, with charge of the missions of Convoy and Spencerville. He was also superior of the Sanguinist Convent at New Riegel, from February, 1860, to August, 1864, meanwhile attending, at irregular intervals, the missions of Kirby, Mccutchenville, Crawfordsville and Upper Sandusky. In 1864 he went to California to establish a college under the direction of the Sanguinist Society. This project failing, he went to preach missions and total abstinence in Australia, South Africa and East India. He preached equally well in English and German. He returned to California, where he died, September 19, 1897.
HENNESSY, Rev. Edward M., was born in Auburn, N. Y., Novem- ber 3, 1851, and ordained for the diocese of Dubuque, Iowa, February 25, 1876. Was in this diocese as assistant at St. Colman's, Cleveland, from April, 1888, to February, 1889. Was then transferred to Dun- gannon, where he remained to August, 1890, when he was dismissed from the diocese.
HENNESSY, Rev. James J., was born at North Brookfield, Mass., November 1, 1859; was educated in Boston, Montreal and Cleveland. Bishop Gilmour ordained him for the diocese of Cleveland, December 19, 1888. He was pastor of Providence from January, 1889, to Feb- ruary, 1890; assistant at the Immaculate Conception church, Cleveland, till March, 1891; assistant at St. Columba's, Youngstown, from October to December, 1892, when he was dismissed from the diocese.
HENNI, Most Rev. John Martin, was born in Switzerland, June 15, 1805; ordained by Bishop Fenwick, February 2, 1829. He was pastor of St. John's, Canton, from 1830 to 1834, and attended missions and stations in Columbiana, Portage, Stark, Huron, Summit and Wayne counties. Among these were Dungannon, Wooster, Akron, Randolph, Doylestown, Canal Fulton and Peru. In 1834 he was transferred to Cincinnati, where he organized Holy Trinity congregation. A few years later he also established the Wahrheits Freund, which is still pub- lished at Cincinnati ; it is the oldest Catholic German paper in the United States. In May, 1838, he was appointed vicar-general of the Cincin- nati diocese. March 19, 1844, he was consecrated first Bishop of Mil- waukee. Died as Archbishop of same See, September 7, 1881, full of years and merit.
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