BISHOP ALPHONSE J. SCHLADWEILER
1957-1975

Born:
July 18, 1902
Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Died:
April 3, 1996

Family:
Father: Mathias Schladweiler (deceased)
Mother: Gertrude (Schneider) Schladweiler (deceased)
Siblings: Urban Schladweiler (deceased)
Estella (Schladweiler) Herriges (deceased)

Education/Degrees:
1916-1922 St. Joseph's College (Teutopolis, Illinois)
1923-1929 St. Paul Seminary (St. Paul, Minnesota)
1933 Advanced studies at the University of Minnesota

Ministry:
June 9, 1929 Ordination to the Presbyterate by Archbishop Daniel Austin Dowling for the Archdiocese of St. Paul

1929-1930 Assistant Pastor, Church of the Nativity, St. Paul

1930-1937 Assistant Pastor, Church of the Holy Trinity, New Ulm

1938 Assistant Pastor, Church of St. Michael, St. Michael

1938 Assistant Pastor, Church of St. Bernard, Cologne

1938 Chaplain, St. Mary's Hospital, Minneapolis

1938-1939 Pastor, Church of St. Joseph, Montevideo

1939-1948 Pastor, Church of St. Michael, Morgan

1948-1955 Pastor, Church of the Holy Rosary, North Mankato

1955-1957 Pastor, Church of St. Agnes, St. Paul

November 28, 1957 Appointment as first bishop of the Diocese of New Ulm by Pope Pius XII

January 29, 1958 Ordination to the Episcopate by Archbishop William O. Brady at the Cathedral of St. Paul, St. Paul, Minnesota

January 30, 1958 Installation as first bishop of the Diocese of New Ulm by Archbishop William O. Brady at the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, New Ulm, Minnesota

December 23, 1975, Retirement was accepted by Pope Paul VI

Honors/Awards:
October 13, 1957 Made domestic prelate with the title of "Monsignor"