Augustus John Schwertner

Augustus John Schwertner ( born September 23, 1870 in Canton, Ohio, USA, † October 2, 1939 in Wichita, Kansas, USA) was Bishop of Wichita.

Life

Augustus John Schwertner received on 12 June 1897 Bishop Ignatius Frederick Horstmann the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood for the Diocese of Cleveland. On April 15, 1910, he was incardinated into the built andiesem day Diocese of Toledo.

On March 10, 1921 Pope Benedict XV appointed him. Bishop of Wichita. The bishop of Toledo, Joseph Schrembs, donated to him on 8 June of the same year the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Detroit, Michael James Gallagher, and the Bishop of Denver, John Henry Tihen. On 22 June 1921, the inauguration took place in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Wichita, Kansas.