Francis Joseph Schenk

Francis Joseph Schenk ( born April 1, 1901 in Superior, Wisconsin, USA; † 28 October 1969 in Duluth, Minnesota) was bishop of Duluth.

Life

Francis Joseph Schenk attended from 1915 to 1918, the St. Thomas Academy in Mendota Heights. 1922 acquired Schenk at the College of St. Thomas in Saint Paul a Bachelor of Arts. Francis Joseph Schenk acquired in 1926 at the Seminary in Saint Paul a Bachelor of Sacred Theology. He received on 13 June 1926, the sacrament of Holy Orders.

1928 Schenk was at the Catholic University of America in Washington, DC doctorate in Canon Law. From 1928 to 1930 he was private secretary to Archbishop Austin Dowling. In 1930 he became vice - chancellor of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul. From 1934 to 1942, Francis Joseph Schenk professor at the Seminary in Saint Paul. In 1942 he became Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and rector of the Cathedral of Saint Paul.

On March 10, 1945, he was named by Pope Pius XII. Bishop of Crookston. The Archbishop of Saint Paul, John Gregory Murray, gave him on 24 May of the same year, the episcopal ordination; Co-consecrators were the Bishop of Duluth, Thomas Anthony Welch, and the Bishop of Fargo, Aloysius Muench. On January 19, 1960, he was named by Pope John XXIII. Bishop of Duluth.

Francis Joseph Schenk attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council.

On April 30, 1969, Pope Paul VI. that of Francis Joseph Schenk put forward reasons of age resignation to.