Francis Xavier Krautbauer

Francis Xavier Krautbauer (June 12, 1828 – December 17, 1885) was a German-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the second Bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin.[1]

Francis Xavier Krautbauer
Born	June 12, 1828
Died	December 17, 1885 (aged 57)

Biography

Early life, ordination and ministry

Born in Mappach, Bavaria, he received his early education in Regensburg, and afterward studied theology in the Ducal Georgianum in Munich.[2] He was ordained to the priesthood, on June 16, 1850, for the Diocese of Buffalo, New York.[3] arrived in the United States in October of the same year. After a short residence in Buffalo, he was appointed in 1851 pastor of St. Peter's Church, Rochester, where he also erected schools for boys and girls.

In 1859 Krautbauer went to Milwaukee to become spiritual director of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, at the same time attending the Church of Our Lady of the Angels. He remained in this post for over ten years, and the mother house of the sisterhood was built under his direction. In 1873 Krautbauer was shipwrecked on Lake Michigan and narrowly escaped drowning.[2]

Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin

On February 12, 1875, Pope Pius IX appointed him Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese and he was consecrated bishop on June 29, 1875.[4] Bishop Krautbauer found the administration of his diocese a work of great difficulty, as his flock embraced people from every country in Europe. Some congregations were made up of English-speaking Roman Catholics, Germans, Frenchmen, Hollanders, Bohemians, Walloons, Poles, and people of the First Nations.

He devoted special attention to the work of education, and in 1884 had 44 parochial schools, attended by 5,292 children. The number of churches increased from 92 to 126, and the number of priests from 63 to 96. Under his bishopric the Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay was planned and erected between 1876 and 1881.[4]

Bishop Krautbauer died in Green Bay.[2][4][5] He was buried under the floor of the cathedral.[6]

See also

• Catholic Church hierarchy
• Catholic Church in the United States
• Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
• List of Catholic bishops of the United States
• Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops

References

1. https://web.archive.org/web/20080705051128/http://www.gbdioc.org/pg/history.tpl. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved August 9, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
2. "Krautbauer, Francis Xavier", Appletons' Cyclopædia of American Biography, Appletons, 1892
3. https://web.archive.org/web/20110611093240/http://www.wisconsinhistory.org/dictionary/index.asp?action=view&term_id=2735&search_term=krautbauer. Archived from the original on June 11, 2011. Retrieved August 9, 2008. Missing or empty |title= (help)
4. "The Bishop Dead: Sudden Death of Bishop Krautbauer". Oshkosh Daily Northwestern. December 17, 1885. p. 1. Retrieved April 7, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
5. Bishop Francis Xavier Krautbauer [Catholic-Hierarchy]
6. Hay, Andrea. "St. Francis Xavier Cathedral to open Sunday after renovations". WBAY-TV. Retrieved December 2, 2017.

External links

• Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo
• Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay