Michael Heiss

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The Most Reverend


Michael Heiss
Archbishop of Milwaukee
SeeMilwaukee
InstalledSeptember 7, 1881
Term endedMarch 26, 1890
PredecessorJohn Henni
SuccessorFrederick Katzer
Other post(s)Bishop of La Crosse (1868–80)
Coadjutor Archbishop of Milwaukee (1880–81)
Orders
OrdinationOctober 18, 1840
ConsecrationSeptember 6, 1868
Personal details
Born(1818-04-12)April 12, 1818
Pfahldorf, Bavaria, Germany
DiedMarch 26, 1890(1890-03-26) (aged 71)
La Crosse, Wisconsin
DenominationCatholic Church

Michael Heiss (April 12, 1818 – March 26, 1890) was a German-born prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as the first Bishop of La Crosse (1868–80) and the second Archbishop of Milwaukee (1881–90).

Biography

Early years

Michael Heiss was born in Pfahldorf, Bavaria (part of present-day Kipfenberg), to Joseph and Gertrude (née Frei) Heiss.[1] He received Confirmation when he was only two years old because his parents feared they would be without a bishop for a prolonged period of time due to tension between church and state.[1] He entered a Latin school at age 9, and later graduated from the gymnasium of Neuburg in 1835.[2]

Heiss then entered the University of Munich, where he originally studied law but switched to theology after deciding to join the priesthood.[3] He completed his studies at the ecclesiastical seminary in Eichstätt.[2]

Ordination and ministry

He was ordained a priest by Bishop Karl-August von Reisach on October 18, 1840.[4] Because, at age 22, he was younger than the age requirement for ordination, he was granted a dispensation by Pope Gregory XVI.[1]

Heiss served as a curate in Raitenbuch and afterwards in Pleinfeld.[3] In December 1842, he immigrated to the United States, where he became pastor of Mother of God Church in Covington, Kentucky.[5] He remained in Covington until 1844, when he was made secretary to John Henni, the newly appointed Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[6] He erected St. Mary's Church in Milwaukee, and served as its first pastor with his charge extending over an area of 52 square miles.[5] In 1856, he was named the first rector of St. Francis Seminary, serving for 12 years.[2]

Bishop of La Crosse, Wisconsin

Heiss was appointed Bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse on March 3, 1868, and was ordained a bishop on September 6, 1868.

Archbishop of Milwaukee, Wisconsin

On March 14, 1880, Bishop Heiss was appointed coadjutor Archbishop of Milwaukee. On September 7, 1881, he succeeded Archbishop John Henni on his death as Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee. He was an opponent of the Americanist heresy.

Archbishop Heiss died in La Crosse, Wisconsin, and was buried in St. Francis, Wisconsin, a suburb of Milwaukee, in a chapel at St. Francis Seminary.

References

  1. ^ a b c Blied, Benjamin Joseph (1955). Three Archbishops of Milwaukee.
  2. ^ a b c Shea, John Gilmary (1886). The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church in the United States. New York: Catholic Publications.
  3. ^ a b The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography. Vol. XII. New York: James T. White & Company. 1904.
  4. ^ "Archbishop Michael Heiss". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
  5. ^ a b "Milwaukee". Catholic Encyclopedia.
  6. ^ "Archbishop Michael Heiss". Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

External links

Wikisource has the text of a 1905 New International Encyclopedia article about "Michael Heiss".

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by
None
 Bishop of La Crosse
1868–1880 		Succeeded by

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