Carl Hensler

Carl Hensler
Carl Hensler
Born	Carl Peter Hensler; November 7, 1898; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Died	November 1984
Nationality	United States
Education	St. Vincent's Seminary, North American College
Occupation	priest
Employer	Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh
Known for	Catholic Radical Alliance
Title	Monsignor
Parent(s)	Charles P. Hensler, Margaret E. Klein
Relatives	Clara Hensler (sister; aka Sister Estelle), Paul Joseph Hensler (brother), Cecilia Hensler Johnson (sister), John Francis Hensler (brother), Mildred Hensler Graham (sister), Francis Gerard Hensler (brother), Mary Hensler (cousin)

Carl Hensler was an American Roman Catholic priest of the Diocese of Pittsburgh. He was trained at St. Vincent Seminary in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and at the North American College in Rome. He was a pupil of minimum wage proponent, John A. Ryan.^[1] After an initial spell in Braddock, Pennsylvania, he left for China to help establish the Catholic University of Peking. He returned to Pittsburgh as an assistant pastor at St. Lawrence, and was a founding member of the Catholic Radical Alliance. He died in 1984.^[2]

References

^ "Radical Alliance' Priests Strike With Pickets". Pittsburgh Press. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. p. 42. We contend that the relationship between Catholicism and capitalism is one of fundamental opposition
^ Kenneth J. Heineman A Catholic New Deal: Religion and Reform in Depression Pittsburgh. Penn State Press, 1999 page 211 ISBN 0-271-01896-8

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