Alphonse James Schladweiler
Catholic bishop
Alphonse James Schladweiler (July 18, 1902—April 3, 1996) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of New Ulm in Minnesota from 1958 to 1975.
Biography
Early life
Alphonse Schladweiler was born on July 18, 1902, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the third child of Mathias and Gertrude (née Schneider) Schladweiler. Following his mother's death in 1911, he and his family moved to Madison, Minnesota. Schladweiler attended the parochial school of St. Michael's Parish in Milwaukee, where he served as an altar boy. He studied at the Franciscan Minor Seminary in Teutopolis, Illinois, for six years before teaching Latin at St. Michael's High School. In 1923, he enrolled at St. Paul Seminary in St.
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