Bishop Louis Mary (Michael) Fink, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

Motto: Per Signum Crucis

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
12 Jul 1834		Born
6 Jan 1854	19.4	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
28 May 1857	22.8	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
1 Mar 1871	36.6	Appointed	Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kansas, USA
1 Mar 1871	36.6	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia
11 Jun 1871	36.9	Ordained Bishop	Titular Bishop of Eucarpia
18 Nov 1874	40.3	Succeeded	Vicar Apostolic of Kansas, USA
22 May 1877	42.8	Appointed	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA
17 Mar 1904	69.6	Died	Bishop of Leavenworth, Kansas, USA

MicroData Summary
Louis Mary (Michael) Fink
Bishop Louis Mary (Michael) Fink O.S.B.
(born 12 Jul 1834, died 17 Mar 1904)
Bishop of Leavenworth

Event Place
Birth Place Triftersberg, Bavaria, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Ordained Priest St. Vincent, Abbey, Latrobe, PA
Ordained Bishop St. Joseph, Chicago, Diocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place Leavenworth, Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas
Buried Place (Original) Mount Olivet, Cemetery, Leavenworth, Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas

a priest for 46.8 years
a bishop for 32.7 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Joshua Maria (Moody) Young †
Bishop of Erie, Pennsylvania
Principal Consecrator:
Bishop Thomas Patrick Roger Foley †
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop John Baptiste Miège, S.J. †
Titular Bishop of Messene
Bishop Joseph Melcher †
Bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Bishop Thomas Patrick Roger Foley † (1870)
Titular Bishop of Pergamum
Bishop William George McCloskey † (1868)
Bishop of Louisville, Kentucky
Karl August Cardinal von Reisach † (1836)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Cecilia
Pope Gregory XVI (1831)
(Bartolomeo Alberto (Mauro) Cappellari, O.S.B. †)
Bartolomeo Cardinal Pacca † (1786)
Cardinal-Bishop of Ostia (e Velletri)
Giovanni Carlo Cardinal Boschi † (1760)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Lucina
Pope Clement XIII (1743)
(Carlo della Torre Rezzonico †)
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Ordained Priest:
Father James O’Reilly † (1874)
Bishop John Ward † (1884)
Principal Co-Consecrator of:
Bishop Rupert (Albert) Seidenbusch, O.S.B. † (1875)
Bishop Thomas Bonacum † (1887)
Bishop John Janssen † (1888)
Bishop John Joseph Hennessy † (1888)

Event	Place
Birth Place	Triftersberg, Bavaria, Diocese of Regensburg, Germany
Ordained Priest	St. Vincent, Abbey, Latrobe, PA
Ordained Bishop	St. Joseph, Chicago, Diocese of Chicago, Illinois
Death Place	Leavenworth, Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas
Buried Place (Original)	Mount Olivet, Cemetery, Leavenworth, Diocese of Leavenworth, Kansas

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Find a Grave (Grave): 142525413
VIAF: 47862665
WikiData: Q6687782

Source(s):

b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 8, Page 263, and Page 336
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1871, Number 17

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