1. Henry Patrick Rohlman baptized as Bernard Heinrich Rohlmann was a German-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.
18 Facts About Henry Rohlman
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Henry Rohlman served as bishop of the Diocese of Davenport in Iowa from 1927 to 1944 and as coadjutor archbishop and archbishop of the Archdiocese of Dubuque in Iowa from 1944 to 1954.
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Henry Rohlman was moved to Nebraska where he finished elementary school and worked on a farm.
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Henry Rohlman studied for the priesthood at the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Montreal, Quebec.
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Henry Rohlman was ordained a priest by Archbishop Paul Bruchesi in Montreal for the Archdiocese of Dubuque on December 21,1901.
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Henry Rohlman engaged in pastoral work in Dubuque before attending The Catholic University of America in Washington, DC, with a view to becoming a missionary.
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Henry Rohlman became pastor at St Mary's Church in Waterloo before serving as business manager at Columbia College.
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Henry Rohlman was consecrated by Archbishop James Keane of Dubuque in St Raphael's Cathedral on July 25,1927.
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Henry Rohlman was installed the next day as Bishop of Davenport in Sacred Heart Cathedral.
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In 1928 Henry Rohlman commissioned a study to assess the social problems in the diocese.
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Henry Rohlman named the Rev Martin Cone as its first director.
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The Congregation of the Humility of Mary at Henry Rohlman's urging established Marycrest College in 1939 from the woman's division of St Ambrose.
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Henry Rohlman had the difficult task of leading the diocese through the Great Depression and World War II.
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Until Henry Rohlman came to the diocese only five priests had been recognized for their contributions to the church by being given a papal honor, all of them from Bishop Davis.
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Henry Rohlman served as Bishop of Davenport for 17 years until September 8,1944, when he was named to Dubuque.
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Henry Rohlman automatically became the seventh bishop and fifth archbishop of Dubuque.
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Henry Rohlman assisted Rohlman until he was appointed Bishop of Winona on October 20,1949.
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Henry Rohlman died on September 13,1957, at age 81 in Dubuque.