17 Facts About Louis Hostlot

Louis Edward Hostlot was an American Catholic priest who served as the third rector of the Pontifical North American College in Rome from 1878 until his death in 1884.

Louis Hostlot was the son of German immigrants from Baden, Johann Baptiste Hasslocher and Franziska Bopp.

In June 1868, Louis Hostlot finished at St Francis Xavier College in Manhattan with highest honors.

Louis Hostlot arrived in Rome and formally enrolled in the American College there on October 27,1868.

Louis Hostlot was ordained to the priesthood early, on June 7,1873.

Louis Hostlot assumed the role of vice-rector on October 15,1875.

Louis Hostlot was therefore formally appointed rector by Pope Leo XIII on December 9,1878.

Louis Hostlot was made a supernumerary papal chamberlain in the beginning of 1879.

Louis Hostlot found the College's finances in good condition, helped in part by a steady rise in student registration.

The attempted move broke the College into both pro- and anti-Louis Hostlot camps, leaving a division that persisted even beyond Louis Hostlot's subsequent appointment a new vice-rector.

The list of charges against Louis Hostlot has not survived, but the outcome was in his favor: the rumors of professional or personal malpractice were found to be either untrue or insubstantial, and he was kept on as the College's rector.

Louis Hostlot became ill with a cold, which became so severe that by the day after Christmas 1883, he went to bed immediately after celebrating morning Mass.

Louis Hostlot's ailment was probably influenza, which at that time was becoming epidemic in Rome.

At daybreak on February 1,1884, Louis Hostlot died at the age of 35.

Louis Hostlot was then buried at the College's new mortuary chapel in the Campo Verano.

Louis Hostlot was very generous in his will to the American College.

Louis Hostlot had set aside $5,000 for the foundation of a new student scholarship, which was to be accredited specifically to the Archdiocese of New York.