Rupert Seidenbusch was a German prelate of the Catholic Church.
13 Facts About Rupert Seidenbusch
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Rupert Seidenbusch then entered the Benedictine community at Saint Vincent Abbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, making his solemn vows on January 6,1852.
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Rupert Seidenbusch was ordained a priest on June 22,1853, by Bishop Michael O'Connor.
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Rupert Seidenbusch worked on missions around Westmoreland County until 1855, when he was appointed pastor at St Marys in Elk County.
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In 1857 he was transferred to St Mary's Abbey Church in Newark, New Jersey, which served local German Catholics and where Rupert Seidenbusch oversaw the completion of the church.
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On December 12,1866, Rupert Seidenbusch was elected the first abbot of the Abbey of St Louis on the Lake in Collegeville, Minnesota.
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Rupert Seidenbusch's election was confirmed by Pope Pius IX on March 15,1867, and he was formally inducted into office on the following May 30 by Bishop George Aloysius Carrell.
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Rupert Seidenbusch traveled to Europe to solicit funds and recruit vocations.
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Rupert Seidenbusch was appointed the first Vicar Apostolic of Northern Minnesota by Pope Pius IX on February 12,1875.
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Rupert Seidenbusch used Saint Mary's Church as his temporary cathedral, where he administered confirmation for the first time in June 1875.
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Rupert Seidenbusch oversaw the completion of Holy Angels Cathedral in 1884, and attended the third Plenary Council of Baltimore that same year.
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Rupert Seidenbusch died at the Benedictine priory in Richmond, Virginia, on June 3,1895, at age 64.
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Rupert Seidenbusch was buried in the cemetery of Saint John's Abbey in Collegeville.