1. William Stang was a German Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Fall River from 1904 until his death in 1907.
17 Facts About William Stang
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William Stang was born on April 21,1854, in Langenbrucken in the Grand Duchy of Baden.
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William Stang received his early education at the local gymnasium and then attended the minor seminary of Sint-Niklaas in Belgium.
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William Stang was ordained to the priesthood in Mechelen, Belgium, by Cardinal Victor-Auguste-Isidore Dechamps for the Diocese of Providence on June 15,1878.
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William Stang immigrated to the United States in September 1878, settling in Providence, Rhode Island.
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William Stang was named pastor of St Anne's Parish in Cranston, Rhode Island, in 1884.
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William Stang's ambition was to establish a German-language parish in the diocese, but the small German population of the diocese was unable to fund it.
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In 1887, William Stang received a Doctor of Theology Degree from Georgetown University in Washington DC After returned to Providence, William Stang was a driving force behind the founding in 1892 of St Joseph's Hospital in Providence.
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In 1895, William Stang travelled to Belgium to serve at the Catholic University of Leuven as vice-rector and professor of moral theology.
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William Stang was named pastor of St Edward Parish in Providence in 1901 and served as chancellor of the diocese.
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On March 12,1904, Stang was appointed the first bishop of the newly created Diocese of Fall River by Pope Pius X He received his episcopal consecration on May 1,1904, from Harkins, with Bishops Michael Tierney and John Brady serving as co-consecrators, at Sts.
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William Stang made it clear that he welcomed religious sisters of all nationalities.
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In 1905, William Stang addressed 4,000 attendees of the New York German Catholic State Federation meeting in Carnegie Hall in New York City.
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William Stang urged all Catholic societies to combat this menace.
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In January 1907, William Stang travelled to the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, for surgery to removed an intestinal tumor.
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William Stang died on February 2,1907, in the Mayo Clinic at age 52.
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William Stang is a member of the Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame in East Providence, Rhode Island.