George John Rehring

Styles of George Rehring

Reference style	The Most Reverend
Spoken style	Your Excellency
Religious style	Monsignor
Posthumous style	none

George John Rehring (June 10, 1890 – February 29, 1976) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Toledo from 1950 to 1967.

Biography[]

Early life and education[]

Rehring was born in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Bernard L. and Mary A. (née Sander) Rehring.^[1] He attended St. Gregory's Preparatory Seminary and Mount St. Mary's Seminary, both in Cincinnati.

Career[]

He was ordained to the priesthood on March 28, 1914.^[2] He served as a curate at St. Mary's Church in Hillsboro before being assigned to SS. Peter and Paul Church in Reading.^[1] In 1921, he received his first pastorate at Guardian Angels Church in Cincinnati.

He became professor of theology at Mount St. Mary's Seminary in 1923.^[1] From 1926 to 1928, he continued his studies at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, where he earned a Doctor of Sacred Theology degree.^[3] He served as rector of Mount St. Mary's Seminary from 1931 to 1940. He was named a domestic prelate in 1932.^[1]

On August 6, 1937, Rehring was appointed auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and titular bishop of Lunda by Pope Pius XI.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 7 from Archbishop John T. McNicholas, with Bishops Joseph H. Albers and Urban John Vehr serving as co-consecrators.^[2] As an auxiliary bishop, he served as pastor of St. Mary's Church in the Hyde Park section of Cincinnati from 1940 to 1950.^[1]

Rehring was named the fourth Bishop of Toledo on July 16, 1950.^[2] He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council between 1962 and 1965. After reaching the mandatory retirement age of 75, he resigned as bishop of Toledo on February 25, 1967; on the same date, he was appointed titular bishop of Tunnuna, a post which he resigned on December 31, 1970.^[2]

Death[]

Rehring died at age 85.^{[citation needed]}

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Bishop George John Rehring". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved 21 January 2015.
^ The American Catholic Who's who. NC News Service. 1910. p. 386.

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Preceded by None	1967–1970	Succeeded by
Preceded by Karl Joseph Alter	Bishop of Toledo 1950–1967	Succeeded by John Anthony Donovan
Preceded by Joseph H. Albers, D.D.	1937–1950	Succeeded by

v t Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo
Bishops	Ordinaries Joseph Schrembs Samuel Stritch Karl Joseph Alter George John Rehring John Anthony Donovan James Robert Hoffman Leonard Paul Blair Daniel Edward Thomas Auxiliaries Albert Henry Ottenweller Robert William Donnelly
Churches	List List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Toledo Cathedral Our Lady, Queen of the Most Holy Rosary Cathedral Basilica Basilica and National Shrine of Our Lady of Consolation Parishes Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Bethlehem St. Michael's Ridge Church, Defiance St. John's Church, Delphos St. John the Baptist Church, Glandorf St. Peter's Church, Mansfield St. Augustine's Church, Napoleon All Saints Church, New Riegel Holy Angels Church, Sandusky St. Mary's Church, Sandusky Saints Peter and Paul Church, Sandusky Most Pure Heart Of Mary Church, Shelby St. Ann Church, Toledo St. Patrick's Church, Toledo
Higher Education	Colleges & Universities Lourdes University Mercy College of Ohio Former College Mary Manse College
Priests	Augustus John Schwertner Gerald Robinson
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v t Ordinaries of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Bishop	Edward Fenwick
Archbishops	John Baptist Purcell William Henry Elder Henry K. Moeller John T. McNicholas Karl Joseph Alter Paul Francis Leibold Joseph Bernardin Daniel Edward Pilarczyk Dennis Marion Schnurr
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v t Churches in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains
Parishes	Cincinnati: Church of the Annunciation Immaculata Church Old St. Mary's Church St. Aloysius on the Ohio St. Francis De Sales Church Saint Francis Seraph Church St. Francis Xavier Church St. Lawrence Church St. Pius X Church St. Rose Church Dayton: Holy Cross Church Sacred Heart Church St. Adalbert Church St. Mary's Church Springfield: St. Joseph's Church St. Raphael's Church Other: Immaculate Conception Church, Botkins St. Aloysius Church, Carthagena Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Cassella Immaculate Conception Church, Celina Precious Blood Church, Chickasaw Our Lady of Victory Church, Delhi Township St. Joseph's Church, Egypt Holy Family Church, Frenchtown St. John's Church, Fryburg St. Patrick's Church, Glynwood St. John the Baptist Church, Maria Stein Sacred Heart Church, McCartyville St. Michael's Church, Mechanicsburg St. Augustine's Church, Minster St. Louis Church, North Star St. Nicholas Church, Osgood St. Anthony's Church, Padua St. Remy's Church, Russia St. Henry's Church, St. Henry Holy Rosary Church, St. Marys St. Rose's Church, St. Rose St. Sebastian's Church, Sebastian St. Joseph's Church, Wapakoneta
Former parishes	All Saints Church, Cincinnati Holy Trinity Church, Cincinnati St. Augustine Church, Cincinnati St. George's Church, Cincinnati St. Michael the Archangel Church, Cincinnati St. Paul Church, Cincinnati St. Philomena's Church, Cincinnati St. Patrick's Church, St. Patrick
Shrine	Shrine of the Holy Relics

v t Education in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Higher education	Chatfield College University of Dayton Edgecliff College Mount St. Joseph University Xavier University
Seminary	Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West
High schools	Cincinnati DePaul Cristo Rey High School Elder High School La Salle High School Mercy McAuley High School Archbishop McNicholas High School Purcell Marian High School Seton High School St. Ursula Academy St. Xavier High School Summit Country Day School Ursuline Academy Dayton Carroll High School Chaminade Julienne High School Other Archbishop Alter High School, Kettering Father Stephen T. Badin High School, Hamilton Catholic Central School, Springfield Bishop Fenwick High School, Franklin Lehman Catholic High School, Sidney Moeller High School, Kenwood Mount Notre Dame High School, Reading Royalmont Academy, Mason Roger Bacon High School, St. Bernard St. Rita School for the Deaf, Evendale

v t Clergy of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Auxiliary bishops	Sylvester Horton Rosecrans Joseph H. Albers George John Rehring Paul Francis Leibold Edward A. McCarthy Nicholas Elko Daniel Edward Pilarczyk James Henry Garland Carl K. Moeddel Joseph R. Binzer
Priests	John Martin Henni Edward Fitzgerald Clarence George Issenmann Henry Damian Juncker Joshua Maria Young John Baptist Lamy James Frederick Wood John Henry Luers Caspar Henry Borgess Richard Gilmour John Quinlan Augustus Toebbe Joseph Gregory Dwenger Henry Richter Francis Beckman Urban John Vehr Francis Augustine Thill Anthony John King Mussio John Joseph Kaising Robert Daniel Conlon Michael William Warfel

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