Leo Ferdinand Dworschak
Leo Ferdinand Dworschak (April 6, 1900 – November 5, 1976) was the fourth Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Fargo, in Fargo, North Dakota.[1]
Dworschak was born in Independence, Trempealeau County, Wisconsin. His father was a Czech immigrant from around Neuhaus (today, Jindřichův Hradec).[2] Dworschak was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on May 29, 1926, for the Fargo Diocese. On June 22, 1946, Pope Pius XII appointed Dworschak Coadjutor bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City, in Rapid City, South Dakota and he was consecrated bishop on August 22, 1946.
On April 10, 1947, Pope Pius XII appointed Bishop Dworschak the auxiliary bishop of the Fargo Diocese where he was apostolic administrator, while Bishop Aloisius Joseph Muench was the apostolic visitor in Germany.[3]
On February 23, 1960, Pope John XXIII appointed Bishop Dworschak the fourth bishop of the Fargo Diocese. Bishop Dworschak retired on September 8, 1970, and he died in Fargo on November 5, 1976, aged 76.[4]
References[]
- ^ "Past Bishops - Catholic Diocese of Fargo, ND". Fargodiocese.org. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
- ^ Dworschach (1920). "United States Census, 1920". FamilySearch.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on July 13, 2011. Retrieved March 15, 2009.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ David M. Cheney. "Bishop Leo Ferdinand Dworschak". Catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved November 11, 2016.
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- 1900 births
- 1976 deaths
- Roman Catholic bishops of Fargo
- Participants in the Second Vatican Council
- People from Independence, Wisconsin
- 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States
- Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City
- Catholics from Wisconsin
- American people of Czech descent