Joseph Melcher

Male, Deceased Person

1806 – 1873

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Who was Joseph Melcher?

Joseph Melcher was the first Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.

Born in Vienna, Austria, he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on March 27, 1830 for the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Saint Louis. On March 3, 1868, Pope Pius IX appointed him the first Bishop of the Green Bay Diocese and he was ordained a bishop on July 12, 1868. He died in Green Bay, Wisconsin.

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Born
Mar 19, 1806
Vienna
Died
Dec 20, 1873

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on July 23, 2013

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