Roman Richard Atkielski (August 5, 1899 – June 30, 1969) was a

Roman Catholic Roman or Romans most often refers to: *Rome, the capital city of Italy *Ancient Rome, Roman civilization from 8th century BC to 5th century AD *Roman people, the people of ancient Rome *'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...

auxiliary bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee serving from 1947 until 1969.

Biography

Born in

Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...

, the son of Frank and Catherine Atkielski, Roman worked as a cutter at a fur factory before his ordination. Atkielski was ordained to the priesthood on May 30, 1930. On August 2, 1947,

Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...

appointed Atkielski bishop, and he was consecrated bishop on August 28, 1947. He was also the

titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...

of Stobi, after Manuel Raimundo de Melo. Bishop Atkielski was in office until his death.Roman Richard Atkielski
/ref>

References

Religious leaders from Milwaukee 1899 births 1969 deaths 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee {{US-RC-bishop-stub