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Francis Peter Leipzig
Francis Peter Leipzig (June 29, 1895—January 17, 1981) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker, Bishop of Baker from 1950 to 1971. Biography Francis Leipzig was born in Chilton, Wisconsin, Chilton, Wisconsin, the fourth child of Francis and Mary (née Cordy) Leipzig. He enrolled at St. Francis Seminary (Wisconsin), St. Francis Seminary in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, but later moved with his family to Portland, Oregon, Portland, Oregon. He attended Mount Angel Abbey, Mount Angel Seminary and then studied theology at Saint Patrick Seminary, Menlo Park, St. Patrick's Seminary in Menlo Park, California, Menlo Park, California. He was Holy Orders, ordained to the Priesthood (Catholic Church), priesthood by Archbishop Alexander Christie (bishop), Alexander Christie on April 17, 1920. He served as a curate at St. James Church in McMinnville, Oregon, McMinnville and afterwards at Good Shepherd Church in Sheridan, Oregon ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Catholic Diocese Of Baker
The Diocese of Baker (Latin: ''Dioecesis Bakeriensis'') is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory or diocese of the Catholic Church in Eastern Oregon, United States. It is a suffragan diocese in the ecclesiastical province of the metropolitan Archdiocese of Portland. While the cathedral, Saint Francis de Sales Cathedral, is in the small city of Baker City, the pastoral offices are located in Bend, the largest city in Oregon outside the Willamette Valley. The Diocese of Baker "includes almost 67,000 square miles in Oregon and has a population of 526,760 people, of whom 34,375, or seven percent, are Catholic". History The "Diocese of Baker City" was established on June 19, 1903, and renamed "Diocese of Baker" on February 16, 1952. Territory The diocese consists of the counties of Baker, Crook, Deschutes, Gilliam, Grant, Harney, Hood River, Jefferson, Klamath, Lake, Malheur, Morrow, Sherman, Umatilla, Union, Wallowa, Wasco and Wheeler in Eastern Oregon. Bishops Bisho ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Menlo Park, California
Menlo Park is a city at the eastern edge of San Mateo County within the San Francisco Bay Area of California in the United States. It is bordered by San Francisco Bay on the north and east; East Palo Alto, Palo Alto, and Stanford to the south; and Atherton, North Fair Oaks, and Redwood City to the west. It is one of the most educated cities in California and the United States; nearly 70% of residents over 25 have earned a bachelor's degree or higher. It had 33,780 residents at the 2020 United States Census. It is home to the corporate headquarters of Meta, and is where Google, Roblox Corporation and Round Table Pizza were founded. Its train station holds the record as the oldest continually operating train station in California. Toponym "Menlo" is derived from Menlo (the anglicized spelling of Irish Gaelic 'Mionloch', meaning 'small lake') in County Galway, Ireland. The name "Menlo Park" was given to a ranch purchased by Irish settlers in honor of their home village in Ire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Vincent O'Hara
Edwin Vincent O'Hara (September 6, 1881 – September 11, 1956) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Great Falls in Montana from 1930 to 1939 and bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City in Missouri from 1939 to 1956. He received the title of personal archbishop in 1954. Biography Early life Edwin O'Hara was born in Lanesboro, Minnesota, the youngest of Owen and Margaret O'Hara's eight children. His parents emigrated from Ireland during the Great Famine and settled in the United States. He attended a one-room school on land his father had donated, and later, graduated from Lanesboro High School. In 1897, O'Hara began studies at the College of St. Thomas in Saint Paul, Minnesota.Woods, Michael (2010)''Cultivating Soil and Soul: Twentieth-Century Catholic Agrarians Embrace the Liturgical Movement'' Liturgical Press. O'Hara entered St. Paul's Seminary in 1900, before moving to Oregon City, Oregon. Priesthood O'Hara was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
