Francis Xavier Krautbauer

German-born prelate

His Excellency, The Most Reverend Francis Xavier Krautbauer
Bishop of Green Bay

Church	Catholic
Diocese	Diocese of Green Bay
Appointed	February 12, 1875
Predecessor	Joseph Melcher
Successor	Frederick Katzer
Orders
Ordination	July 16, 1850 by Valentin von Ridel
Consecration	June 29,1875 by John Martin Henni
Personal details
Born	January 12, 1824 Mappach, Kingdom of Bavaria
Died	December 17, 1885 (age 61)
Education	Ducal Georgianum

Francis Xavier Krautbauer (January 12, 1824 – December 17, 1885) was a German-born prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay in Wisconsin from 1875 until his death in 1885.

Biography

Early life

Krautbauer was born on July 16, 1850, in Mappach, near Bruck in der Oberpfalz in the Kingdom of Bavaria (now part of Germany) to Francis Xavier and Ursula (née Wendl) Krautbauer.^[1] He received his early education in Regensburg and Amberg, both in Bavaria. He began his studies for the priesthood at the Ducal Georgianum at the University of Munich.

Priesthood

While in Regensburg, Bishop John Timon of the Diocese of Buffalo recruited Krautbauer to immigrate to the United States. He was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Buffalo on July 16, 1850, by Valentin von Riedel, the bishop of Regensburg.^[2]

Travelling with future Bishop Rupert Seidenbusch, Krautbauer arrived in the United States in October 1850. ^[3]^[1] After first briefly serving as assistant pastor at St. Joseph's Cathedral in Buffalo, Krautbauer in 1851 was appointed pastor of St. Peter's Parish in Rochester, New York. St. Peter's served the local German Catholic community, who long fought against Krautbauer and Church leadership for control of the parish.^[3]^[4]

In addition to his pastoral duties at St. Peter's, Krautbauer was named vicar general of the diocese in 1858.^[5] He was soon transferred to Milwaukee to become chaplain of the School Sisters of Notre Dame, serving there from 1859 to 1875.^[3]

Bishop of Green Bay

On February 12, 1875, Krautbauer was appointed by Pope Pius IX to succeed the late Joseph Melcher as bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on June 29, 1875, from Archbishop John Henni, with Bishops Michael Heiss and Thomas Grace serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist in Milwaukee.^[2]

Krautbauer oversaw a period of growth for the diocese. During his ten years in Green Bay, the number of Catholics in the diocese increased from 60,000 to 70,000, churches from 92 to 126, and priests from 63 to 96.^[1]^[3] A year before his death, there were also 44 parochial schools with over 5,000 students.^[3] He oversaw the planning and construction of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (modeled after Ludwigskirche in Munich), laying the cornerstone in 1876 and consecrating in 1881.

Francis Krautbauer died in Green Bay on December 17, 1885, at age 61.^[5] He was buried under the floor of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.^[6]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c "Most Reverend Francis Xavier Krautbauer (1875-1885)". Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bishop Joseph Melcher". The Hierarchy of the Catholic Church.
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Clarke, Richard Henry (1888). Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States. R. H. Clarke.
^ "Roman Catholic Church of Ss. Peter and Paul". Digitizing Rochester's Religions.
^ ^a ^b "SUDDEN SUMMONS: Death of Right Rev. Bishop Krautbauer, Resulting from Apoplexy, This Morning". Green Bay Press-Gazette. December 17, 1885.
^ Hay, Andrea (2 December 2017). "St. Francis Xavier Cathedral to open Sunday after renovations". WBAY-TV. Retrieved December 2, 2017.

External links

Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo
Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by Joseph Melcher	Bishop of Green Bay 1875–1885	Succeeded by Frederick Katzer

Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo

Ordinaries

Bishops: John Timon; Stephen Michael Vincent Ryan; James Edward Quigley; Charles Henry Colton; Dennis Joseph Dougherty; William Turner; John Aloysius Duffy; John Francis O'Hara; Joseph Aloysius Burke; James Aloysius McNulty; Edward Dennis Head; Henry Joseph Mansell; Edward Urban Kmiec; Richard Joseph Malone; Michael William Fisher

Auxiliary bishops: Joseph Aloysius Burke; Leo Richard Smith; Pius Anthony Benincasa; Stanislaus Joseph Brzana; Bernard Joseph McLaughlin; Donald Walter Trautman; Edward M. Grosz

Churches

List: List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Buffalo

Cathedral: St. Joseph Cathedral, Buffalo

Basilicas: Our Lady of Victory Basilica, Lackawanna; St. Mary of the Angels Basilica, Olean; Basilica of The National Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, Lewiston

Chapel: Our Lady Help of Christians Chapel, Cheektowaga

Parishes: All Saints Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; Blessed Sacrament Church, Buffalo; Blessed Trinity Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; Church of St. Stanislaus, Bishop and Martyr, Buffalo; Corpus Christi Church, Buffalo; Holy Angels Church, Buffalo; St. Louis Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo

Former parishes: Holy Trinity Roman Catholic Church Complex, Niagara Falls; St. Adalbert's Basilica, Buffalo; St. Francis de Sales Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; St. Francis Xavier Roman Catholic Parish, Buffalo; St. Gerard's Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo; Saint Mary of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church, Buffalo

Education

Colleges and universities: Canisius University, Buffalo; D'Youville University, Buffalo; Hilbert College, Hamburg; Niagara University, Niagara County; St. Bonaventure University, St. Bonaventure; Trocaire College, Buffalo; Villa Maria College, Buffalo

Convents: Sisters of St. Francis of Penance and Christian Charity; Villa Maria Motherhouse Complex

High schools: Archbishop Walsh High School, Olean; Bishop Timon – St. Jude High School, Buffalo; Buffalo Academy of the Sacred Heart, Buffalo; Canisius High School, Buffalo; Cardinal O'Hara High School, Town of Tonawanda; Mount Mercy Academy, Buffalo; Mount Saint Mary Academy, Kenmore; Nardin Academy, Buffalo; Niagara Catholic High School, Niagara Falls; Notre Dame High School, Batavia; Saint Francis High School, Athol Springs; St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute, Buffalo; St. Mary's High School, Lancaster

Closed: Immaculata Academy, Hamburg

Priests

Nelson Baker

John P. Boland

Celestine Joseph Damiano

John Joseph Fitzpatrick

Edmund Francis Gibbons

Francis Xavier Krautbauer

John Joseph McMahon

James Johnston Navagh

Thomas Joseph Walsh

Catholicism portal

Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay

Bishops

Ordinaries	Joseph Melcher Francis Xavier Krautbauer Frederick Katzer Sebastian Gebhard Messmer Joseph John Fox Paul Peter Rhode Stanislaus Vincent Bona Aloysius John Wycislo Adam Maida Robert Joseph Banks David Zubik David L. Ricken
Auxiliary bishops	John Benjamin Grellinger Robert F. Morneau Mark Francis Schmitt

Churches

Cathedral	St. Francis Xavier Cathedral
Parishes	St. Mary's Church, Appleton Holy Cross Church, Green Bay St. Willebrord Church, Green Bay Holy Cross Church, Kaukauna St. Mary's Church, Kaukauna St. Gregory's Church, St. Nazianz
Former	Saint Joseph of the Lake Church, Menominee Indian Reservation St. Ambrose Church, St. Nazianz St. Lawrence Church, Stangelville
Shrines	Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, Champion National Shrine of Saint Joseph, De Pere
Abbeys	St. Norbert Abbey
Oratories	St. Patrick's Oratory, Green Bay

Schools

Colleges	St. Norbert College
High schools	Lourdes High School, Oshkosh Notre Dame Academy, Green Bay Roncalli High School, Manitowoc St. Mary Catholic High School, Neenah St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, Marinette Xavier High School, Appleton
Former	Holy Family College