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    settling on a farm near Piqua, Ohio. John Luers worked a store clerk in town. According to contemporary accounts, Luers, as a young man, was not religious...
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    Indiana. The first bishop of the diocese, John Henry Luers, is the namesake of the school. Bishop Luers' education departments consist of art, business...
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    Diocese of Vincennes. The pope appointed John Luers of the Diocese of Cincinnati as the first bishop of Fort Wayne. Luers founded St. Patrick's Parish in Chesterton...
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    the Poor Handmaids of Jesus Christ, as had his predecessor Bishop John Henry Luers. He allowed Father Edward Koenig – who had served as advisor to the...
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    States of America. Luers is an adjunct professor at the School of International and Public Affairs at Columbia University. Luers was born in Springfield...
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  • in the Diocese of Fort Wayne, Bishop John Henry Luers invited the sisters of Dernbach to come to the diocese. Luers himself was born in Münster (Germany)...
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    Chapel Chapel interior Msgr. Julian Benoit (†January 26, 1885) Bishop John Henry Luers (†June 29, 1871) Bishop Joseph Dwenger (†January 22, 1893) Bishop Herman...
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    becoming a bricklayer and building contractor. Henry Moeller was baptized by Father John Henry Luers the day after his birth, and received his early...
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    and Archbishop of Philadelphia (1844–1857) John Henry Luers, Bishop of Fort Wayne (1846–1857) Caspar Henry Borgess, Coadjutor Bishop and later Bishop...
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  • John Michael D'Arcy (August 18, 1932 – February 3, 2013) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the eighth bishop of the Diocese...
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