Joseph Gregory Dwenger, C.P.P.S (April 7, 1837 – January 22, 1893) was an American prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Fort Wayne from...
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Wayne–South Bend in Fort Wayne, Indiana, United States. Dwenger is named after Joseph Gregory Dwenger, the second Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of...
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and sick priests. Luers died in 1871. In 1872, Pope Pius IX appointed Joseph Dwenger as the second bishop of the Diocese of Fort Wayne. He helped establish...
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He was assisted by Bishops William H. Gross, C.Ss.R. of Savannah and Joseph Dwenger, C.Pp.S. of Fort Wayne. By the end of the year, the lower church was...
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enrollment. He was ordained a priest on August 29, 1877, by Bishop Joseph Dwenger of Fort Wayne and then assumed the role of dean of students. After the...
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anti-Catholic measures, Mother Maria Theresia accepted the invitation of Bishop Joseph Dwenger of Fort Wayne, Indiana, to send missionary Sisters to work in his diocese...
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Bishop John Henry Luers (†June 29, 1871) Bishop Joseph Dwenger (†January 22, 1893) Bishop Herman Joseph Alerding (†December 6, 1924) The Cathedral building...
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Ireland of St. Paul) and twelve bishops (Richard Gilmour of Cleveland, Joseph Dwenger of Fort Wayne, John Watterson of Columbus, Richard Phelan of Pittsburgh...
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November 11, 1846. After his ordination, Luers was appointed pastor of St. Joseph's parish in Cincinnati. While there, he finished construction of the church...
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consecration on June 24, 1883, from Archbishop Patrick Feehan, with Bishops Joseph Dwenger and John Watterson serving as co-consecrators. Rademacher was named...
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