St Francis Minor Seminary - Via Yearbook (Milwaukee, WI)

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DIAMOND JUBILEE Q856 Rectors REV. CHRISTOPHER WAPELHORST Third ?ector 1874-1879 REV. AUGUST ZEININGER, D. D. ffiftb cRector 1881-1887 MSGR. RAINER, Sixth cRector--1887-1920 r'Rector Emeritu: 1920-1927 REV. KILIAN C. FLASCH Msen. BREIG, Seventh CRectopl920-1929 fourth cRector Qector Emeritus l929 1879-1881 VERY REV. MUENCH, Eighth Rector 1929 6Bishop of La Crone 1881-1891 I901

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QE9 SAINT FRANCIS SEMINARY vosch'sfalkmc Important Dates in the History of Saint Francis Seminary AFTER THE WORLD WAR-Continued 19279January 12, Death of Monsignor Ioseph Rainer. February 2, New Ernest G. Miller Gymnasium dedicated. February 24, Bishop Charles D. White consecrated for Spokane, Washington. June 9, Death of Right Rev. David German, Boise, Idaho. October 27, Dr. Frederic Schulze,s Golden Sacerdotal Jubilee. 19289May 1, Right Rev. Francis Johannes, D. D., consecrated auxiliary of Leavenworth, Kansas. May 9, Death of Monsignor James F. Ryan, professor at St. Francis for 18 years. 1929-August 16, Monsignor A. C. Breig resigned as Rector; made Rector Emeritus. Dr. Aloysius J. Muench appointed Rector. 19309January 5, Death of Rev. Thomas Schmitz, professor. April 12, Mission Room in Gymnasium formally opened. April 18, Tre Ore first time in history of Seminary. May 22, Orphanage flre. August 4, Death of Archbishop Sebastian G. Messmer, governed Milwaukee Archdiocese for 27 years. 0903-19301 November 19, Archbishop Samuel A. Stritch solemnly enthroned at St. John,s Cathedral. November 20, Seminary formally received our new Archbishop. November 26, Death of Dr. Frederic Schulze, professor at St. Francis for 44 years. 1931-March 29, Seminary Choir broadcast. May 25, 26, 27, Diamond Jubilee Celebration. 1891

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I938 SAINT FRANCIS SBMINARY LI ST 01 - Our gaectors REV. MICHAEL I-IEIss, 1856-1868 Consecrated Bishop of La Crosse Sept. 6, 1868. Appointed Coadjutor Bishop of Milwaukee March 14, 1880. Created Archbishop of Milwaukee 1881. Died March 26, 1890. REV. JOSEPH SALZMANN, 1868-1874 Appointed to the Seminary Faculty in 1856. Succeeded Rev. Michael Heiss as Rector in 1868. Died January 17, 1874. REV. CHRISTOPHER WAPELHORST, 1874-1879 Appointed to the Seminary Faculty in 1865. Succeeded Rev. Joseph Salzmann as Rector in 1874. Resigned to enter the Franciscan Order in 1879. Died February 1, 1890. REV. KILIAN FLASCH, 1879-1881 Appointed to the Seminary Faculty in 1860. Succeeded Rev. Christopher Wapelhorst as Rector in 1879. Consecrated Bishop of La Crosse in 1881. Died August 3, 1891. REV. AUGUST ZEININGER, 1881-1887 Appointed to the Seminary Faculty in 1867. Succeeded Rev. Kilian Flasch as Rector in 1881. Appointed Chancellor of the Milwaukee Archdiocese in 1887. Died March 25, 1920. REV. JOSEPH RAINER, 1887-1920 Appointed to the Seminary Faculty in 1867. Succeeded Rev. August Zeininger as Rector in 1887. Resigned as Rector and appointed Rector Emeritus in 1920. Died January, 12, 1927. REV. AUGUSTINE C. BREIG, 1920-1929 Appointed to the Seminary Faculty in 1914. Succeeded Msgr. Joseph Rainer as Rector in 1920. Resigned as Rector and appointed Rector Emeritus in 1929. REV. ALOYSIUS J. MUENCH, 1929 Appointed to the Seminary Faculty in 1922. Succeeded Msgr. Augustine C. Breig as Rector in 1929. I911