Bishop Vincent de Paul (Johann Baptist) Wehrle, O.S.B. †

Deceased

Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

Titular Bishop of Teos

Motto: In Spiritus Fortitudine

Events

Date	Age	Event	Title
19 Dec 1855		Born
2 Sep 1876	20.7	Professed	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
2 Sep 1879	23.7	Solemn Vows	Member of Order of Saint Benedict
23 Apr 1882	26.3	Ordained Priest	Priest of Order of Saint Benedict
9 Apr 1910	54.3	Appointed	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
19 May 1910	54.4	Ordained Bishop	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
11 Dec 1939	83.9	Retired	Bishop of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA
11 Dec 1939	83.9	Appointed	Titular Bishop of Teos
2 Nov 1941	85.8	Died	Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck, North Dakota, USA

MicroData Summary
Vincent de Paul (Johann Baptist) Wehrle
Bishop Vincent de Paul (Johann Baptist) Wehrle O.S.B.
(born 19 Dec 1855, died 2 Nov 1941)
Bishop Emeritus of Bismarck

Event Place
Birth Place Berg, Diocese of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Ordained Priest Maria Einsiedeln, Church, Maria Einsiedeln, Territorial Abbey of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
Ordained Bishop Saint Paul Seminary, Saint Mary, Chapel, Saint Paul, Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Death Place Bismarck, Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota
Buried Place (Original) Crypt, Assumption Abbey, Church, Richardton, Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota

a priest for 59.5 years
a bishop for 31.4 years

Ordained Priest by:
Bishop Franz Konstantin Rampa †
Bishop of Chur
Principal Consecrator:
Archbishop John Ireland †
Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Principal Co-Consecrators:
Bishop James McGolrick †
Bishop of Duluth, Minnesota
Bishop James Trobec †
Bishop of Saint Cloud, Minnesota

Episcopal Lineage / Apostolic Succession:

Archbishop John Ireland † (1875)
Archbishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Bishop Thomas Langdon Grace, O.P. † (1859)
Bishop of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Archbishop Peter Richard Kenrick † (1841)
Archbishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Joseph Rosati, C.M. † (1824)
Bishop of Saint Louis, Missouri
Bishop Louis-Guillaume-Valentin Dubourg, P.S.S. † (1815)
Bishop of Louisiana and the Two Floridas (Saint Louis of New Orleans)
Giuseppe Maria Cardinal Doria Pamphilj † (1773)
Cardinal-Bishop of Porto e Santa Rufina
Buenaventura Cardinal Córdoba Espinosa de la Cerda † (1761)
Cardinal-Priest of San Lorenzo in Panisperna
Archbishop Manuel Quintano Bonifaz † (1749)
Titular Archbishop of Pharsalus
Archbishop Enrico Enríquez † (1743)
Titular Archbishop of Nazianzus
Pope Benedict XIV (1724)
(Prospero Lorenzo Lambertini †)
Pope Benedict XIII (1675)
(Pietro Francesco (Vincenzo Maria) Orsini de Gravina, O.P. †)
Paluzzo Cardinal Paluzzi Altieri Degli Albertoni † (1666)
Chamberlain (Camerlengo) of the Apostolic Chamber
Ulderico Cardinal Carpegna † (1630)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Maria in Trastevere
Luigi Cardinal Caetani † (1622)
Cardinal-Priest of Santa Pudenziana
Ludovico Cardinal Ludovisi † (1621)
Archbishop of Bologna
Archbishop Galeazzo Sanvitale † (1604)
Archbishop Emeritus of Bari (-Canosa)
Girolamo Cardinal Bernerio, O.P. † (1586)
Cardinal-Bishop of Albano
Giulio Antonio Cardinal Santorio † (1566)
Cardinal-Priest of San Bartolomeo all’Isola
Scipione Cardinal Rebiba †
Titular Patriarch of Constantinople

Event	Place
Birth Place	Berg, Diocese of Sankt Gallen, Switzerland
Ordained Priest	Maria Einsiedeln, Church, Maria Einsiedeln, Territorial Abbey of Maria Einsiedeln, Switzerland
Ordained Bishop	Saint Paul Seminary, Saint Mary, Chapel, Saint Paul, Archdiocese of Saint Paul, Minnesota
Death Place	Bismarck, Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota
Buried Place (Original)	Crypt, Assumption Abbey, Church, Richardton, Diocese of Bismarck, North Dakota

External Link(s):

Find a Grave (Grave): 81470064
VIAF: 23697626
WikiData: Q3559887

Source(s):

ob: Le Petit Episcopologe, Issue 117
b/c2: Hierarchia Catholica, Volume 9, Page 86
b/c2+: Les Ordinations Épiscopales, Year 1910, Number 35
b: Biographia Benedictina, 18 Sep 2021
c1: CB, 12 May 2022

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