His Excellency, The Most Reverend

Henry Joseph Grimmelsman
Bishop of Evansville
Titular Bishop of Tabla
SeeDiocese of Evansville
In office1944-1965
SuccessorPaul Francis Leibold
Orders
OrdinationAugust 15, 1915
by Henry K. Moeller
ConsecrationDecember 21, 1945
by Amleto Giovanni Cicognani
Personal details
Born(1890-12-22)December 22, 1890
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
DiedJune 26, 1972(1972-06-26) (aged 81)
Evansville, Indiana, US
BuriedSt. Joseph Cemetery
DenominationRoman Catholic
ParentsG.H. and Frances Grimmelsman
EducationSt. Gregory Preparatory Seminary
St. Joseph's College
University of Innsbruck
Catholic University of America

Henry Joseph Grimmelsmann (December 22, 1890 – June 26, 1972) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the new Diocese of Evansville in Indiana from 1944 to 1965.

Biography

Early life

Henry Grimmelsmann was born on December 22, 1890, in Cincinnati, Ohio, to G.H. and Frances Grimmelsmann.[1] Raised in the Price Hill neighborhood of Cincinnati, he was one of ten children; three of his sisters became nuns and another brother also became a priest.[1] As a child he attended Holy Family School, where one of his classmates was future Bishop Urban Vehr.[1]

Grimmelsmann studied at St. Gregory Preparatory Seminary in Cincinnati (1904-1907) and at St. Joseph's College in Rensselaer, Indiana (1907-1909).[2] He then entered the University of Innsbruck in Austria, but was forced to return to Cincinnati following the outbreak of World War I.[1][3]

Priesthood

Grimmelsmann was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati by Archbishop Henry K. Moeller on August 15, 1915.[3] After his ordination, Grimmelsmann studied at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., and later returned to the University of Innsbruck, from where he earned a Doctor of Sacred Scripture degree.[1] After returning to Cincinnati, he served as a curate at St. Lawrence Parish.[1] From 1920 to 1932, Grimmelsmann became vice-rector and professor of Sacred Scripture and Hebrew at Mount St. Mary's Seminary.[2] Pope Pius XI named him rector of the Pontifical College Josephinum at Worthington, Ohio, in 1932.[2]

Bishop of Evansville

On November 11, 1944, Grimmelsmann was appointed the first bishop of the newly erected Diocese of Evansville by Pope Pius XII.[3] He received his episcopal consecration on December 21, 1944, from Archbishop Amleto Cicognani, with Bishops Urban Vehr and George Rehring serving as co-consecrators.[3] Between 1962 and 1965, Grimmelsmann attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council in Rome.

Pope Paul VI accepted Grimmelsmann's resignation as bishop of Evansville on October 18, 1965, and named time titular bishop of Tabla.[3] Henry Grimmelsmann died in Evansville on June 26, 1972, at age 81, and was buried at St. Joseph Cemetery in Evansville.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Bishop Henry Joseph Grimmelsman". Wifasso.com.
  2. 1 2 3 Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
  3. 1 2 3 4 5 "Bishop Henry Joseph Grimmelsman". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
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