John A. Floersh

Infobox Person
name = John Alexander Floersh


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religion = Roman Catholic
residence =
birth_date = birth date|1886|10|6
birth_place = Nashville, Tennessee, USA
death_date = death date and age|1968|06|11|1886|10|6
death_place = Louisville, Kentucky, USA
occupation = Clergyman
death_cause =
title = Leader of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville
term = 1924-1967
predecessor = Denis O'Donaghue
successor = Thomas Joseph McDonough

John Alexander Floersh was Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville from 1924 to 1967. He began to study for the priesthood at age sixteen. He earned a Doctor of Philosophy in 1907 and a Doctor of Divinity in 1911 from Propaganda Fide College in Rome under his mentor Giovanni Bonzano, who eventually became a Cardinal.

He became a monsignor in 1917, and came to Louisville in 1923 at age 36 as coadjutor bishop to the ailing Bishop Denis O'Donaghue. He became Ordinary Bishop of the Louisville Diocese in 1924, and in 1937, when it became an Archdiocese, he was made Archbishop.

During his tenure he worked to expand the Diocese's schools, parishes, and other institutions.