Francis Joseph Schenk

Francis Joseph Schenk (1901–1969) was the third Roman Catholic Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Crookston, in Crookston, Minnesota from 1945 to 1960, and the fifth Bishop of Roman Catholic Diocese of Duluth, in Duluth, Minnesota, from 1960 to 1969.

Schenk was born in Superior, Wisconsin on April 1 1901. He became a priest of the Archdiocese of Saint Paul and Minneapolis on June 13 1926. On March 10 1945, Pope Pius XII appointed him Bishop of Crookston, succeeding John Hubert Peschges; he was consecrated on May 24. He remained at Crookston for 15 years before becoming the Bishop of Duluth on January 27 1960, succeeding Thomas Anthony Welch. He retired on April 30 1969 at the age of 68, and died later that year on October 28, 1969. [http://www.catholic-hierarchy.org/bishop/bschenk.html]

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