- REV. FREDERICK L. RUESSMANN, pastor of Sacred Heart congregation, at Appleton, is a native of the Prussian Province of Westphalia, Germany, his birth occurring September 6, 1864, in the parish of Elspe. His parents were John and Angela (Petz) Ruessmann, the father being a farmer and mining contractor by vocation. The early education of Father Ruessmann was acquired in the German parochial schools, subsequently taking up the study of the classics in a private school and finishing in the gymnasium at Paderborn. In the fall of 1882, he came to America and until the summer of the following year studied the English language in a common country school at Westphalia, Clinton county, Michigan. From the fall of 1884 to the fall of 1885, he studied philosophy in St. Francis Seminary, near Milwaukee, then went to Rome, Italy, where he completed his philosophical and theological training under the direction of Professor Sbaretti, the late Cardinal Lorenzelli, and Cardinal Satolli, in the College of Propaganda. After his ordination, which took place November 1, 1889, he pursued one year more of theological study at the same college, and then had conferred upon him the degree of Licentiate in Theology. Succeeding this Father Ruessmann visited with his parents, then returned to America to engage in missionary work. He pursued his labors at Montague, Pentwater, Hart, Claybanks and Elbridge, in Michigan, and at Eagle River, Portage, Aniwa, Phlox, Mattoon, Norrie, Parrish, Crandon and his present location in Appleton. Father Ruessmann was appointed pastor of Sacred Heart congregation, October 25, 1901, by Bishop Messmer, of Green Bay, and much good has been acconmplished through his able ministration and teachings.
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1864 - 1941 (76 years)
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