Alphonse James Schladweiler

Alphonse James Schladweiler (July 18, 1902—April 3, 1996) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of New Ulm from 1958 to 1975.

Alphonse Schladweiler was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, the third child of Mathias and Gertrude (née Schneider) Schladweiler. Following his mother's death in 1911, he and his family moved to Madison, Minnesota. He attended the parochial school of St. Michael's Church, where he served as an altar boy. He studied at the Franciscan Minor Seminary in Teutopolis, Illinois, for six years before teaching Latin at St. Michael's High School. In 1923, he enrolled at St. Paul Seminary.

Schladweiler was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Austin Dowling on June 9, 1927. His first assignment was as a curate at the Church of the Nativity in St. Paul, and he later served at Holy Trinity Church in New Ulm, St. Michael's Church in St. Michael, and St. Bernard's Church in Cologne. He also served as chaplain of St. Mary's Hospital in Minneapolis.

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