Edward John Herrmann

The Most Reverend Edward John Herrmann, D.D.
Bishop Emeritus of Columbus
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Columbus (emeritus)
In office	August 21, 1973—September 18, 1982
Predecessor	Clarence Edward Elwell
Successor	James Anthony Griffin
Orders
Ordination	June 12, 1947
Personal details
Born	November 6, 1913 Baltimore, Md.
Died	December 22, 1999 Columbus, Ohio
Previous post	Auxiliary of Archdiocese of Washington, DC (1966–1973)

Edward John Herrmann (November 6, 1913 – December 22, 1999) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Columbus from 1973 to 1982.

Herrmann was born in Baltimore, Maryland, on November 6, 1913, the son of Episcopalian parents, Walter E. and Jennie Doyle Herrmann, who owned a small grocery store. His father died in the 1918 flu pandemic and young Edward was baptized a Catholic in 1919.

Herrmann attended St. Bernard and St. James grade schools, graduated from Loyola High School in Baltimore in 1931, and then went to work for the American Oil Company in Baltimore to help support his family during the Great Depression.

After studies at Mount Saint Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, Maryland, Herrmann was ordained a priest on June 12, 1947, in Baltimore’s Cathedral of the Assumption by Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop John Michael McNamara. He was destined for the nascent Archdiocese of Washington, DC, where he served as pastor and assistant chancellor. Pope Paul VI appointed Herrmann Auxiliary Bishop and Washington Archbishop Patrick O'Boyle consecrated him on April 26, 1966 at St. Matthew’s Cathedral in Washington. He became vicar general and chancellor of the archdiocese.

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