Louis Mary Fink
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The Right Reverend Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B. |
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| Bishop of Leavenworth | |
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| Province | St. Louis |
| Diocese | Leavenworth |
| Installed | May 22, 1877 |
| Term ended | March 17, 1904 |
| Predecessor | John Baptist Miège, S.J. |
| Successor | Thomas F. Lillis |
| Other posts | Vicar Apostolic of Kansas (1874-1877); Coadjutor Vicar Apostolic of Kansas (1871-1874); Prior, St. Benedict's Abbey (1868-1871) |
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| Ordination | May 28, 1857 by Joshua M. Young |
| Consecration | June 11, 1871 by Thomas P. Foley |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Michael Fink |
| Born |
July 12, 1834 Triftersberg, Roding, Kingdom of Bavaria |
| Died | March 17, 1904 (aged 69) Leavenworth, Kansas, United States |
| Buried | Convent Cemetery, Leavenworth, Kansas, United States |
| Nationality | Bavarian (1832-c. 1860), American (c. 1860-1904) |
| Residence | < |
Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B., (July 12, 1834 – March 17, 1904) was a German-born Benedictine monk and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Leavenworth (1877-1904).
He was born Michael Fink in the village of Triftersberg, now part of the town of Roding, Bavaria, to Peter and Barbara (née Hecht) Fink. He received his classical training at the gymnasium and Latin school in Regensburg.
In 1852 Fink emigrated to the United States and, feeling a call to the religious life, was received by Archabbott Boniface Wimmer that September into Saint Vincent Archabbey in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. He made his profession as a monk on January 6, 1854, taking the religious name of Louis Mary. After completing his theological studies at Saint Vincent Seminary, Fink was ordained to the priesthood by Joshua Maria Young, Bishop of Erie, on May 28, 1857.
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