Peter Joseph Baltes
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The Most Reverend Peter Joseph Baltes |
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| Bishop of Alton | |
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| See | Alton |
| Installed | 1870 |
| Term ended | 1886 |
| Predecessor | Henry Damian Juncker |
| Successor | James Ryan |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | May 21, 1853 |
| Consecration | January 23, 1870 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 7, 1827 Ensheim, Rhenish Palatinate, Germany |
| Died | February 15, 1886 (aged 58) Alton, Illinois, United States |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic Church |
Peter Joseph Baltes (April 7, 1827 – February 15, 1886) was a German American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Alton from 1870 until his death in 1886.
Peter Baltes was born in Ensheim, Rhenish Palatinate, Diocese of Speyer (in that time political a part of Bavaria, today divided up between the new German federal-states Rhineland-Palatinate and Saarland). Ensheim is now a township of the Saarland capital Saarbrücken. Peter was the fourth child of the carpenter and tin-smith Andreas Baltes and his wife Susanna née Walljan. In 1833 the family emigrated to the United States, where they settled in Oswego, New York. After attending the College of the Holy Cross in Worcester, Massachusetts, he studied at St. Mary of the Lake Seminary in Chicago, Illinois and at the Grand Seminary of Montreal in Québec, Canada, where he was ordained to the priesthood on May 21, 1853.
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