Albert Henry Ottenweller

The Most Reverend

Albert Henry Ottenweller
The Most Reverend; Albert Henry Ottenweller
Catholic University of America

Albert Henry Ottenweller (April 5, 1916 – September 23, 2012) was an American

Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Steubenville in Ohio from 1977 to 1992. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Toledo

in Ohio from 1974 to 1977.

Biography

Early life

Albert Ottenweller was born in

Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C., where he earned a Licentiate of Sacred Theology in 1943.^[1]

Priesthood

Ottenweller was

ordained to the priesthood for the Diocese of Toledo by Bishop Karl Alter on June 19, 1943.^[4]

After his ordination, Ottenweller had the following parish assignments in Ohio:

Curate at St. John's in Delphos (1943 - 1959)^[1]
Curate at St. Richard's in Swanton (1959 – 1961)^[5]
Pastor of St. Joseph's Parish in Blakeslee (1961 to 1962)^[6]
Pastor of Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Bono (1962 – 1968)^[7]
Pastor of St. John's in Delphos (1968 – 1976)
Pastor of St. Michael's in Findlay (1976 – 1977)^[3]^[8]

In addition to his pastoral duties, Ottenweller served as director of the Spanish Apostolate (1958 – 1969) and was named vicar general of the diocese in 1968.^[3]

Auxiliary Bishop of Toledo

On April 17, 1974, Pope Paul VI appointed Ottenweller as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Toledo and the titular bishop of Perdices. He was consecrated by Bishop John Donovan on May 29, 1974.^[4] Ottenweller served as head of the USCCB Committee on the Laity from 1978 to 1981.

Bishop of Steubenville

Ottenweller was appointed bishop of the Diocese of Steubenville on September 27, 1977, by Pope Paul VI. He was installed on November 22, 1977.

In 1989, Ottenweller was arrested with other protestors outside a women's health clinic that provided abortion services in Youngstown, Ohio. Refusing to post bail, he spent six days in jail before his trial.^[8]

Retirement and legacy

On January 28, 1992, Pope John Paul II accepted Ottenweller's resignation as bishop of Steubenville.^[4] After his resignation, he moved back to Toledo. He helped establish the Center for Servant Leadership, an institution in Toledo to support individual development.^[8]

Ottenweller died on September 23, 2012, at the Ursuline Center in Toledo after a brief illness.^[8]

External links

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.
^ Leipsic St. Mary Catholic Church
^ ^a ^b ^c "Most Reverend Albert H. Ottenweller", Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bishop Albert Henry Ottenweller". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 21, 2015.
^ St. Richard's Church, Swanton
^ "St. Joseph's Chapel", St. Mary's, Edgerton
^ OLMC, Bono
^ ^a ^b ^c ^d "Retired Bishop Ottenweller of Steubenville, Ohio, dies at age 96", Catholic News Service, September 26, 2012

[curtis-1] Curtis, Georgina Pell (1961). The American Catholic Who's Who. Vol. XIV. Grosse Pointe, Michigan: Walter Romig.

[2] Leipsic St. Mary Catholic Church

[diocese-3] "Most Reverend Albert H. Ottenweller", Roman Catholic Diocese of Steubenville

[hierarchy-4] "Bishop Albert Henry Ottenweller". Catholic-Hierarchy.org. David M. Cheney. Retrieved January 21, 2015.

[5] St. Richard's Church, Swanton

[6] "St. Joseph's Chapel", St. Mary's, Edgerton

[7] OLMC, Bono

[:0-8] "Retired Bishop Ottenweller of Steubenville, Ohio, dies at age 96", Catholic News Service, September 26, 2012

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Bishops	Anthony Mussio Albert Ottenweller Gilbert Sheldon Robert Conlon Jeffrey Monforton
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