William Stang
The Most Reverend William Stang | |
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Bishop of Fall River | |
See | Diocese of Fall River |
In office | May 1, 1904 - February 2, 1907 |
Successor | Daniel Francis Feehan |
Orders | |
Ordination | June 15, 1878 |
Consecration | May 1, 1904 by Matthew Harkins |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Died | February 2, 1907 Rochester, Minnesota | (aged 52)
Nationality | German |
Denomination | Roman Catholic |
Education | Sint-Niklaas minor seminary American College of Louvain |
William Stang (April 21, 1854 – February 2, 1907) was a German-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the first bishop of the Diocese of Fall River in Massachusetts from 1904 until his death in 1907.
Biography
Early life
William Stang was born on April 21, 1854, in Langenbrücken in the Grand Duchy of Baden (in present day Germany).[1] He received his early education at the local gymnasium and then attended the minor seminary of Sint-Niklaas in Belgium.[1] Stang entered the American College of Louvain in Leuven, Belgium, in 1875, where he completed his theological studies.[2]
Priesthood
Stang was
Stang immigrated to the United States in September 1878, settling in
When Matthew Harkins was appointed bishop of Providence in 1886, Stang became one of his closest advisors. Stang was a driving force behind the establishment of St. Joseph's Hospital in Providence.
In 1895, Stang travelled to Belgium to serve at the Catholic University of Leuven as vice-rector and professor of moral theology.[2] At Harkins' urging, Stang returned to Providence in 1899. While supervising St. Joseph's Hospital, he also became head of the diocesan mission band.[5] He was named pastor of St. Edward's Parish in 1901 and also served as chancellor of the diocese.[1][4]
Bishop of Fall River
On March 12, 1904, Stang was appointed the first
During his short tenure as bishop, Stang established eleven parishes and founded Saint Anne's Hospital in Fall River, Massachusetts. One of the new parishes was St. Boniface, a German parish in New Bedford, Massachusetts.[4] Stang once described divorce as a "pernicious practice...contrary to the moral order and the law of Christ," and condemned Saturday dances as "a source of scandal [that] must be stopped at once."[8][9]
Stang authored a book titled Socialism and Christianity, which supported the rights of workers to organize in
Death and legacy
In January 1907, Stang travelled to the
See also
- Catholic Church hierarchy
- Catholic Church in the United States
- Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States
- List of Catholic bishops of the United States
- Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops
Notes
- ^ a b c d e Carr, Edward (1909). "Fall River". Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. V. New York: Robert Appleton Company.
- ^ a b O'Donnell, John Hugh (1922). The Catholic Hierarchy of the United States, 1790-1922. Washington, D.C.
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: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c Cheney, David M. "Bishop William Stang". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
- ^ a b c d e f "Bishop William Stang – Rhode Island Heritage Hall of Fame". Retrieved 2022-06-02.
- ^ a b c Murray, Thomas Hamilton (1907). The Journal of the American Irish Historical Society. Vol. VII. Boston.
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: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link - ^ "BISHOP APPEALS AGAINST DIVORCE". The Meriden Daily Journal. 1906-03-10.
- ^ "BISHOP DENOUNCES DANCING". Providence News. 1906-01-08.
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-06-02.
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References
- Rines, George Edwin, ed. (1920). Encyclopedia Americana. .
Publications
- Pastoral theology (New York, 1897)
- Historiographia Ecclesiastica quam historiae seriam solidamque operam navantibus (Freiburg, 1897)
- Business Guide for Priests (New York, 1899)
- The Devil, Who He Is and What He Does (Providence, 1900)
- Sozialismus und Christentum, with Rudolf Amberg ("Socialism and Christendom," Einsiedeln, 1907)
- The Holy Hour of Adoration (New York, 1907)
- Medulla fundamentalis theologiae moralis quam seminaristis et presbyteris (Neo-Eboraci, Cincinnati, 1907)
- Life of Martin Luther
- The Eve of the Reformation
- More About the Huguenots
- Germany's Debt to Ireland
- Spiritual Pepper and Salt