Mershman, O.S.B., FatherFrancis, Collegeville, Minnesota to James F. Edwards, Notre Dame, Indiana, 1895 December 17

Item — Box: CEDW 7, Folder: 13

Identifier: CEDW XI-1-m

Scope and Contents

Bishop Martin Marty referred Edwards' request for a mitre of Bishop Rupert Seidenbusch O.S.B. to Mershman. He sent the mitre and encloses a sketch of the bishop's life. Seidenbusch disposed of most of his things before his death. P.S. Seidenbusch was born in Munich, Bavaria, Oct. 13, 1830; studied at Freising; came to America in 1850 and entered the Order of St. Benedict; was ordained Jan. 22, 1853; prefect of studies in St. Vincent's College; prior in Newark; first abbot of St. John's; Vicar Apostolic of Northern Minnesota and Dakota, 1875; resigned 1888. :: XI-1-m A.L.S. 3pp.