Harold Joseph Dimmerling
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Harold Joseph Dimmerling (September 23, 1914-December 13, 1987) was the Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City
, South Dakota
Born in Braddock, Pennsylvania
, Dimmerling was ordained to the priesthood for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud
, Minnesota
. On September 11, 1969, Pope Paul VI
appointed him bishop and he was ordained bishop on October 30, 1969; Bishop Dimmerling died in office.
Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Rapid City is a Roman Catholic diocese in South Dakota. It was founded on August 6, 1902 as the Diocese of Lead, and was renamed on August 1, 1930.-Bishops:The past bishops of the diocese are:Bishops of Lead...
, South Dakota
South Dakota
South Dakota is a state located in the Midwestern region of the United States. It is named after the Lakota and Dakota Sioux American Indian tribes. Once a part of Dakota Territory, South Dakota became a state on November 2, 1889. The state has an area of and an estimated population of just over...
Born in Braddock, Pennsylvania
Braddock, Pennsylvania
Braddock is a borough located in the eastern suburbs of Pittsburgh in Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, 10 miles upstream from the mouth of the Monongahela River. The population was 2,159 at the 2010 census...
, Dimmerling was ordained to the priesthood for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud
Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud is a Roman Catholic diocese in Minnesota. It was founded on September 22, 1889, out of territory that had been evangelized by the missionary priest Father Francis Xavier Pierz...
, Minnesota
Minnesota
Minnesota is a U.S. state located in the Midwestern United States. The twelfth largest state of the U.S., it is the twenty-first most populous, with 5.3 million residents. Minnesota was carved out of the eastern half of the Minnesota Territory and admitted to the Union as the thirty-second state...
. On September 11, 1969, Pope Paul VI
Pope Paul VI
Paul VI , born Giovanni Battista Enrico Antonio Maria Montini , reigned as Pope of the Catholic Church from 21 June 1963 until his death on 6 August 1978. Succeeding Pope John XXIII, who had convened the Second Vatican Council, he decided to continue it...
appointed him bishop and he was ordained bishop on October 30, 1969; Bishop Dimmerling died in office.
External links
- Holy Rosary Mission – Red Cloud Indian School Digital Image Collection at Marquette University; Keyword: Dimmerling.