Paul Peter Rhode
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| Native name | Paweł Pioter Rhode |
| Diocese | Green Bay |
| In office | 1915-1945 |
| Predecessor | Joseph John Fox |
| Successor | Stanislaus Vincent Bona |
| Other posts | Auxiliary Bishop of Chicago (1908-1915) |
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| Ordination | June 17, 1894 by Frederick Katzer |
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| Born |
September 18, 1871 Wejherowo, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire |
| Died | March 3, 1945 (aged 73) Mercy Hospital, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA |
Paul Peter Rhode (Kashubian: Paweł Pioter Rhode; September 18, 1871 – March 3, 1945) was a Kashubian German-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, and the first to be elevated to an American bishopric. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin from 1915 until his death in 1945.
Paul Rhode was born in the Kashubian town of Wejherowo (Neustadt), then located in Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire, to Augustin and Krystyna Rhode. His father died while Paul was quite young, and he came to the United States with his mother at age 9, settling in Chicago, Illinois. He was educated at St. Mary's College near Louisville, Kentucky, and at St. Ignatius College in Chicago, where he completed his classical and philosophical studies. He completed his theological studies at St. Francis Seminary near Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Rhode was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Frederick Katzer on June 17, 1894. His first assignment was as a curate at St. Adalbert Church in Chicago, where he remained for two years. In 1896, he became the first pastor of SS. Peter and Paul Church, a parish for Polish Catholics in the McKinley Park section of Chicago. He was named pastor of St. Michael Church in South Chicago in 1897.
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