Peter William Bartholome

Peter William Bartholome (April 2, 1893—June 17, 1982) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Saint Cloud from 1953 to 1968.

Peter Bartholome was born in Bellechester, Minnesota, the youngest son of Nicholas and Catherine (née Jacobs) Bartholome, who were Luxembourgian immigrants. His mother, who died at age 103, was the first woman named Catholic Mother of the Year by the National Catholic Conference on Family Life in 1942 and received the Pro Ecclesia et Pontifice medal in 1952. He received his early education at St. Mary's Grade School in Bellechester (1898-1905) before attending public school in Goodhue from 1906 to 1908. He studied at Campion College in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1914. He then returned to Minnesota and continued his studies at St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul.

Bartholome was ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Patrick Heffron on June 17, 1917. His first assignment was as a curate at St. John the Evangelist Church in Rochester, where he remained for two years. In 1919, he was appointed to the faculty of St. Mary's College in Winona, where he taught Latin, Greek, and philosophy. From 1928 to 1930, he studied canon law at the Apollinare University in Rome.

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