Background
Peschges, John Hubert was born on May 11, 1881 in West Newton, Minnesota, United States. Son of Peter and Mary (Pasch) Peschges.
Peschges, John Hubert was born on May 11, 1881 in West Newton, Minnesota, United States. Son of Peter and Mary (Pasch) Peschges.
Educated Saint John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1891-1899, Saint Paul’s (Minnesota) Seminary, 1899-1905, Catholic University of America, 1906-1907.
Born in West Newton, Minnesota, Peschges was ordained a Roman Catholic priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Winona on April 15, 1905. On August 30, 1938, Pope Pius XI appointed Peschges Bishop of the Crookston Diocese, and he was consecrated on November 9, 1938. John Hubert Peschges succeeded Timothy Corbett on November 16, 1938, after Corbett resigned on August 6, 1938.
Peschges established the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, religious courses for rural youth, and multiple organizations for agricultural development before he died in office on October 30, 1944.