Background
Messmer, Sebastian Gebhard was born on August 29, 1847 in Goldach, Switzerland. Son of Sebastian Gebhard and Rosa (Baumgartner) Messmer.
Messmer, Sebastian Gebhard was born on August 29, 1847 in Goldach, Switzerland. Son of Sebastian Gebhard and Rosa (Baumgartner) Messmer.
Educated Saint George College, Saint Gall, Switzerland, 1861-1866. University of Innsbruck, Austria, 1866-1871. Doctor of Divinity, from Pope Leo XIII, 1885.
Doctor of Civil Law, Appollinare University, Rome, 1890.
Ordained Roman Catholic priest, July 23, 1871. Professor theology, Seton Hall College, South. Orange, New Jersey, 1871-1889. Professor canon law. Catholic U. Washington, 1890-1892.
Consecrated bishop of Green Bay, Wisconsin, March 27, 1892.
Appointed archbishop of Milwaukee, December 10, 1903.