Background
Gass, Sylvester Francis was born on December 31, 1911 in Milwaukee. Son of Jacob and Julia (Weninger) Gass.
Gass, Sylvester Francis was born on December 31, 1911 in Milwaukee. Son of Jacob and Julia (Weninger) Gass.
Bachelor, St. Francis Major Seminary, 1936. Master of Arts, St. Francis Major Seminary, 1939. Doctor of Canon Law, Catholic University America, 1942.
Parish worker, Milwaukee, 1941-1945; ecclesiastical notary, Milwaukee Archdiocesan Curia, 1940-1956; secretary Tribunal, Milwaukee, 1942-1956; professor canon law and moral theology, St. Francis Major Seminary, 1945-1947; representative, Milwaukee, Wisconsin Provincial Conference, 1954-1972; promoter of justice, Archdiocese Milwaukee, 1955-1961; vice-officialis, Archdiocese Milwaukee, 1956-1961; archiepiscopal vicar, Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary, 1956-1983; clergy counsellor, St. Michael Hospital Family Clinic, 1948-1971; spiritual director, St. Michael Hospital Family Clinic, 1961-1971; speakers' staff, Catholic family life program, Milwaukee, 1949-1972; officialis, Catholic family life program, Milwaukee, 1961-1976; vicar general, Catholic family life program, Milwaukee, 1969-1983; retired, 1983; papal chamberlain, 1954; domestic prelate, 1959.
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Member Canon Law Society of America (president 1960-1961), Canada Canon Law Society.