Background
Schoenherr, Walter Joseph was born on February 28, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Alex M. and Ida (Schmitz) Schoenherr.
Schoenherr, Walter Joseph was born on February 28, 1920 in Detroit, Michigan, United States. Son of Alex M. and Ida (Schmitz) Schoenherr.
Student, Sacred Heart Seminary, Detroit, 1935-1942; student, Mount St. Mary's Seminary, Norwood, Ohio, 1942-1944; student, S.S. Cyril and Methodius Seminary, Orchard Lake, Michigan, 1944-1945.
He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1968 until 1995. Born in Center Lincolnshire, Michigan, Schoenherr was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit on October 27, 1945. On March 8, 1968, Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Timidana and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit.
He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop John Dearden on May 1, 1968.
The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Alexander M. Zaleski of Lansing and Detroit auxiliary bishop Joseph M. Breitenbeck. Schoenherr continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on March 7, 1995.
He died April 27, 2007 at the age of 87.
Served with Michigan National Guard, 1952-1967.