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Descriptive Summary
Biographical Note
Restrictions
Related Material
Copyright
Location

Descriptive Summary

Collection Name: Bishop Rausch Collection
Dates: 1971-1981
Abstract: Correspondence, scrapbooks, pictures, newspaper articles, plaques

Biographical Note

The Most Reverend James Steven Rausch was born on September 4, 1928 in Albany, Minnesota. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 2, 1956, and was named Auxiliary of St. Cloud, Minnesota on April 26, 1973. At the Pontifical Gregorian University, Rome, Italy, he earned his Doctorate in Pastoral Sociology, Development Economics in 1969. From 1970 to March 1977 he served at the United States Catholic Conference and as General Secretary of the National Conference of Catholic Bishops. On March 22, 1977, Bishop Rausch was installed as Bishop of Phoenix, Arizona. Bishop Rausch succeeded Archbishop Edward A. McCarthy as the Second Bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix. Bishop James S. Rausch died of a massive heart attack at 11:47am, Monday, May 18, 1981. Bishop Rausch was 52 years old.

Restrictions:

None

Related Material

See Alive Magazine 1969 to 1983, Catholic Sun Newspaper 1985 to present, also check Bishop Office Collections

Copyright

It is the responsibility of the user to obtain permission from the owner of copyright (the institution, the creator of the record, the author or his/her transferees, heirs, legates, or literary executors), to use, quote, publish or reproduce in any format material within these archives.

Location

Row: 1
Cabinet: 1
Draw: 3
File: 1-10
Also 2 Boxes on-top of Row: 1, Marked part Bishop Rausch Collection