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John Benjamin Grellinger (November 5, 1899 – April 13, 1984) served as a
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auxiliary bishop of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay The Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay ( la, Diocesis Sinus Viridis) was established on March 3, 1868, by Pope Pius IX. It covers the city of Green Bay, as well as Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, Kewaunee, Lan ...
. He was also
titular bishop A titular bishop in various churches is a bishop who is not in charge of a diocese. By definition, a bishop is an "overseer" of a community of the faithful, so when a priest is ordained a bishop, the tradition of the Catholic, Eastern Orthodox an ...
of Syene.


Biography

Born in
Milwaukee, Wisconsin Milwaukee ( ), officially the City of Milwaukee, is both the most populous and most densely populated city in the U.S. state of Wisconsin and the county seat of Milwaukee County, Wisconsin, Milwaukee County. With a population of 577,222 at th ...
, Grellinger entered Saint Francis Seminary in Milwaukee in 1922. He was ordained to the priesthood in Rome on July 14, 1929. On May 16, 1949,
Pope Pius XII Pope Pius XII ( it, Pio XII), born Eugenio Maria Giuseppe Giovanni Pacelli (; 2 March 18769 October 1958), was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 2 March 1939 until his death in October 1958. Before his e ...
appointed Grellinger auxiliary bishop of the Green Bay Diocese and he was consecrated on July 14, 1949. Bishop Grellinger retired on September 21, 1974.John Benjamin Grellinger
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Religious leaders from Milwaukee People from Green Bay, Wisconsin Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States 1899 births 1984 deaths Catholics from Wisconsin {{US-RC-bishop-stub