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Mobile; served as pastor in Diocese of Mobile 1850-1874, at St. Peter's Church, Montgomery, Ala., and other churches; named Titular Bishop of Delma and Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, Tex., September 17, 1874; consecrated December 8, 1874 in Cathedral at Mobile, Ala., by Archbishop Napoleon Joseph Perche, of New Orleans, assisted by Bishop William Henry Elder, of Natchez, and Bishop Claude Marie Dubuis, of Galveston; installed in Brownsville by Bishop Dubuis, February 11, 1875, Immacu- late Conception Church; transferred to Mobile, Ala., to succeed Bishop John Quinlan, March 9, 1884; resigned September 3, 1884; reappointed Vicar Apostolic of Brownsville, February 9, 1885 as Titular Bishop of Marona; died in Mobile December 4, 1885 before retaking possession. MARX, J .C.D., Most Rev. Adolph. Auxiliary Bishop of Corpus Chris- ti, Texas. B. Cologne, Rh. Germany, February 18, 1915; s. Peter and Elizabeth (Olck) Marx; student primary schools in Cologne 1921-34; came to U. S. 1934 (naturalized 1947); entered St. Mary's Seminary, La Porte Texas, 1934-40; Catholic University of America, J .C.D. 1943; ordained May 2, 1940, Corpus Christi, Tex.; secretary to Bishop 1943-44; curate, Refugio, Tex., 1944-45; Corpus Chrsti 1945-48; pastor Holy Cross Church, Corpus Christi, 1948-50; Chancellor of diocese 1948-1956; Papal Chamberlain 1948; Domestic Prelate 1950; appointed Titular Bish- op of Citrus and Auxiliary of Corpus Christi, Tex.; consecrated October 9, 1956 by Bishop Mariano S. Garriga, assisted by Bishop J. Krol Aux- iliary of Cleveland and Bishop Charles G. Maloney Auxiliary of Louis- ville. Address: 620 Lipan St., Corpus Christi, Texas. METZGER, S.T.D., J.C.D., Most Rev. Sidney Mathew, Third Bishop of El Paso, Texas. B. Fredericksburg, Texas, July 11, 1902; s. Francis and Ida (Dietz) Metzger; student St. Mary's School, Fredericksburg, 1910-1915; St. John's Seminary, San Antonio, Tex., 1915-22; North American College, Rome, Italy, Th. D. 1926; Pontifical Institute of Canon and Civil Law, Rome, J.C.D., 1928; St. Edward's University, Austin, Tex., LL.D., 1936; ordained in Rome, St. John Lateran Basilica, April 3, 1926 by Basilio Cardinal Pompili, Vicar General of His Holiness. Assignments: professor Canon Law and Philosophy, St. John's Sem- inary 1928-33; rector 1933-40; appointed Titular Bishop of Birta and Auxiliary Bishop of Santa Fe, January 5, 1940; consecrated San Fer- nando Cathedral, San Antonio, Tex., April IO, 1940 by Archbishop Drossaerts, assisted by Archbishop Gerken, of Santa Fe, and Bishop Garriga, of Corpus Christi, Tex.; appointed Coadjutor Bishop of El Paso,
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