Christian Herman Winkelmann


Christian Herman Winkelmann was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Wichita from 1940 to 1946.

Christian Winkelmann was born in St. Louis, Missouri, to John and Anna Winkelmann. He attended St. Francis Solanus College in Quincy, Illinois, before returning to Missouri and studying at Kenrick Seminary. He was ordained to the priesthood on June 11, 1907. He then served as curate at St. Peters Church in St. Charles until 1922, when he became pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Rich Fountain. He was pastor of St. Francis de Sales Church in St. Louis from 1929 to 1939.

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