Cyril John Vogel

[1] After graduating from Duquesne University, he studied at St. Vincent's Seminary in Latrobe and was later ordained to the priesthood by Bishop Hugh Charles Boyle on June 7, 1931.

[1] He concurrently served as pastor of St. John Baptist de la Salle in Delmont and Holy Family Church at Latrobe as well as chancellor of the Greensburg Diocese.

On April 10, 1965, Vogel was appointed the sixth Bishop of Salina, Kansas, by Pope Paul VI.

[2] He was installed by Archbishop Edward Joseph Hunkeler at Sacred Heart Cathedral in Salina on June 25, 1965.

During Vogel's tenure, the diocesan and parish councils, Priests' Senate, Clergy Personnel Board, Clergy Health and Retirement Association, Diocesan Liturgy and Building Commissions, and programs for education at all levels were established.