Frederick William Freking

[4] Following his return to Minnesota, he served as a curate in Winona, Dakota, and La Moille, and as editor of the diocesan newspaper before continuing his studies at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C.[1] He there earned a Doctor of Canon Law degree in 1948.

[4] He received his episcopal consecration on November 30, 1957, from Cardinal Giuseppe Pizzardo, with Archbishops Luigi Traglia and Martin O'Connor serving as co-consecrators, in Rome.

[1] On December 30, 1964, Freking was appointed the sixth bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse by Pope Paul VI.

On May 10, 1983, Pope John Paul II accepted Freking's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse.

[4] Frederick Freking, who long suffered from respiratory problems, died from complications of emphysema at the Franciscan Skemp Medical Center in La Crosse at age 85.