George W. Ahr

[1] He then studied at St. Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania and at Seton Hall University in South Orange, New Jersey.

[1] After completing his theological studies in Rome at the Pontifical North American College, Ahr was ordained to the priesthood for the Archdiocese of Newark on July 29, 1928.

[1] He then served at St. Venantius Parish in Orange, New Jersey, until 1930, when he became a professor at Seton Hall Preparatory School.

[1] Ahr was named professor of dogmatic theology (1933) and later rector (1947) at Immaculate Conception Seminary at Seton Hall[1] On January 28, 1950, Ahr was appointed the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Trenton by Pope Pius XII.

Ahr perceived a growing anti-clericalism in the United States,[3] and opposed the Christian Layman's Experimental Organization.