[1] He studied at the Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio, obtaining a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1930.
[1] In 1940, Soenneker left his current positions to become chaplain to the Sisters of St. Francis at Little Falls, Minnesota.
He travelled in 1948 to Washington D.C. to attend the Catholic University of America, earning a Licentiate of Canon Law in 1950.
Pope John Paul II accepted Soenneker's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Owensboro on June 30, 1982.
[2] The Bishop Soenneker Home, an assisted living facility in Knottsville, Kentucky, was named after him.