Joseph H. Albers

[6] Albers was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Cincinnati by Archbishop Henry Moeller on June 17, 1916.

[8] After the outbreak of World War I, Albers join the US Army Chaplain Corps and was commissioned as an officer on June 1, 1918.

He served in the infantry in France, seeing combat in the battles of the Argonne Forest, Chateau Thierry and St. Mihiel.

[7] He was consecrated by Archbishop John Timothy McNicholas at Saint Peter in Chains Cathedral in Cincinnati on December 27, 1929.

[2] Albers, still suffering from lungs weakened from poison gas in World War I, collapsed at the scene and was rescued by firefighters.

[3] In 1940, Albers moved into Meadowvue in Eaton Rapids, Michigan, his episcopal residence.

[3] Albers enjoyed a special devotion to Saint Joseph; one of the new parishes was named for him.

[3] On October 7, 1964, Pope Paul VI accepted Albers's early retirement as bishop of the Diocese of Lansing due to bad health.

[15] The Knights of Columbus has a chapter named for him, the Bishop Joseph H. Albers Council 4090 in Davison, Michigan.