Joseph M. Marling

Joseph Mary Marling, CPPS (August 31, 1904 – Octoberserved79) was an American Catholic prelate who served as the first Bishop of Jefferson City from 1956 to 1969.

Marling previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Kansas City–Saint Joseph and as the superior of the American province of his religious community.

[1] After teaching philosophy at the Catholic University of America in Washington, D.C. and conducting pastoral work, Marling in 1938 was elected provincial director of the Society's American province.

He received his episcopal consecration on August 6, 1947, from Archbishop Edwin O'Hara, with Bishops Joseph Albers and John Bennett serving as co-consecrators, at St. Peter in Chains Cathedral.

[1]During his tenure, Marling oversaw the construction of a new cathedral, twenty-five churches, twenty-nine schools, thirty rectories, sixteen convents, and a Carmelite monastery.