Peter William Bartholome

[3] He studied at Campion College in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1914.

[1] Returning to Minnesota, Bartholome served as chaplain at the motherhouse of the Sisters of Saint Francis in Rochester for three years.

[4] He received his episcopal consecration on March 3, 1942, from Archbishop Amleto Cicognani, with Bishops Joseph Busch and John Peschges serving as co-consecrators, at St. Mary's Hospital Chapel in Rochester.

[3] Born and raised in a rural area, and spending his entire ministry there as well, Bartholome once said that "the dignity, independence, and freedom of men can reach its fullest stature on the farm, not in the industrial world.

[6] Bartholome's resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Saint Cloud was accepted by Pope Paul VI on January 31, 1968.