Raphael Michael Fliss

Raphael Michael Gabriel Fliss (October 25, 1930 – September 21, 2015) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as Bishop of the Diocese of Superior, in Superior, Wisconsin from 1985 to 2007.

Bishop Fliss was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin on October 25, 1930.

He was ordained May 26, 1956 and served as a priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

He became Coadjutor Bishop of Superior on November 6, 1979, and was consecrated on December 20, 1979.

[1] On June 27, 1985 he became Bishop of Superior, appointed by Pope John Paul II.