Stanley Girard Schlarman

Stanley Schlarman attended St. Henry's Preparatory Seminary in Belleville before furthering his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome.

[1] While still at Mater Dei, Schlarman did catechetical work and ministered to mentally and physically challenged children at the Warren G. Murray Developmental Center in Centralia, Illinois.

[1] On March 1, 1983, Pope John Paul II appointed Schlarman as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Dodge City.

[1] When Schlarman reached the mandatory retirement age of 75, he sent his letter of resignation as bishop of Dodge City to Pope John Paul II.

The pope accepted it 12, 1998[3] and appointed Schlarman as apostolic administrator of the diocese until the installation of his successor, Monsignor Ronald M. Gilmore.