Egidius Jünger , also spelled Aegidius Jünger (April 6, 1833 – December 26, 1895), was a German -born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church . He served as bishop of the Diocese of Nesqually in the Washington Territory in the United States from 1879 until his death in 1895.
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10-654: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Egidius Junger Egidius Jünger was born on April 6, 1833, in Burtscheid in Rhenish Prussia (in what is today Germany). He received his early education at the schools of Burtscheid and made his classical studies at the gymnasium of Aachen . In 1853, Jünger entered the Catholic University of Leuven in Leuven, Belgium. Jünger
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20-471: The number of priests and parishes and the number of nuns in the region increased from about 60 to 286. Under Jünger's leadership, a large cathedral was built in Vancouver, Washington , in 1888 to replace the old wooden church built in 1846 by Bishops François Norbert Blanchet and Modeste Demers , but the $ 50,000 financial debt the project created weighed upon him. A contemporary account described Jünger as
25-827: Was ordained to the priesthood in Mechelen, Belgium on June 27, 1862. He came to the United States as a missionary in October of that year, being stationed at Walla Walla, Washington . He became rector of St. James Cathedral in Vancouver, Washington , in 1864. On August 6, 1879, Jünger was appointed the second Bishop of Nesqually by Pope Leo XIII . He received his episcopal consecration on October 28,1879, from Archbishop François Blanchet in Oregon City, Oregon . The diocese experienced considerable growth under his administration, including an increase in
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