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1535:Robert Brom
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970:(newspaper)
873:, La Crosse
387:at age 85.
329:serving as
274:in Winona,
74:Predecessor
1651:Categories
1530:Paul Breza
1411:Cathedrals
1326:Ordinaries
1221:Miscellany
1040:Ordinaries
704:Ordinaries
425:References
292:chancellor
217:Heron Lake
131:1913-08-11
99:Ordination
1617:Biography
1464:Education
1172:Education
1129:Cathedral
950:Felix Ley
851:Education
783:Cathedral
764:Auxiliary
385:La Crosse
377:emphysema
345:in 1962.
312:episcopal
280:La Moille
221:Minnesota
206:Biography
164:Education
84:Successor
66:In office
1426:Parishes
1405:Churches
1380:Leo Binz
1139:Parishes
1123:Churches
897:, Wausau
793:Parishes
777:Churches
391:See also
264:ordained
246:and the
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1523:Priests
1320:Bishops
1242:Priests
928:Priests
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379:at the
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94:Orders
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