Walter Joseph Schoenherr

The Most Reverend

Walter J. Schoenherr
The Most Reverend; Walter J. Schoenherr
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
Church	Catholic Church
See	Titular See of Timidana
Appointed	March 8, 1968
In office	May 1, 1968 – March 7, 1995
Orders
Ordination	October 27, 1945; by Edward Mooney
Consecration	March 8, 1968; by John Francis Dearden
Personal details
Born	February 28, 1920; Center Line, Michigan
Died	April 27, 2007 (aged 87); Livonia, Michigan

Walter Joseph Schoenherr (February 28, 1920 – April 27, 2007) was an American bishop of the Catholic Church. He served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit from 1968 until 1995.

Biography

Born in Center Line, Michigan, Schoenherr was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Detroit on October 27, 1945. On March 8, 1968, Pope Paul VI appointed him as the Titular Bishop of Timidana and Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit. He was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop John Dearden on May 1, 1968. The principal co-consecrators were Bishop Alexander M. Zaleski of Lansing and Detroit auxiliary bishop Joseph M. Breitenbeck. Schoenherr continued to serve as an auxiliary bishop until his resignation was accepted by Pope John Paul II on March 7, 1995. He died April 27, 2007, at the age of 87.^[1]^[2]

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^ "Bishops Consecrated in a.d. 1968". Giga-Catholic. Retrieved February 5, 2014.

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