SHP-Provincials

Leaders of Sacred Heart Province
1858 to the Present

V. R. Fr. Gregory Janknecht

Provincial of Holy Cross Province in Germany
Born: September 28, 1829
Joined the friars in 1850
Ordained a priest in 1853
Elected Provincial in 1855 - age of 26
Was elected Provincial three different times and served a term as Definitor General.
Provincial who sent the friars to establish Sacred Heart Province

1858-1860 V.R. Fr. Damian Hennewig, O.F.M. - Mission Superior

1860-1862 V.R. Fr. Ferdinand Bergmeyer, O.F.M. - Delegate Provincial

1862-1864 V.R. Fr. Mathias Hilterman, O.F.M. - First Commissary Provincial

1864-1869 V.R. Fr. Killian Schlosser, O.F.M.

1869-1879 V.R. Fr. Maurice Klostermann, O.F.M.

1879-1885 V.R. Fr. Vincent Halbfas, O.F.M. - First Provincial Minister

1885-1888 V.R. Fr. Maurice Klostermann, O.F.M.

1888-1891 V.R. Fr. Ferdinand Bergmeyer, O.F.M.

1891-1897 V.R. Fr. Michael Richardt, O.F.M.

1897-1900 V.R. Fr. Theodore Arentz, O.F.M.

1900-1906 V.R. Fr. Hugolinus, Storff, O.F.M.

1906-1909 V.R. Fr. Cyprian Banscheid, O.F.M.

1909-1914 V.R. Fr. Benedict Schmidt, O.F.M.

Was in Rome from November 1914

Elected Definitor General - May 22, 1915

1914-1915 V.R. Fr. Leonard Neukirchen, O.F.M.

Delegate Provincial, elected Vicar Provincial May 22, 1915

1915-1921 V.R. Fr. Samuel Macke, O.F.M.

1921-1927 V.R. Fr. Martin Strub, O.F.M.

1927-1933 V.R. Fr. Vincent Schrempp, O.F.M.

1933-1939 V.R. Fr. Optatus Loeffler, O.F.M.

1939-1941 V.R. Fr. Vincent Schremp, O.F.M.

Died May 31, 1941 - suffered a heart attack while celebrating Mass.

1941-1948 V.R. Fr. Wenceslaus Krzycki, O.F.M.

Vicar Provincial, elected Provincial - July 8, 1941

1948-1949 V.R. Fr. Juvenal Emanuel, O.F.M.

Died January 3, 1949 - found dead in his room in the morning.

1949-1954 V.R. Fr. Eligius Weir, O.F.M.

Vicar Provincial, elected Provincial - July 11, 1951

1954-1960 V.R. Fr. Pius Barth, O.F.M.

1960-1966 V.R. Fr. Dominic Limacher, O.F.M.

1966-1969 V.R. Fr. Germain Schwab, O.F.M.

Died May 31, 1969 in an automobile accident.

1969-1978 V.R. Fr. Vitus Duchinsky, O.F.M.

Vicar Provincial, elected Provincial - November, 1969

1978-1987 V.R. Fr. Dismas Bonner, O.F.M.

1987-1991 V.R. Fr. Robert Karris, O.F.M.

Elected Definitor General - July, 1991

1991 V.R. Fr. John Sullivan, O.F.M. - July/August 1991

1991-1999 V.R. Fr. Kurt Hartrich, O.F.M.

Elected Provincial - August, 1991
1999- V.R. Fr. John Doctor, O.F.M.

Friars who served as Definitor General:

1895-1897 V.R. Fr. Anselm Mueller, O.F.M.

1951-1957 V.R. Fr. Vincent Fochtman, O.F.M.

1991-1997 V.R. Fr. Robert Karris, O.F.M.

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