Francis Augustine Thill

Most Rev. Francis Augustine Thill
Bishop of Salina
Church	Roman Catholic Church
See	Salina
In office	November 15, 1938—May 21, 1957
Predecessor	Francis Joseph Tief
Successor	Frederick William Freking
Orders
Ordination	February 28, 1920
Consecration	October 28, 1938
Personal details
Born	(1881-03-07)March 7, 1881 Dayton, Ohio
Died	September 22, 1965(1965-09-22) (aged 84) Salina, Kansas

Francis Augustine Thill (October 12, 1893—May 21, 1957) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Salina from 1938 until his death in 1957.

Biography

Francis Thill was born in Dayton, Ohio, to Bernard and Margaret (née Schele) Thill.^[1] After attending the University of Dayton, he entered Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West at Cincinnati in 1914. As a seminarian he established and organized the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade to aid missionaries in foreign fields.^[1] Thill was ordained to the priesthood by Archbishop Henry K. Moeller on February 28, 1920.^[2] He then furthered his studies at the Pontifical University of St. Thomas Aquinas, Angelicum in Rome, and toured American missionary outposts in the Orient.^[1] Upon his return, he served as professor of oratory at Mount St. Mary's, and became chancellor of the Cincinnati Archdiocese (1935) and Domestic Prelate of His Holiness (1937).^[1]

On August 26, 1938, Thill was appointed the fourth Bishop of Concordia, Kansas, by Pope Pius XI.^[2] He received his episcopal consecration on the following October 28 from Archbishop John T. McNicholas, O.P., with Archbishops Francis Beckman and Urban Vehr serving as co-consecrators, at St. Monica's Cathedral in Cincinnati.^[2] He was installed by Archbishop John J. Glennon in Concordia on November 15, 1938.^[1] Despite the lingering effects of the Great Depression, Thill managed to liquidate the dicoese's debt of nearly a quarter of a million dollars in late 1942.^[1] On December 23, 1944, the episcopal see was moved from Concordia to Salina,^[3] much to the chagrin of local Catholics.^[1]

During his tenure, he also laid the cornerstone for Sacred Heart Cathedral on June 4, 1951 and later dedicated it on June 6, 1953.^[1] He erected or remodeled twenty-five churches, ten schools, eleven rectories, nine convents, and six chapels.^[1] He ordained thirty-five priests and founded the Catholic Youth Organization of Concordia in 1939.^[1]

Thill later died at age 63.^[2] He is buried at Mount Calvary Cemetery in Salina.^[1]

References

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Bishop Francis A. Thill: 1938-1957". Roman Catholic Diocese of Salina.
1 2 3 4 "Bishop Francis Augustine Thill". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.
↑ "Diocese of Salina". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

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Preceded by Francis Joseph Tief	Bishop of Salina 1938–1957	Succeeded by Frederick William Freking

Diocese of Salina

Ordinaries	Bishops of Concordia Richard Scannell John Francis Cunningham Francis Joseph Tief Bishops of Salina Francis Augustine Thill Frederick William Freking Cyril John Vogel Daniel Kucera George Kinzie Fitzsimons Paul Stagg Coakley Edward Weisenburger

Churches	Cathedral Sacred Heart Cathedral Parishes St. John the Baptist Church, Beloit St. Joseph Church, Damar St. Joseph's Church, Hays Seven Dolors Church, Manhattan Basilica of St. Fidelis, Victoria

Education	High Schools Sacred Heart High School, Salina St. John's Catholic High School, Beloit St. Xavier High School, Junction City Thomas More Prep-Marian, Hays Tipton Catholic High School, Tipton Former Marymount College

Miscellany	Nazareth Convent and Academy

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Bishop	Edward Fenwick

Archbishops	John Baptist Purcell William Henry Elder Henry K. Moeller John T. McNicholas Karl Joseph Alter Paul Francis Leibold Joseph Bernardin Daniel Edward Pilarczyk Dennis Marion Schnurr

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Cathedral	Saint Peter in Chains Cathedral

Parishes	Cincinnati Church of the Annunciation Immaculata Church Old St. Mary's Church St. Francis De Sales Church Saint Francis Seraph Church St. Francis Xavier Church St. Lawrence Church St. Pius X Church St. Rose Church Dayton Holy Cross Church Sacred Heart Church St. Adalbert Church St. Mary's Church Springfield St. Joseph's Church St. Raphael's Church Other Immaculate Conception Church, Botkins St. Aloysius Church, Carthagena Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary Church, Cassella Immaculate Conception Church, Celina Precious Blood Church, Chickasaw St. Joseph's Church, Egypt Holy Family Church, Frenchtown St. John's Church, Fryburg St. Patrick's Church, Glynwood St. John the Baptist Church, Maria Stein Sacred Heart Church, McCartyville St. Michael's Church, Mechanicsburg St. Augustine's Church, Minster St. Louis Church, North Star St. Nicholas Church, Osgood St. Anthony's Church, Padua St. Remy's Church, Russia St. Henry's Church, St. Henry Holy Rosary Church, St. Marys St. Rose's Church, St. Rose St. Sebastian's Church, Sebastian St. Joseph's Church, Wapakoneta

Former parishes	All Saints Church, Cincinnati Holy Trinity Church, Cincinnati St. Augustine Church, Cincinnati St. George's Church, Cincinnati St. Michael the Archangel Church, Cincinnati St. Paul Church, Cincinnati St. Philomena's Church, Cincinnati St. Patrick's Church, St. Patrick

Shrine	Shrine of the Holy Relics

Education in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati

Higher education	Chatfield College University of Dayton Edgecliff College Mount St. Joseph University Xavier University

Seminary	Athenaeum of Ohio – Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West

High schools	Cincinnati DePaul Cristo Rey High School Elder High School La Salle High School McAuley High School Archbishop McNicholas High School Mother of Mercy High School Purcell Marian High School Seton High School St. Ursula Academy St. Xavier High School Summit Country Day School Ursuline Academy Dayton Carroll High School Chaminade-Julienne High School Other Archbishop Alter High School, Kettering Father Stephen T. Badin High School, Hamilton Catholic Central School, Springfield Bishop Fenwick High School, Franklin Lehman Catholic High School, Sidney Moeller High School, Kenwood Mount Notre Dame High School, Reading Royalmont Academy, Mason Roger Bacon High School, St. Bernard St. Rita School for the Deaf, Evendale

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Auxiliary bishops	Sylvester Horton Rosecrans Joseph H. Albers George John Rehring Paul Francis Leibold Edward A. McCarthy Nicholas Elko Daniel Edward Pilarczyk James Henry Garland Carl K. Moeddel Joseph R. Binzer

Priests	John Martin Henni Edward Fitzgerald Clarence George Issenmann Henry Damian Juncker Joshua Maria Young John Baptist Lamy James Frederick Wood John Henry Luers Caspar Henry Borgess Richard Gilmour John Quinlan Augustus Toebbe Joseph Gregory Dwenger Henry Richter Francis Beckman Urban John Vehr Francis Augustine Thill Anthony John King Mussio John Joseph Kaising Robert Daniel Conlon Michael William Warfel

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