Jerome J. Hastrich – Wikipedia

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Jerome Joseph Hastrich

Installed August 25, 1969
Term ended March 31, 1990
Predecessor Bernard T. Espelage
Successor Donald Edmond Pelotte
Other post(s) Auxiliary Bishop of Madison
(1963–1969)
Titular Bishop of Gurza
(1963–1995)
Ordination February 9, 1941
Consecration September 3, 1963
Born

Jerome Joseph Hastrich

(1914-11-13)November 13, 1914

Died May 12, 1995(1995-05-12) (aged 80)
Gallup, New Mexico, US
Denomination Catholic Church

Jerome Joseph Hastrich (November 13, 1914 – May 12, 1995) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the second bishop of the Diocese of Gallup in New Mexico from 1969 to 1990. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Madison in Wisconsin from 1963 to 1969.

Biography[edit]

Early life[edit]

Jerome Hastrich was born on November 13, 1914, in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.[1][2] He was ordained to the priesthood on February 9, 1941, for the Archdiocese of Milwaukee.[1][2] On December 22, 1945, Hastrich was incardinated into the newly created Diocese of Madison.

Auxiliary Bishop of Madison[edit]

On July 25, 1963, Pope Paul VI appointed Hastrich as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Madison and titular bishop of Gurza. He was consecrated bishop on September 3, 1963.[1][2]

Bishop of Gallup[edit]

On August 25, 1969, Paul VI appointed Hastrich as bishop of the Diocese of Gallup .[1][2] On March 31, 1990, Pope John Paul II accepted Hastrich’s resignation as bishop of Gallup.[3] Jerome Hastrich died in Gallup on May 12, 1995.