Christian Herman Winkelmann

Christian Herman Winkelmann was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Roman [Catholic Diocese of Wichita|bishop of Wichita] in Kansas from 1940 to 1946. He previously served as an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of St. Louis in Missouri from 1933 to 1940.

Biography

Christian Winkelmann was born on September 12, 1883, in St. Louis, Missouri, to John and Anna Winkelmann. He attended St. Francis Solanus College in Quincy, Illinois, then returned to Missouri to enter Kenrick Seminary in St. Louis.

Winkelmann was ordained to the priesthood in St. Louis by Archbishop John Joseph Glennon for the Archdiocese of St. Louis on June 11, 1907. After his ordination, the archdiocese assigned Winkelmann as curate at St. Peter's Parish in St. Charles, Missouri. In 1922, he was named pastor of Sacred Heart Parish in Rich Fountain, Missouri. Winkelmann served as pastor of St. [Francis de Sales Church |St. Francis de Sales Parish] in St. Louis from 1929 to 1939.

On September 13, 1933, Winkelmann was appointed the first auxiliary bishop of St. Louis and titular bishop of Sita by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration at Cathedral [Basilica of Saint Louis |Saint Louis Cathedral] on November 30, 1933, from Glennon, with Bishops Thomas Lillis and Francis Johannes serving as co-consecrators.

Following the death of Bishop Augustus Schwertner, Winkelmann was named the third bishop of Wichita by Pope Pius XII on December 27, 1939. He was installed at Wichita on March 5, 1940.
Christian Winkelmann died in Wichita on November 19, 1946, at age 63.