Joseph John Annabring

Joseph John Annabring was a prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the seventh bishop of the Diocese of Superior in Wisconsin.

Biography

Joseph Annabring was born on March 19, 1900, in Szataryliget in what was then Austria-Hungary to Joseph and Elizabeth AnnabringThe family emigrated to the United States in 1903, buying a dairy farm in Turtle Lake, Wisconsin.After attending public elementary schools, Joseph Annabring decided to become a priest. At age 15, he enter St. Francis de Sales Seminary in Milwaukee. Annabring then went to the Grand Seminary in Montreal, Quebec, to study philosophy. His final studies were at St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota for theology.

Annabring was ordained to the priesthood in Superior, Wisconsin, for the Diocese of Superior on May 3, 1927 by Bishop Theodore Henry Reverman. After his ordination, the diocese assigned Annabring as assistant pastor at the Cathedral of Christ the King Parish. He also taught science and religion at the Cathedral High School and served as its athletic director. Annabring was named superintendent of the diocesans schools in 1934.

On January 27, 1954, Pope Pius XII appointed Annabring as bishop of Superior. He was consecrated at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Superior, on March 25, 1954.
Annabring died on August 27, 1959, in Superior.