Leo Ferdinand Dworschak
Leo Ferdinand Dworschak was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Fargo in North Dakota from 1960 to 1970. He previously served as auxiliary bishop of the same diocese from 1947 to 1960 and as coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City in South Dakota from 1946 to 1947.
Biography
Leo Dworschak was born on April 6, 1900, in Independence, Wisconsin. His father was a Czech immigrant from around Neuhaus in what was then Austria-Hungary. Leo Dworschak was ordained to the priesthood in Collegeville, Minnesota, for the Diocese of Fargo on May 29, 1926, by Bishop Joseph Francis Busch.Coadjutor Bishop of Rapid City
On June 22, 1946, Pope Pius XII appointed Dworschak as titular bishop of Tium and coadjutor bishop of the Diocese of Rapid City. He was consecrated bishop on August 22, 1946 at the Cathedral of Saint Mary in Fargo by Cardinal Amleto Giovanni Cicognani.Auxiliary Bishop and Bishop of Fargo
On April 10, 1947, Pope Pius XII appointed Dworschak as the auxiliary bishop of the Fargo Diocese, where he was serving apostolic administrator, while Bishop Aloisius Muench was the apostolic visitor in Germany. On February 23, 1960, Pope John XXIII appointed Dworschak the fourth bishop of the Diocese of Fargo.Pope Paul VI accepted Dworschak's retirement as bishop of Fargo on September 8, 1970 and named him as titular bishop of Meta. Leo Dworschak died in Fargo on November 5, 1976, at age 76.