Augustus Toebbe

German-born American prelate

Augustus Toebbe
Bishop of Covington

Church	Catholic Church
Diocese	Diocese of Covington
Appointed	September 24, 1869
Term ended	May 2, 1884 (his death)
Predecessor	George Aloysius Carrell
Successor	Camillus Paul Maes
Orders
Ordination	September 14, 1854 by John Baptist Purcell
Consecration	January 9, 1870 by Sylvester Horton Rosecrans
Personal details
Born	(1829-01-15)January 15, 1829 Meppen, Germany
Died	May 2, 1884(1884-05-02) (aged 55) Covington, Kentucky

Augustus Maria Bernard Anthony John Gebhard Toebbe (January 15, 1829 – May 2, 1884) was a German-born American prelate of the Catholic Church. He was the second Bishop of Covington, serving from 1869 until his death in 1884.

Early life and priesthood

Augustus Toebbe was born at Meppen, in the Kingdom of Hanover, on January 15, 1829.^[1] He was the son of Heinrich Toebbe, a prominent innskeeper, and Maria Balte.^[2] He entered the gymnasium at Meppen in 1838 and began preparing for a business career. He graduated from the gymnasium in 1847 and followed commercial pursuits until 1852, when he decided to enter the priesthood and work in the American missions.^[2]

Upon arriving in the United States, he was received into the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and completed his theological studies at Mount St. Mary's Seminary of the West.^[3] He was ordained a priest on September 14, 1854, by Archbishop John Baptist Purcell.^[4] His first assignment was to St. Peter's Church in New Richmond, which included mission stations in Columbia and Ripley.

After spending two years at St. Boniface's Church in Cincinnati, he was made assistant pastor (1857) and then pastor (1865) of St. Philomena's Church in Cincinnati.^[1] In 1866 he served on the council of theologians for the second Plenary Council of Baltimore.^[3]

Bishop of Covington

On September 24, 1869, Toebbe was appointed Bishop of Covington in Kentucky by Pope Pius IX.^[4] He received his episcopal consecration on January 9, 1870, from Bishop Sylvester Horton Rosecrans of Columbus, with Bishops John Luers and William George McCloskey serving as co-consecrators, at St. Philomena's Church.^[4]

He opened a boys' orphanage in Cold Spring in 1870, erected a hospital in Lexington in 1874, and established a diocesan seminary in 1879. He also introduced the Sisters of Notre Dame and the Sisters of the Good Shepherd into the diocese. In his 14 years as bishop, he oversaw an increase of the diocese's Catholic population to 40,000 people, the number of churches to 52, and the number of priests to 56.^[1]

Toebbe died on May 2, 1884, at age 55. He was buried in the crypt of St. Mary Cathedral but his remains were later moved to St. Mary Cemetery in Fort Mitchell.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c Clarke, Richard Henry (1888). Lives of the Deceased Bishops of the Catholic Church in the United States. Vol. III. R. H. Clarke.
^ ^a ^b Ryan, Paul E. (1954). History of the Diocese of Covington, Kentucky.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Most Rev. Augustus Maria Toebbe, D.D." Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Bishop Augustus Maria Bernard Anthony John Gebhard Toebbe". Catholic-Hierarchy.org.

Episcopal succession

Catholic Church titles
Preceded by George Aloysius Carrell	Bishop of Covington 1869—1884	Succeeded by Camillus Paul Maes

Roman Catholic Diocese of Covington

Ordinaries

Bishops: George Aloysius Carrell; Augustus Toebbe; Camillus Paul Maes; Ferdinand Brossart; Francis William Howard; William Theodore Mulloy; Richard Henry Ackerman; William Anthony Hughes; Robert William Muench; Roger Joseph Foys; John Iffert

Churches

Cathedral: Cathedral Basilica of the Assumption

Parishes: Mary, Queen of Heaven, Erlanger; Mother of God Roman Catholic Church, Covington; Saint John the Baptist, Wilder

Retreat center, convent: St. Anne Convent, Melbourne

Education

Colleges: Thomas More University, Crestview Hills

High schools: Bishop Brossart High School, Alexandria; Covington Catholic High School, Park Hills (all boys); Covington Latin School, Covington; Holy Cross High School, Covington; Newport Central Catholic High School, Newport; Notre Dame Academy, Park Hills (all girls); St. Henry District High School, Erlanger; St. Patrick's High School, Maysville; Villa Madonna Academy, Villa Hills

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v t e Churches in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Cathedral	Cathedral Basilica of Saint Peter in Chains
Parishes	Cincinnati Church of the Annunciation Immaculata Church Old St. Mary's Church St. Aloysius on the Ohio 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 Our Lady of Victory Church, Delhi Township 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

v t e 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 Mercy McAuley High School Archbishop McNicholas 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

v t e Clergy of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati
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 Earl K. Fernandes