New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1919-07-02
REV. A. BERGHOLD
DIES IN AUSTRIA
,WELL-KEoWN NEW ULM PASTOR
DIED AT HIS OLD HOME
NOV. 20, 1918.
NEWS REACHES. CITY MONTHS
AFTER DEATH OWING TO
WAR CONDITIONS.

Rev. Alexander Berghold, for twenty
one years pastor Of TIE Holy Trinity
Catholic church of this city, died at
Moskirchen, Steiermark, Austria, No
vember 20, 1918, according to an.
announcement made by Rev. Robert
Schlinkert on Sunday. Owing to war
conditions, the news Of the death Of this
highly esteemed pioneer priest in this
part Of the state reached New Ulm more
than seven months after the actual
occurrence. It was conveyed to Rev
Schlinkert by a University Professor
at Freiburg, Switzerland, in answer
to an inquiry made several months ago.
The circumstances Of his death are not
known since the professors letter con-
tanned nothing beyond the statement
that Rev. Berghold died on the day
indicated above.
Requiem on Friday.
n A requiem mass will be sung next
Friday morning at half past eight
o'clock at the Catholic church. This
being the Fourth Of July a great number
of the parish members are expected to
be present.
Pioneer Priest.
Rev. Alexander Berghold was really
the pioneer missionary of this terri
tory as far west as the Dakotas. Sew
eral other missionary priests had been
in this territory before his arrival in
1868 but they remained only for a very
short time and he was the one who built
up. the different Catholic parishes in
New Ulm and vicinity. In New Ulm
he is remembered as one Of the founders
of the present parish. Under his Jul
risdiction the present church was built
and to certain extent the way was
prepared for the erection Of the other
buildings of the congregation, the school,
the hospital, the parsonage and the
sisters convent. Rev. Berghold left
New Ulm December Z, 1890.
Was 80 Years Old.
The deceased priest was born at St.
Margarethen on the Raab, Steiermark,
Austria, October Ia, 1888. Twenty
six years later he came to America,
landing in New York. He finished
his studies in the seminary at St. Paul
where he was ordained October 26,
the same year, by Bishop Thos. 4. Grace.
For five years he was pastor Of the
Catholic church at Belle PLANE, MINI.
He then came to New Ulm for which
place he had special liking. He him
self relates in Die Geschichte der hi.
Dreifaltig keitsgemeinde in New Ulm,
Minnesota" published on the occasion
of the Golden Jubilee celebration Of the
congregation, that while he was study
ing theology at Graz, Austria, he was
moved by the story Of the Indian massa-
ere at New Ulm Of 1862, which he read
in the German monthly magazine Die
Gartenlaube" Of Leipzig, to write novel
with the small Minnesota city and its
Indian troubles as the background.
AT that time he had no idea, he says,
that he ever would see New Ulm, or even
America. SSH 500
The career Of Rev. Berghold after he
left New Ulm December, z 1890. shows
several changes. After an extended
trip through California and Mexico he
became pastor at West New York.
Ia 1899 he was sent to Market, MINI,
where he was pastor for six years. Then
he was chaplain Of the German Orphan
Asylum at St. Paul and in the fall 81
1907 he left America for good, spending
the remaining days Of his life at Mos.
lkirchen, steiermark, Austria.
Rev. Gentle from Minneapolis spen,
the fore part Of the week M New UJhn,
He delivered . sermon at the Episcopal
church Sunday morning 81