Theodore H. Reverman
Theodore H. Reverman (August 9, 1877 – July 18, 1941) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who served as the fourth Bishop of the Diocese of Superior in Superior, Wisconsin from 1926 until his death in 1941. Biography. Early years and education. Theodore Henry Reverman was born in Louisville, Kentucky, to Theodore and Walburga Louise (née Haming) Reverman or Thomas and Louise Reverman. He attended St. Meinrad's College in Indiana for one year (1890–91) before entering Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, where he earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1897. He then  studied at the University of Innsbruck in Austria from 1897 to 1901. Ordination and ministry in Kentucky. He was ordained to the priesthood at Innsbruck, Austria on July 26, 1901, and consecrated as Bishop on November 20, 1926 in Louisville Kentucky's Cathedral of the Assumption. He furthered his studies in Rome, where he earned a Doctor of Canon Law degree from the Pontifical Gregorian University in 1903. Returning to Kentucky, he served as professor of theology at Preston Park Seminary in Louisville (1903–05) and pastor of St. Edward Church in Jeffersontown (1903–21). He was pastor of St. Francis of  Assisi Church in Louisville from 1921 to 1926. Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin. On July 2, 1926, Reverman was appointed the fourth Bishop of Superior, Wisconsin, by Pope Pius XI. He received his episcopal consecration on the following November 30 from Bishop John A. Floersh, with Bishops Joseph G. Pinten and Henry J. Althoff serving as co-consecrators. He died at his residence in Superior at age 63.