He held this post for five years, during which time one of his students was Vincenzo Gioacchino Pecci, who would go on to become Pope Leo XIII; another was Paul Cullen, who would become the Archbishop of Dublin and the first Irish cardinal. Kohlmann's inquisition of Pecci during the latter's public academic defense again caught the attention of the pope, who named him a consultor to the Congregation for Extraordinary Ecclesiastical Affairs and the Congregation of Bishops and Regulars. He also became a consultor to the staff of the College of Cardinals. Pope Gregory XVI promoted him within the curial staff to the position of Qualificator of the Inquisition and considered making him a cardinal. In 1830, he resigned and spent a year as spiritual director at the Roman College. Kohlmann retired to the Jesuit house attached to the Church of the Gesù in 1831, where he served as confessor, aided by his knowledge of several languages. In 1833, he met the future theologian Augustin Theiner; along with the future cardinal Karl-August von Reisach, Kohlmann influenced Theiner's decision to convert to Catholicism. By 1836, Kohlmann's health had begun to deteriorate, and he died on April 11, 1836. Kohlmann Hall at Fordham University was constructed in 1923 and named in his honor. Originally the headquarters of the Jesuit Order's New York province, it was later converted into the residence for Jesuits teaching at Fordham Preparatory School. Notes References Citations Sources Further reading Bibliography 1771 births 1836 deaths People from Kaysersberg-Vignoble Alsatian Jesuits Collège Saint-Michel alumni French military chaplains 19th-century French Jesuits 19th-century American Jesuits French Roman Catholic missionaries French expatriates in the United States Jesuit missionaries Jesuit theologians 19th-century French Catholic theologians People of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York Presidents of Gonzaga College High School Presidents of Georgetown University Academic staff of the Pontifical Gregorian University Roman Catholic missionaries in the United States Missionary educators Inquisitors