of the seminary. Bishop of La Crosse On June 14, 1881, Flasch was appointed the second bishop of the Diocese of La Crosse by Pope Leo XIII. He received his episcopal consecration on August 24, 1881, from Archbishop Michael Heiss, with Bishops Francis Krautbauer and Rupert Seidenbusch serving as co-consecrators, at the chapel of St. Francis Seminary. He was installed on September 1. Flasch made his first ad limina visit to Rome in 1883. He attended the Third Plenary Council of Baltimore in 1884, serving as a member of the Committee on Schools. An outspoken supporter of Catholic education, he established 36 new schools during his tenure and, at the Plenary Council, unsuccessfully sought to require Catholic parents to send their children to parochial schools. However, he originally opposed creating a national Catholic university but later served on the Board of Trustees for the Catholic University of America. He presided over the second diocesan synod of La Crosse in 1887, and created over 60 new parishes. Because of his poor health, Flasch traveled to Chatawa, Mississippi, in March 1891 to recuperate. The trip proved unsuccessful and Kilian Flasch returned to La Crosse, where he died on August 3, 1891, at age 60. He was originally buried in the Catholic Cemetery Chapel, but his remains were later transferred to the Cathedral of St. Joseph the Workman in LaCrosse. See also Catholic Church hierarchy Catholic Church in the United States Historical list of the Catholic bishops of the United States List of Catholic bishops of the United States Lists of patriarchs, archbishops, and bishops References External links Roman Catholic Diocese of La Crosse German Roman Catholic bishops in North America People from La Crosse, Wisconsin 19th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Roman Catholic bishops of La Crosse University of Notre Dame alumni Catholic University of America trustees 1837 births 1891 deaths People from Elm Grove, Wisconsin People from Fond du Lac, Wisconsin