bishop, he led the diocese through the nationalist controversies within the American Catholic community, and founded several charitable institutions and hospitals. He was known for being helpful to men wanting to enter seminary and women wanting to join religious orders.In 1900, Eis travelled to Rome, meeting with Leo XIII at the Vatican. Retirement and legacy On July 8, 1922, Pope Pius XI accepted Eis' resignation as bishop of the Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie and Marquette and appointed him as titular bishop of Bita and an assistant at the pontifical throne. Frederick Eis died in Marquette on May 5, 1926, at age 83. He is buried in the bishops' crypt at St. Peter Cathedral. Notes 1843 births 1926 deaths People from Vulkaneifel German emigrants to the United States 20th-century Roman Catholic bishops in the United States Roman Catholic bishops of Marquette Burials at St. Peter Cathedral (Marquette, Michigan) People from the Rhine Province People from Marshfield, Fond du Lac County, Wisconsin Catholics from Wisconsin