St. Lawrence Seminary High School - Notable Alumni

Notable Alumni

Since 1860 there have been over 5,000 alumni of the Convent Latin School, St. Lawrence College, St. Francis Brothers' School, and St. Lawrence Seminary. Over 1,500 have been priests. The 3,500 lay alumni have entered a great variety of professions, many have been in involved in active ministry in the Catholic Church.

• + Bishop Apollinaris W. Baumgartner O.F.M. Cap. (Apostolic Vicar of Agana, Guam) - William Baumgartner – 1916-19
• + Bishop Salvador Albert Schlaefer Berg, O.F.M. Cap. (Apostolic Vicar of Bluefields, Nicaragua) – 1938
• + Fr. Celestine Bittle, O.F.M. Cap. – Nicholas Bittle – 1897-1962; noted author and philosopher, military chaplain, and first principal of Messmer High School in Milwaukee
• + Msgr. Terence Brady (Bishop-Elect of Baker City, OR) – 1891-95
• Bishop Fabian Wendelin Bruskewitz (Bishop of Lincoln, NE) – 1949-53
• Bishop Octavio Cisneros (Auxiliary of Brooklyn, NY) – 1962-65
• + Mathias Durbin – 1862-67, first student whose name was recorded
• Bishop Raphael Michael Fliss (Ordinary of Superior, WI) – 1944-45
• + Fr. Clement Neubauer O.F.M. Cap. (Capuchin Minister General) - William Neubaur - 1908-10
• + Archbishop John F. Noll (Ordinary of Ft. Wayne, IN) – 1888-93
• Bishop Joseph Nathaniel Perry (Auxiliary Chicago, IL) – 1963-66
• + Archbishop Henry P. Rohlman (Ordinary of Dubuque, IA) – 1892-96
• + George N. Shuster - 1907-11, noted author, professor at University of Notre Dame, president of Hunter College
• Bishop David Albin Zywiec Sidor, O.F.M. Cap. (Auxiliary of Bluefields, Nicaragua) – David Zywiec – 1961-65
• Bishop Pablo Ervin Schmitz Simon, O.F.M. Cap. (Ordinary of Bluefields, Nicaragua) – Paul Schmitz – 1958-62
• + Fr. Lawrence Vorwerk, O.F.M. Cap. – Dietrich A. Vorwerk – 1862-64, earliest student to become a Capuchin
• + Fr. Antonine Wilmer, O.F.M. Cap. – Henry Wilmer – 1872-77, served as Rector of St. Lawrence, Provincial Minister, Definitor General, and Rector of the College in Rome