Messmer, Sebastian G. (Sebastian Gebhard), 1847-1930 (Autor Personal)

England, J. The works of the Right Reverend ... [MI] 1908: t.p. (The Most Reverend Sebastian G. Messmer; Archbp. of Milwaukee)

OCLC database, 8/18/92 (hdg.: Messmer, Sebastian Gebhard, abp., 1847-1930; usage: S.G. Messmer)

Archdiocese of Milwaukee website, viewed Oct. 27, 2016: Former archbishops (Archbishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer; Most Reverend Sebastian Gebhard Messmer, D.D., D.C.L., 1903-1930; Sebastian Gebhard Messmer was born on August 29, 1847, in Goldach, Switzerland and was the last European-born Archbishop of Milwaukee; Messmer studied at the University of Innsbruck, Austria, and was ordained a priest on July 23, 1871, in Innsbruck. He came to the United States to serve on the faculty of Seton Hall College in South Orange, New Jersey in the Newark diocese; in 1891 [he was nominated] to succeed Bishop Katzer as the Bishop of Green Bay. He served there for nearly 13 years until he was appointed to succeed Katzer again, this time as archbishop of Milwaukee on November 28, 1903; He became associated with the American Federation of Catholic Societies, a group seeking to present American society with a united front on Catholic issues; He died on August 4, 1930, while visiting his beloved native Switzerland and was buried there in Goldach)

Devivier, W. Christian apologetics, 1903: t.p. (edited by S. G. Messmer)