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"John Francis Doerfler (born November 2, 1964) is an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church who serves as bishop of the Diocese of Marquette, Michigan. Biography=Early life and education Doerfler was born on November 2, 1964 to Henry and Germaine Mancl Doerfler in Appleton, Wisconsin. He attended Appleton West High School and graduated in 1983. He earned a B.A. in Philosophy and Classics at the College of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minnesota in 1987. He entered the seminary and was sent to the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome where he earned a Bachelor of Sacred Theology (S.T.B.) in 1990. In 1997, he was awarded a Licentiate in Canon Law (J.C.L.) from the Catholic University of America. Doerfler continued his studies at the Pontifical John Paul II Institute for Studies on Marriage and Family on the campus of the Catholic University of America receiving his Licentiate (S.T.L) and Doctorate (S.T.D) in Sacred Theology (1999 and 2008). Ordination and ministry On July 13, 1991, he was ordained a priest for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Father Doerfler’s first priestly assignment was as parochial vicar at St. John Nepomucene Parish in Little Chute, Wisconsin from 1991-1995. In next two years he earned his licentiate in canon law at The Catholic University of America. When he returned to Wisconsin, he was appointed defender of the bond for the Tribunal of the Diocese of Green Bay and at the same time parochial vicar of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Green Bay, while earning his licentiate in sacred theology from the John Paul II Institute for Marriage and the Family. He also worked as include assistant chancellor, judge for the Tribunal, chancellor, and vicar general, posts he has held from 2005 to 2013. Prior to his appointment as bishop of Marquette, he served as the chaplain to Legatus, a Catholic organization of lay business people, and a member of the Diocesan College of Consultors. Doerfler followed Cheyenne's Bishop David Ricken back to the Green Bay diocese in 2001 and eventually served as the vicar general. Bishop of Marquette On December 17, 2013, Pope Francis appointed Doerfler as the bishop of the Diocese of Marquette. He was consecrated the diocese's thirteenth bishop on February 11, 2014.Green Bay Priest Appointed Bishop of MarquetteBishop John Francis Doerfler He succeeded Alexander King Sample who was appointed archbishop of Portland, Oregon. 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 ReferencesExternal links *Roman Catholic Diocese Of Marquette Official Site Episcopal succession Category:1964 births Category:Living people Category:People from Appleton, Wisconsin Category:University of St. Thomas (Minnesota) alumni Category:Catholic University of America alumni Category:Pontifical Gregorian University alumni Category:American Roman Catholic bishops Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Marquette Category:21st-century Roman Catholic bishops Category:Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay Category:Catholics from Wisconsin "
"Sir Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay (7 April 1861 – 31 December 1932) was a British diplomat who had the difficult task of envoy to Norway during World War I. Career Findlay was educated at Harrow School and joined the Diplomatic Service as an Attaché in 1885. He served at Stockholm, Constantinople, Vienna, Buenos Aires and Belgrade. He was Minister Resident at Dresden and Coburg 1907–09, and Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary at Sofia 1909–11 and at Christiania 1911–23, including the important period of World War I. :Christiania, which up till 1914 was an extremely pleasant post for a Minister who happened to be fond of fishing, became, on the outbreak of the War, one of intense and arduous difficulty. The problem that increasingly dominated Findlay's work was the double problem of the blockade of Germany and the passage of goods in transit to Russia. The normal difficulties of exercising control over the imports into neutral countries so as to ensure that a surplus over and above their own needs did not go on to fatten Germany, a control that was resisted by all the neutrals and took years to perfect, were enormously increased in the Scandinavian countries by the fact, little realized by critics, that pressure by Great Britain was apt to provoke interference in the free transit to Russia of arms, munitions, and other essential war supplies. Findlay in Christiania, like Howard in Stockholm, had to act with the greatest circumspection, and in his multifarious negotiations with the Norwegian Government, trade trusts, and individual firms, had to contrive to get the maximum harm done to German interests with the minimum harm to Russian and Allied interests. The full effect of his work was understood by few people outside the Contraband Department of the Foreign Office. It was certainly not understood by the general public. — The Times, 2 January 1933 R. H. Bruce Lockhart described Findlay as "one of the tallest Englishmen in the world and certainly the tallest man in diplomacy. He was a good organiser and, aided by Charles Brudenell-Bruce, ran his huge Legation (Christiania, in peace time a diplomatic backwater, had, owing to the blockade, the largest staff of any Legation or Embassy during the war) with great efficiency."R.H. Bruce Lockhart, Memoirs of a British Agent, Putnam, London, 1932 In October 1914 Sir Roger Casement, an Irish nationalist, travelled to Germany via Norway with a companion named Adler Christensen. Accounts of what happened in Christiania differ. Casement's version was that Christensen was taken to the British legation and that Findlay offered him a reward if Casement was "knocked on the head".Charles Curry (ed.), Sir Roger Casement's diaries: His mission to Germany and the Findlay affair (1922) pp.41-54 However, his version is contradicted by documents released years later by the British security services.Angus Mitchell, Casement, (Haus Publishing, 2003) pp.98-100 British records suggest that Christensen approached the British Legation voluntarily with a plan to betray Casement, was given a small amount of money, and was offered a large amount for information that would lead to Casement's capture.Handwritten statement by Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay, H.B.M. Minister, British Legation at Christiania, Norway promising to pay Adler Christensen the sum of £5,000 for the provision of information that would lead to the capture of Roger Casement, University College Dublin Digital Library Honours Mansfeldt Findlay was appointed CMG in 1904, CB in 1908, knighted KCMG in 1916 and given the additional knighthood of GBE in 1924 on his retirement. The King of Norway awarded him the Grand Cross of the Order of St Olaf. References *FINDLAY, Sir Mansfeldt de Cardonnel, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 *Obituary: Sir M. De C. Findlay, The Times, London, 2 January 1933, page 14 External links Mansfeldt de Cardonnel Findlay, British Library catalogue Category:1861 births Category:1932 deaths Category:People educated at Harrow School Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Bulgaria Category:Ambassadors of the United Kingdom to Norway Category:Knights Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire Category:Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Category:Companions of the Order of the Bath "
"Styrax americanus, the American snowbell or mock-orange, is a plant species native to the southeastern United States and the Ohio Valley. It has been reported from Texas and Florida to Virginia and Missouri. It generally grows in swamps and on floodplains and in other wet locations.Flora of North America v 8 p 342.Godfrey, R. K. & J. W. Wooten. 1981. Aquatic and Wetland Plants of Southeastern United States Dicotyledons. 1–944. University of Georgia Press, Athens. Styrax americanus is native to the eastern United States Styrax americanus is a shrub or small tree up to 5 m (17 feet) tall. Leaves are elliptic to ovate, up to 10 cm (4 inches) long. Flowers are borne in the axils of some of the leaves.Lamarck, Jean Baptiste Antoine Pierre de Monnet de. Encyclopédie Méthodique, Botanique 1(1): 82. 1783.Correll, D. S. & M. C. Johnston. 1970. Manual of the Vascular Plants of Texas i–xv, 1–1881. The University of Texas at Dallas, Richardson.Wunderlin, R. P. 1998. Guide to the Vascular Plants of Florida i–x, 1–806. University Press of Florida, Gainesville. Two varieties of this species exist: * Styrax americanus var. americanus (American snowbell) common to swamp forests and wet habitats ranging from West Virginia south to Florida and west to Texas and Missouri. * Styrax americanus var. pulverulentus (downy American snowbell) common to wet pine flatwoods ranging from South Carolina south to Florida and west to Texas and Missouri. References americanus Category:Flora of the United States "