Early life and education Paul Rhode was born in
Neustadt in the
Kingdom of Prussia,
German Empire (now part of Poland) to Augustin and Krystyna Rhode. Augustin died in Prussia while Paul Rhode was a young boy. When he was age nine, his family immigrated to the United States in the
Kashubian diaspora, settling in
Chicago,
Illinois. Rhode was first educated at
St. Mary's College in Hardin's Creek, Kentucky. He then attended
St. Ignatius College in Chicago, where he completed his classical and philosophical studies. Rhode completed his theological studies at
St. Francis Seminary in St. Francis, Wisconsin. His first assignment was as a
curate at
St. Adalbert Parish in Chicago, where he remained for two years. He was named pastor of
St. Michael Parish in
South Chicago in 1897. On May 22, 1908, Rhode was appointed
auxiliary bishop of Chicago and
titular bishop of
Barca by
Pope Pius X. Paul Rhode died at Mercy Hospital in
Oshkosh, Wisconsin, on March 3, 1945, at age 73. ==See also==