Louis Mary Fink

Louis Mary Fink, O.S.B., (July 12, 1834 – March 17, 1904) was a German-born Benedictine monk and prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He was the first Bishop of Leavenworth (1877–1904).

Biography He was born Michael Fink in the village of Triftersberg, now part of the town of Roding, Bavaria, to Peter and Barbara (née Hecht) Fink. He received his classical training at the gymnasium and Latin school in Regensburg. He made his profession as a monk on January 6, 1854, taking the religious name of Louis Mary.

Fink first labored as a missionary in Bellefonte and in Newark, New Jersey. He soon reopened Benedictine College, which had closed the previous year due to lack of funding. By the time of his death, there were 110 priests, 100 churches, 13 stations and chapels, 37 parochial schools, and roughly 35,000 Roman Catholics.

Fink died at age 69 in 1904. He was interred at Convent Cemetery in Leavenworth.