Stanley Girard Schlarman

Stanley Girard Schlarman (July 27, 1933 – April 28, 2025) was an American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Dodge City in Kansas from 1983 to 1998 and as an auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Belleville in Illinois from 1979 to 1983.

Biography

Early life Stanley Schlarman was born on July 27, 1933, in Belleville, Illinois, to Cletus and Dorothy (née Lindow) Schlarman. His great-uncle, Bishop Joseph H. Schlarman, served as bishop of the Bishop of Peoria from 1930 to 1951. Stanley Schlarman attended St. Henry's Preparatory Seminary in Belleville before furthering his studies at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome. After returning to Illinois, Schlarman served as a teacher, guidance counselor, and principal at Mater Dei High School in Breese, Illinois.

Episcopal career Auxiliary Bishop of Belleville On March 13, 1979, Pope John Paul II appointed Schlarman as an auxiliary bishop of Belleville and titular bishop of Capreae. He was consecrated on May 14, 1979, by Bishop William Cosgrove, with Bishops Albert Zuroweste and Philip Murphy serving as co-consecrators, at the Cathedral of Saint Peter in Belleville, Illinois. and appointed Schlarman as apostolic administrator of the diocese until the installation of his successor, Monsignor Ronald M. Gilmore. On June 2, 2015, Schlarman resigned as vicar general for the diocese.

In 2003, Schlarman was appointed vicar for priests at Joliet Correctional Center in Joliet, Illinois. In 2006, he assumed the same role at Menard Correctional Center in Chester, Illinois.