Father Anselm Clemens, C.P., St. Paul of the Cross Province (1863-1900)

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Born in Louisville, Kentucky on January 18, 1863 he entered the Passionists in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on July 1, 1881 and professed his vows in 1882. He was ordained a priest on October 26, 1890 and worked in several Passionist parishes which included Holy Cross in Cincinnati and St. Michael’s in Pittsburgh. While there he built St. Ann’s Church at Castle Shannon, Pennsylvania. Later he was assigned to St. Joseph’s Monastery, Baltimore, Maryland and then the Immaculata, the Passionist staffed German parish located on Mount Adams in Cincinnati. He died on September 21, 1900.