Francis Jacob Emanuel

• Preferred Name: Francis Jacob Emanuel
  
• Gender: M
  
• Death: 3 JAN 1949 in St. Louis, Mo.
  
• Christening: 28 JUN 1912 in Catholic priest
  
• Birth: 5 DEC 1886
  
• Burial: in St. Peter and Paul Cemetery
  
• Notes:

  Father Juvenal. Born December 5, 1886. Attended St. Francis Academy, Columbus, Nebraska, September 1897 to June 1899. St. Joseph's College, Teutopolis, Illinois, September 1899 to June 1905. Entered Franciscan Novitiate, Teutopolis, Illinois, June 1905. Philosophy course in Cleveland. Theology course in St. Louis. Ordained in St. Anthony's Church, St. Louis, Missouri, by Archbishop Glennon, June 28, 1912.The first prest from Dodge County, he read his first Mass July 2, 1912, in St. Mary's Church, Ridgeley, Nebraska. His nephews Francis Emanuel, Leo Emanuel, and Nicholas Ries carried the pillows bearing the wheat, grapes, and chalice. Mass servers were Clarence Ries and BernardEmanuel. Professor at St. Joseph's College, Teutopolis, Illinois, September 1913 to June 1916, Professor at Quincy College, Quincy, Illinois, from Spetember 1916 to June 1928. April 26, 1918, initiated into Fremont Council of Knights of Columbus. In 1919 he transferred to theLittle Rock, Arkansas, Council. Lieutenant in the Army as chaplain in World War I from April 1918 to June 1919. Attached to the 335th Machine Gen Battalion, 87th Division, and to the 313th Infantry, 79th Division. Served ten months in France. He was a charter member of the 40 and 8. Manager of Franciscan Herald magazine 1928 to 1933. Provincial Procurator of the Franciscan Missionary Union 1928 to 1938. Provincial Commissary of the Third Order 1933 to July 1948. Custos (Vice-Provincial) of the Sacred Heart Province 1942 to July 1948. Elected Minister Provincial of the Sacred Heart Province July 14, 1948. Died January 3, 1949 in St. Louis, Mo. Buried in St. Peter and Paul Cemetery where interred in the Friar's lot. Celebrated his 25th Jubilee in 1937