Victor Hermann Balke (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Victor Hermann Balke (29 September 1931) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of Crookston from 1976-2007. Born in Meppen, Illinois (in Calhoun County), his parents were Elizabeth Knese and Bernard Balke, Sr. He attended St. Joseph Grade School in Meppen as well as the Monterey Grade School, and graduated from Hardin Community High School in 1949. In September 1949, he entered the seminary and was ordained a priest on 24 May 1958, by Bishop William A. O'Connor for the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois.