The Rev. Theobald Spetz was born in Erbsville, near Waterloo, on May 13, 1850. The family later moved to to the city where Theobald was one of the first students to attend the new St Jerome's College from 1866-1870 where his favourite subject was history. For the next two years he was a teacher at St Mary's College in Kentucky and then moved on to Rome to study for the priesthood, being ordained on Sept. 23, 1877. The next year he returned home and joined St Jerome's College as a professor, later becoming its president until 1901.
In 1890 he established a new congregation and church in Waterloo. In 1911 he assumed charge of St Mary's parish in Berlin for four years until his health started to fail. In 1916 he completed his history of "The Catholic Church in Waterloo County", a work that culminated from years of research. He was a member of the executive of the Children's Aid Society, involved in the Waterloo Historical Society and played an active role in the management of the Mt Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery known as St Mary's Cemetery in 1912.
Rev. Spetz suffered a stroke in September 1921, was taken to St Joseph's hospital in Guelph where he gradually weakened until his death on December 1 later that year.
For more information see: Tenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1922, Pages 261–264.
Digitized versions of his history of "The Catholic Church in Waterloo County" can be found online.
In 1890 he established a new congregation and church in Waterloo. In 1911 he assumed charge of St Mary's parish in Berlin for four years until his health started to fail. In 1916 he completed his history of "The Catholic Church in Waterloo County", a work that culminated from years of research. He was a member of the executive of the Children's Aid Society, involved in the Waterloo Historical Society and played an active role in the management of the Mt Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery known as St Mary's Cemetery in 1912.
Rev. Spetz suffered a stroke in September 1921, was taken to St Joseph's hospital in Guelph where he gradually weakened until his death on December 1 later that year.
For more information see: Tenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1922, Pages 261–264.
Digitized versions of his history of "The Catholic Church in Waterloo County" can be found online.
The Rev. Theobald Spetz was born in Erbsville, near Waterloo, on May 13, 1850. The family later moved to to the city where Theobald was one of the first students to attend the new St Jerome's College from 1866-1870 where his favourite subject was history. For the next two years he was a teacher at St Mary's College in Kentucky and then moved on to Rome to study for the priesthood, being ordained on Sept. 23, 1877. The next year he returned home and joined St Jerome's College as a professor, later becoming its president until 1901.
In 1890 he established a new congregation and church in Waterloo. In 1911 he assumed charge of St Mary's parish in Berlin for four years until his health started to fail. In 1916 he completed his history of "The Catholic Church in Waterloo County", a work that culminated from years of research. He was a member of the executive of the Children's Aid Society, involved in the Waterloo Historical Society and played an active role in the management of the Mt Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery known as St Mary's Cemetery in 1912.
Rev. Spetz suffered a stroke in September 1921, was taken to St Joseph's hospital in Guelph where he gradually weakened until his death on December 1 later that year.
For more information see: Tenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1922, Pages 261–264.
Digitized versions of his history of "The Catholic Church in Waterloo County" can be found online.
In 1890 he established a new congregation and church in Waterloo. In 1911 he assumed charge of St Mary's parish in Berlin for four years until his health started to fail. In 1916 he completed his history of "The Catholic Church in Waterloo County", a work that culminated from years of research. He was a member of the executive of the Children's Aid Society, involved in the Waterloo Historical Society and played an active role in the management of the Mt Hope Roman Catholic Cemetery known as St Mary's Cemetery in 1912.
Rev. Spetz suffered a stroke in September 1921, was taken to St Joseph's hospital in Guelph where he gradually weakened until his death on December 1 later that year.
For more information see: Tenth Annual Report of the Waterloo Historical Society, 1922, Pages 261–264.
Digitized versions of his history of "The Catholic Church in Waterloo County" can be found online.
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