Mount Calvary Cemetery
Dubuque County, Iowa

The Spirit of the lord is upon Me
Therefore he Hath Annointed Me.
THE RIGHT REVEREND
MATTHIAS MARTIN HOFFMANN
COLONEL U. S. ARMY
BORN JANUARY 7, 2889
ORDAIED AT ST. PAUL, JUNE 10, 1913
DISTINGUISHED PRIEST OF GOD
AND DOCTOR OF LETTERS
RENOWNED SCHOLAR
MOLDER OF THE MINDS OF MEN.

I Came Into The World
To Bear Witness of the Truth

SOLIDER OF HIS COUNTRY
GENTLE AND BRAVE
IN PEACE AND IN WAR
PASTOR AND SHEPHERD OF SOULS
BASILICA OF SAINT FRANCIS XAVIER

Take My Yoke Upon You and Learn of Me
For I Am Meek and humble of Heart.

NAMED A DOMESTIC PRELATE OF POPE PIUS XII
MAY 10, 1948
DIED JANUARY 10, 1961

He Hath Received The Covenant
Of An everlasting Priesthood.