Rev. John Fendrich, pastor of the Church of Saints Peter and Paul, Carroll, Iowa, was born in Holland, November 30, 1826, and was educated in Holland and Germany. He studied at the universities of Bonn and Munster, taking degrees in philosophy and theology. In 1858, having completed his preparations for priestly work, he came to America and the State of Iowa. He first had charge of two missions in Washington County, and was next for five years at Dubuque, during which time he built a church at Charles’ Mound. He was then for five years at Burlington, where he built a $16,000 academy for ladies. From Burlington he came to Carroll County, and built a church at Mount Carmel. In 1879 he visited Europe, and on his return was assigned to Arcadia, Wells County. Though now residing at Carroll, he has charge still of the Arcadia church. The reverend father has been for twenty-eight years in the service of the church, and his success in the different fields of work has been but meagerly outlined above. Though now over sixty years of age, he is in excellent health and vigor.

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