Peter Joseph Baltes was a German-born American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as bishop of the Diocese of Alton in Illinois from 1870 until his death in 1886.
Peter Joseph Baltes
Roman Catholic Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
The Diocese of Springfield in Illinois is a Latin Church ecclesiastical territory, or diocese, of the Catholic Church in south central Illinois in the United States. The mother church is the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception in Springfield.
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception
Image: Diocese of Springfield (Illinois USA)
Cathedral of Saints Peter and Paul in Alton