Auxiliary Bishop Kaising of U.S. military archdiocese dies at age 70

Published: 2007-01-16

CINCINNATI (CNS) -- Auxiliary Bishop John J. Kaising of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, who as a priest was ordained for the Cincinnati Archdiocese, died Jan. 13 after returning from a 10-day Christmas visit to U.S. troops in South Korea. The 70-year-old bishop died at his residence in Washington, where the military archdiocese has its headquarters. He was named auxiliary bishop in 2000. Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, head of the military archdiocese, called Bishop Kaising a friend and said that his sudden death "is a real tough blow for us. We were on retreat last week and he looked fine. There was no indication of anything imminent. He was bouncy, enjoying it all," the archbishop told The Catholic Telegraph, newspaper of the Cincinnati Archdiocese, in a telephone interview Jan. 16. The cause of death was not immediately known.

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