Heuser, Herman J (1852–1933)

German-born US Catholic priest and editor. In 1889 he founded the American Ecclesiastical Review, a professional journal for priests, which he actively edited until 1914. In 1927 he relinquished control of tthe periodical to Catholic University in Washington, DC. Heuser was born in Potsdam, Germany, and emigrated to the USA aged 17. He was ordained in the Philadelphia archdiocese in 1876, and taught for over 50 years at the archdiocesan seminary.