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Kerrville, Kerr Co., Texas

Volga German families settled in and around Kerrville, Texas.

Volga German families settled in and around Sylvan Grove, Kansas.

Volga German families settled in Wright County, Missouri.

Volga German families settled in and around Ketchikan, Alaska.

Volga German families settled in and around McCleary, Washington.

Volga German families settled in and around Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.

Volga German families settled in and around Terre Haute, Indiana.

Volga German families settled in and around Grants Pass, Oregon.

John Balthasar Brungardt, son of Francis Balthasar Brungardt & Virginia Burton, was born 10 July 1958 in Salina, Kansas.

He studied theology at Pontifical College Josephinum in Columbus, Ohio. He was ordained a priest on 23 May 1998 in Wichita, Kansas.

Fr. Brungardt was consecrated the sixth Bishop of the Diocese of Dodge City on 2 February 2011.

Fr. Brungardt's Volga German ancestors came from the colony of Herzog.

Volga German families settled in and around Storm Lake, Iowa.