High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Mark Francis Schmitt (February 14, 1923-) was the tenth Roman Catholic bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette, in Marquette, Michigan. Born in Algoma, Wisconsin, he was ordained to the Roman Catholic priesthood on May 22, 1948, for the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay. On April 30, 1970, Pope Paul VI appointed Schmitt, auxiliary bishop of the Green Bay Diocese, and he was consecrated on June 24, 1970. On March 21, 1978, Pope Paul VI appointed Bishop Schmitt to the Diocese of Marquette. On October 6, 1992, Bishop Schmitt retired.