Bishop Louis Fink, OSB was the prior at St. Benedict's Abbey when Bishop Miege requested his appointment as coadjutor bishop. His health was considered "frail" but he served as Bishop until 1904. While he was bishop, the Indian Vicariate was elevated to the rank of Diocese in 1877. Thus Bishop Fink was the First Bishop of the Diocese of Leavenworth (Kansas). The old frame church was replaced with the Rock Church at St. Bridget while he was the Bishop.