Xavier University's popular, long-time campus priest 'Father B' dies at 98
Bischoff began working at Xavier full-time in 1998. He worked in multiple roles, including as an Emeritus Campus Minister for the Dorothy Day Center for Faith and Justice, a longtime resident minister in Husman Hall and a Bellarmine Chapel minister, according to the university.
Students affectionately knew Bischoff as "Father B." He was known for greeting "everyone he met," by saying, "Hello, saint," the university said.
Bischoff was 98.
This story will be updated.
This article originally appeared on Cincinnati Enquirer: Albert Bischoff, Xavier University priest, 98, Albert Bischoff dies on June 6
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