GMEINER, mī'nẹr, John, American Roman Catholic clergyman: b. Bärnau, Bavaria, 5 Dec. 1847; d. Richfield, Minn., 17 Feb. 1915. He studied at Saint Francis' Seminary, Milwaukee, Wis., was ordained priest in 1870, was professor in the seminary, and later in Saint Thomas' Seminary, Saint Paul, Minn. In 1899 he became rector of Saint Francis' Church, Buffalo, Minn., and from 1902 until his death was rector of Saint Raphael's, Springfield, Minn. In 1893 he addressed the World's Parliament of Religions at Chicago on “The Primitive and Prospective Religious Unity of Mankind.” His published writings include the volumes ‘Modern Scientific Views and Christian Doctrine Compared’ (1884); ‘Emmanuel: the Saviour of the World’ (1888); ‘Mediæval and Modern Cosmology’ (1891).