Bishop Stanley Ott rosaries
These two rosaries, a single decade and a five-decade rosary, belonged to Bishop Stanley Joseph Ott, the third bishop of the Diocese of Baton Rouge. The beads are part of a collection of personal effects donated to the diocese by Bishop Ott’s sister, Sister Aloysius Ott OP. She also donated many other intimate items, including family photo albums and the bishop’s wallet. Bishop Ott, who was a priest in the diocese, served as Bishop of Baton Rouge from 1983 until his death at the age of