 Church and then served as first president of the Deutsch Roemisch Katholischer Staatsverband von Texas (the Catholic State League of Texas).Leo M.J. Dielmann graduated from St Mary's College in San Antonio in 1898.Afterwards he studied architecture and engineering in Germany from about 1899 to 1901, including a visit  to the Exposition Universelle (1900) in Paris that showcased Art Nouveau in art and architecture.