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St. Peter (Slinger), originally known as St. Peter the Apostle, is assigned to Archdiocesan Region III, District No. 06, Town 10. The parish is located at 200 East Washington Street, Slinger. The postal address is 202 East Washington Street, Slinger, Wisconsin 53086. The parish school is located at 206 East Washington Street, Slinger; Principal: Virginia Miller. Geographic location is Section 18, Slinger Township, Washington County, Wisconsin. Current pastor (2001) is Reverend Robert J. Bales. Pastoral Associate: Bill Thimm. Telephone: Parish 262/644-8083; Fax: 644-7951.
Sacramental registration information on this congregation can be found in Church of the Latter Day Saints Film: 1871743:
St. Peter was officially recognized in 1861. Parish registrations are recorded in Latin and English beginning in 1861. From THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WISCONSIN: Prior to the year 1856, at which time the congregation of St. Peter's at Schleisingerville, Washington County, Wisconsin, was established, the Catholics in that locality were visited by missionary priests who occasionally passed that way, celebrating Mass in the dwellings of different Catholic settlers. In 1856, however, a small log church was erected, the congregation being attended as a mission from St. Lawrence and Barton. This method of visitation was continued until 1870, services during the interval being conducted successively by the Rev. Fathers Deisenrieder and Martin Weiss, who came there from St. Lawrence. In 1870, Father Weiss was succeeded by the Rev. N. Hens, whose pastorate lasted only four months. Next in succession came the Rev. Peter Mutz, who remained from 1870 until March, 1873; the Rev. Meinard Burgeler, from 1873 to 1875; Rev. P. Cajetam, O.M. Cap., from 1875 to 1878; Rev. Anton Leitner, from 1878 to 1881; the Rev. Paul Geyer, from 1881 to 1882 - he erected the present two-story brick school house at Schleisingerville; the Rev. Frantz Spath, from 1882 to 1890 - he died September 17th of the latter year, and was buried in the cemetery at Schleisingerville. His successor was the present incumbent the Rev. Charles Grobschmit. Of numerous improvements made to the church property from time to time, the original log church was enlarged by the Rev. Peter Mutz, who also built the parsonage. Under the administration of the present rector, the new brick church 113 x 49 feet, was erected in 1892, at an expense of $19, 300. This building was dedicated May 1, 1893, by Archbishop F.X. Katzer, who conferred the Sacrament of Confirmation on the same day. The interior of the church is tastefully finished and furnished, there being in the latter respect three fine altars. The pews are handsome as well as comfortable, and the interior of the church is adorned throughout with good fresco work. The basement of the church is a nice chapel, which is used occasionally for services. The steeple of the main structure is 138 feet in height, and contains three bells. The congregation of St. Peter's is now composed of one hundred and fifty-four families, and the school connected with it has an attendance of one hundred and twenty scholars, and is conducted by Franciscan Sisters. St. Mary's Society, organized in 1894, the Married Ladies' Society, established by Father Spath in 1892, and St. Peter's Benevolent Society, are the only Catholic organizations connected with St. Peter's. (3)
A brick school building was erected in 1949 and in 1959 a second story was added. In 1959 a sisters convent was built. In the year 1969 there were 440 members in the parish. Six grades in school number 190 students. In 1969 the 7th and 8th grades were transferred to the Slinger Community School. (1) Please be aware that the tenure dates supported by parish registrations reflect the earliest and latest sacramental registration entries made by the priest. Actual arrival and departure may have been before and after these dates. Endnotes:
(2) St. Peter the Apostle, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Slinger, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA, Film Number 1871743. (3) Harry H. Hemming, compiler, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WISCONSIN (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA: Catholic Historical Publishing Company, 1896, page 533).
St. Peter the Apostle Mission (Farmington) was assigned to Archdiocesan Region III, District No. 10, Town 11. The parish had been located at Trenton, Farmington Township, Section 34, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. Sacramental registration information on this congregation can be found in Church of the Latter Day Saints Film: (Records of Caspar Rehrl)
St. Peter the Apostle was officially recognized in 1855. Parish registrations in Latin begin in 1855. From THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WISCONSIN: [St. Peter was located three miles north of Newburg.] The early history connected with this place and congregation is about as follows: In 1850 Peter Schwinn, his brother and Peter Welker bought some uncultivated farm land near a small lake, which is known as Schwinn's Lake. On this land they erected a small log house, in which they lived while bringing the land into proper condition for cultivation. Other settlers followed, so that soon there was a small colony in and about Newburg. These people were first attended by the Rev M. Obermueller and Fathers Laufhuber, Schmilling and Deisenreider also came occasionally to this place. In 1853 the Rev. Dr. Joseph Salzmann, Father Gernbauer and Father Fabian visited the Catholic families at Newburg, the services being in the log house of Peter Schwinn. On occasion on one of these visits some of the settlers expressed a desire to erect a church, but Dr. Salzmann humorously remarked that the cattle were not born with which the logs for such a purpose would be drawn together. When, however, he again visited Newburg, he was astonished to find a great pile of logs awaiting his orders. So the church was built, Peter Schwinn and Peter Welker each donating eight acres of ground for church purposes. In 1855 the little church was dedicated by Dr. Salzmann. The congregation now received its first resident pastor in the person of Rev. Simon Bartozs (sic), who also attended the neighboring missions. He remained two years. As the congregation was now rapidly increasing, it was decided to erect a larger church, of stone. This undertaking was easily accomplished, and the building soon afterward dedicated by Bishop John Martin Henni. While Father Bartozs was resident pastor, he established Holy Trinity parish in Newburg. After the physical facilities were established, took up residence there. At that time St. Peter became a mission of Holy Trinity. As a mission, St. Peter continued until 1879 when it was merged into Holy Trinity. (2) From FOOTPRINTS THROUGH FARMINGTON: The log church was dedicated by Reverend Dr. Joseph Salzmann. Land on which the church resided was sold (1855) to Bishop John Martin Henni by Peter Schwinn [eight acres] and Peter Wilger [eight acres]. Immigrants arrive mostly from Prussia. Fathers Dr Joseph Salzmann, Gernbauer, and Deisenreider visited the area in 1853 and 1854. In 1861 a fieldstone church building replace the original log building. In 1879 St. Peter Mission and St. Finbar were closed and their members joined Holy Tinity in Newburg. [page 488] Some time after the church was closed, the church property was leased to the Township for fifty years to be used as a public school. Fourteen acres of church property sold by the Archdiocese to Michael Schwinn son of Peter. After the mission closed special services were held for Christmas and Easter in German through the 1930s and in 1997 masses are still held twice a year in All Saints Day and for the 4th of July. (1)
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(2) Harry H. Hemming, compiler, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WISCONSIN (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA: Catholic Historical Publishing Company, 1896, pages 486-487).
St. Rose of Lima (Fredonia) was assigned to Archdiocesan Region III, District No. 10, Town 12. The parish had been located at 311 Fredonia Avenue, Fredonia, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin 53021-0250. The parish office address was 305 Fredonia Avenue. The rectory address had been at l315 Fredonia Avenue and the parish school is at 303 Fredonia Avenue. The last priest (2001) to minister to St. Rose of Lima was Reverend Neil G. Zinthefer who also served Mother of Sorrows in Little Kohler and Holy Cross in Holy Cross. Telephone: Parish 262/692-9994; Fax: 692-3085; School: 692/2141.
Sacramental registration information on this congregation can be found in Church of the Latter Day Saints Films: 1862867:
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St. Rose of Lima was officially recognized in say 1909. Parish Registrations in Latin begin in 1909.
Holy Cross (Holy Cross), Mother of Sorrows (Little Kohler), and St. Rose of Lima (Fredonia) merged on 1 Jul 2001 to become Holy Rosary Parish, Fredonia. Please be aware that the tenure dates supported by parish registrations reflect the earliest and latest sacramental registration entries made by the priest. Actual arrival and departure may be before and after these dates. Endnotes:
Sacred Heart (Allenton) was assigned to Archdiocesan Region III, District No. 06, Town 11. The parish had been located at Allenton, Washington County, Wisconsin. Sacramental registration information on this congregation can be found in Church of the Latter Day Saints Film: 1862416:
Sacred Heart Allenton) was officially recognized in 1917. A letter dated 4 February 1917 to Reverend Anthony Lauer from Archbishop Sebastian Messmer gave permission to start a new parish in the village of Allenton providing a Catholic school be opened with the church. Land for the new parish was donated by Sebastian Schmidt. The cornerstone was laid 29 July 1917. The dedication Mass in the new parish church took place on 11 February 1918. Parish registrations in Latin began in 1917. One third of the church building was used for school, with classrooms downstairs and living area for the sisters upstairs. At this time St. Mathias in Nabob became a mission parish. In 1920 a parish rectory was erected. A convent was built in 1926. In 1959 a new 4-room school was completed and the old school area became part of the remodeled church. Seating capacity was doubled. In 1969, the School Sisters of St. Francis withdrew from the parish and the school was then closed. (1)
Sacred Heart Parish (Allenton), St. Anthony Parish (Allenton), and SS Peter and Paul Parish (Nenno) merged in 1997 to become Resurrection Parish in Allenton. Please be aware that the tenure dates supported by parish registrations reflect the earliest and latest sacramental registration entries made by the priest. The pastors arrival and departure may have been before and after these dates. Endnotes:
(2) Susan Kedinger Marlene Reinders, editors, Our Familys Journey of Faith (Slinger, Wisconsin: Brant Printing, 1998), St. Matthias Mission. (3) Sacred Heart, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Allenton, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA, Film Number 1862416.
SS Peter & Paul (Nenno) was assigned to Archdiocesan Region III, District No. 06, Town 11. The parish had been located at Neeno, Washington County, Wisconsin. Geographic location is Section 6, Addison Township, Washington County, Wisconsin. Sacramental registration information on this congregation can be found in Church of the Latter Day Saints Film: 1871066:
The parish was officially recognized in 1855. Parish registrations were in Latin and began in 1855. Instructions were in German and English. From THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WISCONSIN: The early Catholic settlers in Addison and vicinity first received religious consolation from the hands of missionary priests. Among those who visited that place in or about the year 1840, was the Rev. Michael Heiss, afterwards the Archbishop of Milwaukee. [Father Heiss did not arrived in Milwaukee until 1844] He was succeeded in these labors by the Rev. Father Rehrl, and later by Father Schraudenbach. During these visits divine services were held in the private houses of settlers. In 1848, however, while under the administration of Father Schraudenbach, the congregation of SS Peter & Paul was organized, and the first church built. Having completed this work of organization, he transferred his labors to another field, and was succeeded as visiting pastor by the Rev. Father Beiter. After Father Beiter, the Rev. Michael Heiss, nephew of Archbishop Heiss, came, taking up his residence at Addison, and thus becoming first resident pastor of the congregation. In 1865 the Rev. Michael Wenker took charge of the parish. He was a very active and industrious worker, for during his residence at Addison, besides attending to the pastoral duties there, and visiting the missions of St. Anthony and St. Bridget, he also found time to build a new church and parsonage in Addison. When Father Wenker resigned, he was followed successively by the Rev. Fathers Engel, Mehlmann, Moes, Wernich, Jansen, John Decker, Salick, and since June, 1890, the present incumbent, the Rev. Pancratius August Schleier. The congregation of SS Peter & Paul now numbers some one hundred and five families, and the parochial school, which was founded in 1845 and is at present conducted by three Franciscan Sisters from Milwaukee, has a regular attendance of about sixty scholars. Of Catholic organizations in this congregation there is but one, a Married Ladies' Society. In 1848 the log building was erected on land owned by Mr. McCoon which had been sold to the Milwaukee Diocese with a church erected called SS Peter & Paul. Before this the German settlers attended St. Lawrence and Irish settlers attended Theresa.
Sacred Heart Parish (Allenton), St. Anthony Parish (Allenton), and SS Peter and Paul Parish (Nenno) merged in 1997 to become Resurrection Parish in Allenton. Please be aware that the tenure dates supported by parish registrations reflect the earliest and latest sacramental registration entries made by the priest. Actual arrival and departure may have been before and after these dates. Endnotes:
(2) St. Kilian in Hartford, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Film Number 1862869. (3) SS Peter & Paul in Nenno, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Film Number 1871066. (4) Harry H. Hemming, compiler, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WISCONSIN (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA: Catholic Historical Publishing Company, 1896, page 361).
St. Stephen Mission (Port Washington) would have been assigned to Archdiocesan Region III, District No. 10, Town 11. The parish had been located at Port Washington, Ozaukee County, Wisconsin. St. Stephen Mission (Port Washington) was started in 1852. From THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WISCONSIN: There also existed at about this time an Irish congregation St. Stephen's, which however was only actively maintained for a period of eight years, that is, from 1852 to 1860. This congregation be it understood, was attended occasionally by Father Prendergast, Father Colton, and others, who paid occasional visits from their resident pastorates to this mission. The first resident pastor given to St. Stephen's was the Rev. Bradley, who ministered to the spiritual requirements of St. Mary's as well as St. Stephan's until 1853, when Father Sailer took charge of the German parish [St. Mary]. In or about 1860, when Father Fusseder succeeded to the pastorate at Port Washington, the Irish discontinued as a separate congregation and joined forces with the Germans at St. Mary's. (2) Organized as an Irish congregation by Irish families arriving from Canada and Newfoundland. The people built a frame barn like structure with a cross on the east end of the roof. During a severe storm with high winds, the little Irish church was demolished, carried away from its foundation, the roof blown off and only a few supporting timbers were left holding the cross. In 1860 the parishioners were gradually absorbed into St. Mary's Congregation and in the recording of their names in the book of records, each was identified as "Irish." (1)
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(2) Harry H. Hemming, compiler, THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WISCONSIN (Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA: Catholic Historical Publishing Company, 1896, page 506).
St. Theresa Mission (Theresa) is assigned to Archdiocesan Region IV, District No. 07, Town 12. The parish is located at Theresa, Dodge County, Wisconsin. The postal address is 106 Church Street, Theresa, Wisconsin 53091-0330. The Consolidated Catholic School is located at Lomira-Theresa; Principal: Sr. Rosemary Herriges, OSF. Current minister (2001) of the parish is Reverend Vincent B. Holubowicz of St. Mary in Lomira. Telephone: Parish 920/269-4429.
Sacramental registration information on this congregation can be found in Church of the Latter Day Saints Film: 1871993:
St. Theresa was officially recognized in 1855. Instructions were in German, English, and French. From THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN WISCONSIN: The congregation of St. Theresa, at Theresa, Dodge County Wisconsin, was founded in the year 1849, by the Rev. Father Schraudenbach, who held services at that place in the residences of the different members of the congregation. His successor, the Rev. Father Beiter, built the first church at Theresa. He was followed, successively, as pastor of these people, by the Rev. Fathers Charles Rehl, Meauclere, Nicholas Pikel, who established a parochial school, August Durst, Nicholas Pickel again, Most Rev. F.X. Katzer, Hubert Jansen, Strickner, P. Uhlmacher, L.G. Woelfel, H. Hellstern, who built the new church, J.P. Van Treeck, Phil. J. Vogt, Jos. Huber, Rud. Ollig, and the present pastor, the Rev. M.J. Groff. The congregation at present [1896] consists of about seventy families. There is one parochial school in this parish, which is conducted by two Sisters of St. Joseph's Convent, of Greenfield Park. The average attendance is estimated at forty-five. Of societies in the congregation there are the following: St. Ann's Christian Mother's Society; Mrs. Maria Lehner, president; Mrs. Margaretha Anninger, secretary. Young Ladies' Immaculate Conception Sodality: Miss Barbara Dieringer, president, and Miss Gertrude Bodden, secretary. (1)
Please be aware that the tenure dates supported by parish registrations reflect the earliest and latest sacramental registration entries made by the priest. Actual arrival and departure may be before and after these dates. Endnotes:
(2) St. Theresa, International Genealogical Index (IGI), Thompson, Washington County, Wisconsin, USA, Film Number 1871993. Top - Parish Index |