Local Church Histories taken from "The Catholic Church in Wisconsin".
Area Church Histories
BROWN COUNTY WISCONSIN AREA CHURCHES
ASKEATON - St. Patrick's
BAY SETTLEMENT - Holy Cross
DEPERE - St. Francis Xavier
DEPERE - St. Mary's
DYKESVILLE - St. Louis
GREEN BAY - Holy Cross
HOLLANDTOWN - St. Francis Seraph
HUMBOLDT - Immaculate Conception
NEW FRANKEN - St. Killian's
WEST DEPERE - St. Joseph's
WEST DEPERE - St. Joseph's
WRIGHTSTOWN - St. Paul
St. Paul
PO Box 187
Wrightstown, WI 54180-0187
Phone: (920) 532-4374
Religious Ed: (920) 532-0319
E-mail: stpaulwr@netnet.net
Established about 1858.
CHILTON - ST AUGUSTINE
CHILTON - ST MARYS
DARBOY - HOLY ANGELS
HILBERT - ST MARYS
SACRED HEART - SHERWOOD
Sacred Heart
PO Box 58
Sherwood, WI 54169-0058
Phone: (920) 989-1515
ST ANNA - ST ANN
ST JOHN - ST JOHN THE BAPTIST
St. John the Baptist is the name of the church which was built and dedicated in 1862. At that time the congregation of eighteen families, all of whom were German. The church was a crude though comfortable structure, being built of logs, and the furnishings were, as may be supposed, well in keeping with the general condition of the structure. This little community, which was located in St. John's in Calumet County, was at first attended by the pastors at Hollandtown. The first of these to thus administer to the spiritual wants of these people, was the Rev. Father Luytelaar, who continued to do so from 1861 to 1864. He was succeeded in these duties by the Rev. B. DeGoey, who continued to visit St. John until 1869. From the beginning of the latter year until 1870 the pastor serving this congregation was the Rev. Clement Duerr who was resident pastor at Buchanan. He was the last of the visiting pastors, as in 1870 the Rev. Anthony Leitner was appointed as resident pastor. He remained at St. John for a couple of years, during which time he managed to build the present church, a nice and spacious structure, in every way more suitable than its predecessor. From 1872 until 1874 the Rev. Father Lezno administered the pastorate, and from 1874 to 1875 the Rev. John Guenterscheod. Following him came the Rev J. Jaster, who was succeeded in 1879 by the Rev. Charles Buschle. He was followed in 1879 by Father I.G. Ritter, who administered the duties of the pastorate until his death in 1896, when the Rev. John Westkamp, present rector of the parish, was appointed. The congregation of St. John now consists of eighty-three families. There are three Catholic organizations in the parish, all of which are very active and thoroughly well represented. One of these, a branch of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, has a membership of thirty-five. The Altar Society for Married Women, Mmes. Annie Jacobs and Gertrude Pscherra officers, has sixty-three members. A St. Mary Sodality for Young Ladies, of which Miss Anna Fisch is president, has a membership of fourty-three. The educational interests in this parish are subserved by two parochial schools, which are in charge of school Sisters of St. Agnes from Fond du Lac. The number of children now in attendance at these schools averages nearly eighty. The Rev. John WestKamp, present rector of St. John the Baptist congregation, is a native of Westphalia, Germany, where he was born in 1836. He was ordained to the priesthood in 1861.
STOCKBRIDGE - ST MARYS
WEST DEPERE - St. Joseph's
WRIGHTSTOWN - St. Paul
HUMBOLDT - Immaculate Conception
WEST DEPERE - St. Joseph's
WRIGHTSTOWN - St. Paul
HUMBOLDT - Immaculate Conception
WEST DEPERE - St. Joseph's
WRIGHTSTOWN - St. Paul
HUMBOLDT - Immaculate Conception
WEST DEPERE - St. Joseph's
WRIGHTSTOWN - St. Paul
KIMBERLY - Holy Name
Holy Name of Jesus 620 E. Kimberly Ave. Kimberly, WI. 54136-1599 920-788-7640 Email hnj@athenet.net Web page www.holynamekimberly.org Established 1907 Parish histories published ( ? ) News September 2004- Just a side note for your information...Holy Angels Catholic Church in Darboy is in the process of merging with Holy Name of Jesus Catholic Church in Kimberly. The new bishop to the Green Bay Diocese is deciding the issue due to priest shortages and the growing community in Darboy needing more space. Kimberly's Catholic Church is nearly empty and is larger than Darboy's Church which is full to the brim) The new parish will be called "Holy Spirit," as of January 1, 2005. Each church building & cemetery will keep it's original name, but the schools have already merged to have a "north" campus in Kimberly and a "south campus" in Darboy called Holy Spirit School. So if you're seeing data from our area with this new name...you'll know why. No doubt you'll begin seeing it within the next year.
LITTLE CHUTE - St. John
St. John Nepomucene 323 S. Pine St. Little Chute, WI. 54140-1854 920-788-9061 Email sjs1836@athenet.net Web page Parish Histories published at 100 years (1936) and 150 years (1986) Also see Village of Little Chute 100 year Century of Progress published in 1999. St. John Nepomucene Cemetery listing of burials
COMBINED LOCKS - St. Paul's
KAUKAUNA - Holy Cross
KAUKAUNA - St. Mary's
APPLETON - Sacred Heart
KAUKAUNA - Immanuel United Church of Christ
LITTLE CHUTE - Peace United Methodist
MACKVILLE - St. Edwards
KAUKAUNA - St. Aloysius
APPLETON - St. Bernadette's
CENTER - St. John Lutheran
SEYMOUR - St. John's
APPLETON - St. Joseph
APPLETON - St. Mary's
BEAR CREEK - St. Mary's
GREENLEAF - St. Mary's
GREENVILLE- St. Mary's
FREEDOM - St. Nicholas
APPLETON - St. Nicholas Greek Orthodox
APPLETON - St. Therese
APPLETON - St. Thomas More
STEPHENSVILLE - Trinity Lutheran
DACADA - St. Nicholas
RACINE - St. John the Baptist
MENASHA - St. Mary's
MENASHA - St. Patrick's
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