Delouw, Reverend Father Cajetan

1839 - 1901  (61 years)    Has 2 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.

• Name	Delouw, Cajetan
  Prefix	Reverend Father
  Born	27 Aug 1839	Geldrop, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands
  Gender	Male
  Religious Vows	Bef 26 May 1866
  Ordained	26 May 1866	Bruges, , West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
  Immigration	Abt Nov 1871
  Stationed at	Aft 1871	Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Stationed at	Aft 1872	Robinsonville, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Stationed at	Aft 1873	Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Stationed at	Aft 1874	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Stationed at	Between Apr 1879 and Jun 1881	St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA   [1]
  Pastor
  	The Catholic Church in Wisconsin Index 11
  Stationed at	Aft 1881	Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Stationed at	Between 1884 and 1901	St. Francis Catholic Church, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Appointed pastor on 9/2/1884
  Biography	Abt 1895
  Commemorative Biological Record
  REV. FATHER C. DE LOUW,the learned and pious pastor of St. Francis Roman Catholic Church, in the town of Holland, Brown county, is a native of Holland, born August 27, 1839. He is the youngest in the family of fourteen children born to the late Martin De Louw, who was by occupation a manufacturer of cloth in Holland. One son, Andrew, is now a priest at Moergestel, Holland; another son, John, is conducting his father's old business, and one daughter is a Sister of Mercy. One of the sons and one of the daughters married, but, as the son had no children, with this generation the family name becomes extinct. The father reached the advanced age of eighty-three, the mother dying when sixty-three, and her mother lived to the patriarchal age of ninety-three. When six years old our subject commenced attending the public school in the vicinity of his home, at the end of three years entering the French college there, from which he graduated with high honors after a four-years' curriculum, at which time he was not yet thirteen years old. He then for four or five years worked in his father's factory and was engaged in other business, but his inclinations leading him more in the direction of the " Pierian spring," he resumed his studies, attending a gymnasium in Jumet, a French village in Belgium, and here took a classical course preparatory to entering college at Enghien, where he studied philosophy and theology, dogmatic and moral. Here he remained from 1859 till 1866, on June 6, of the latter year, being consecrated to the priesthood at Bruges, and until 1871 he served as a missionary priest in various cities in Belgium and Holland. In the "ear last named, deciding to come to America, he proceeded to Liverpool, England, and there took passage on the steamship, "City of Lisbon," which, after a somewhat tempestuous passage, the vessel on one occasion encountering a great storm, landed at New York. Our subject's destination being Green Bay, Wis., whither he had been called by Bishop Melcher, he continued his westward journey via Chicago, arriving in Green Bay November 16, 1871. His first charge in his new field of pastoral duty was the mission at Wrightstown, in Brown county, which in course of a short time he organized as a parish, becoming its first pastor, an incumbency he held two years from January 12, 1872, at the same time establishing the mission at East Wrightstown and also attending the mission at Sniderville. In 1874 he was transferred to Robinsonville, same county, and after one year's labor in the vineyard there he attended occasionally five missions which were without priests, viz. : Dyckesville, Thierrij-Daams, Marchant, Little Sturgeon Ba' and Delwich. Returning to Wrightstown in 1873 he resumed his charge there, remaining till 1875, when he removed to Green Bay, having been given the pastorate of the Holland Church in that city. For three years he labored here with unremitting zeal, and then, in 1878, was transferred to Little Chute, Outagamie county, having been given charge of St. John's Nipomoc Church. Here, by his piety and assiduous attentions to the spiritual welfare of his flock, he became much liked and beloved, but having been recalled by Bishop Krautbauer to his old Green Bay congregation he acceded to their request, and for three more years ministered there. On September i, 1884, he came from Green Bay to his present charge, the Church of St. Francis, at Holland. In 1886 he was made dean of the Diocese by Bishop Katser, but this office after three years he resigned. In 1876 he was appointed a member of the Bishop's council, one of four, since 1892 one of six, he being consulter for the Dutch element, for in the congregation three nationalities— Dutch, German and Irish — worship in perfect harmony. Since coming here Father De Louw has been the means of many improvements and additions being made in the church and parish, among which may be mentioned a winter chapel, besides repairing the main building, which was struck by lightning; a pipe organ costing thirteen hundred dollars, fully equipped with all modern improvements; and a new convent for the Sisters. St. Francis congregation, in early days known as ' ' St. Francis Bush," was organized by five Holland families, early settlers in Holland township, who gave forty acres of land, from the proceeds of the sale of which the original church building was erected, and on nine acres of this same land now stand the church, the rectory, schoolhouse and other buildings. Father De Louw's clerical jurisdiction is of no small e.xtent, and he finds ample scope for his characteristic zeal and energy, while here, as in all his previous incumbencies, he has gained for himself an enviable popularity and the well-merited love and esteem of his parishioners.
  	DeLouw, Reverend Cajetan Biography 1
  	DeLouw, Reverend Cajetan Biography 2
  News Mention	14 Jun 1899
  Oshkosh Daily Northwestern
  	DeLouw, Rev. Church Destroyed by Fire, Oshkosh Northwestern News June 14, 1899
  Died	12 Jan 1901	Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA
  Obituary	19 Jan 1901
  The Chilton Times
  Rev. Father De Louw, of Hollandtown, Dies of Brights Disease, A Noble Life Ended Rev. C. De Louw, pastor of St. Francis church. Died at his home at West Holland, Saturday morning. Father De Louw was born in Holland in 1839, of humble parentage, his father Martin De Louw, being a clothmaker. He was consecrated to the priesthood in 1866, and immediately detailed for missionary work which he very successfully prosecuted through Belguim and Holland. Bishop Melchoir, of Green Bay diocese, summoned him to Wisconsin in 1871, his first work here also being on missions in the territory adjacent to Green Bay. His first parish was at East Wrightstown, where he served several years. He was next made pastor of a much more influential congregation, that of the Holland church in the city of Green Bay, for a period of three years. He was next appointed to St. John's Niponroe church at Little Chute, the early pioneer church of the Fox River valley. Early in 1884 he was sent to take charge of what proved to be his last earthly Work, St. Francis church at Hollandtown. He remained pastor of this, the richest country parish in this section of the state for a longer period of time than any other priest ever sent there. He died at this post, beloved by every member of the congregation of 300 families, and respected by all who had ever known him. Father De Louw, soon after being appointed to his last charge in 1886, was made a dean of the Green Bay diocese by Bishop Katzer, and later a member of the bishop's council. During the month of June, 1889, St. Francis church was struck by lighting and totally consumed by fire, destroying many costly relics and much valuable church, paraphernalia. Father De Louw was greatly depressed over the loss of his church and its contents, and seemed completely broken until a visit of the bishop and many of the priests of the diocese caused him to gather his faculties and make arrangements for a large and more enduring structure, which he bulit of solid brick and stone, and which was completed at a cost, with its furniture, of over $20,000. The effort combined with the worry proved to much for him, causing much apprehension to his friends. He succumbed at last to Bright's disease. The funeral was held Tuesday morning a 10 o'clock from the church, and was in charge of Bishop Messmer of the Green Bay diocese, assisted by all the priest of the diocese.
  Reference Number	2861
  Buried	St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, Hollandtown, Wisconsin, USA
  	DeLouw, Rev. Cajetan St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, Hollandtown, Wisconsin, USA
  Person ID	I308542	1FamilyTree
  Last Modified	2 Sep 2018

  
  

  Father	Delouw, Unknown,   b. Bef 1812, , , , Netherlands ,   d. Bef 1912  (Age ~ 100 years)
  Mother	Unknown, Unknownf "Delouw",   b. Bef 1812,   d. Bef 1912  (Age ~ 100 years)
  Family ID	F203332	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map	Load the map	Born - 27 Aug 1839 - Geldrop, , Noord-Brabant, Netherlands Ordained - 26 May 1866 - Bruges, , West-Vlaanderen, Belgium Stationed at - Aft 1871 - Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Stationed at - Aft 1872 - Robinsonville, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Stationed at - Aft 1873 - Wrightstown, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Stationed at - Aft 1874 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Stationed at - Pastor - Between Apr 1879 and Jun 1881 - St. John Catholic Church, Little Chute, Wisconsin, USA Stationed at - Aft 1881 - Green Bay, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Stationed at - Between 1884 and 1901 - St. Francis Catholic Church, Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Died - 12 Jan 1901 - Holland, Brown, Wisconsin, USA Buried - - St. Francis Catholic Cemetery, Hollandtown, Wisconsin, USA  = Link to Google Earth
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  DeLouw, Cajetan Aug 27, 1839 - Jan 12, 1901

  
  

• Sources

  [S1285] The Catholic Church in Wisconsin, Harry H. Henning, (The Catholic Church in Wisconsin, 1212 Pages, written and compiled by Harry H. Henning, 1896, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Published by Catholic Historical Publishing Company, Milwaukee, Wisconsin).