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The first Catholic presence in present-day Minnesota was recorded in 1680. Louis Hennepin, a Belgian Franciscan Recollect and explorer, found a waterfall on the upper Mississippi River. Hennepin named the waterfall the Chutes de Saint-Antoine or St. Anthony Falls after his patron saint, Anthony of Padua. The French formally claimed the ...
The Chapel of Saint Paul, which later served as the first Cathedral of Saint Paul, was a log chapel built on the bluffs of the Mississippi River in 1841 by Lucien Galtier. It served as the first cathedral of the Catholic Diocese of Saint Paul from June 1851 to December 1851. It was also used as a school until it was eventually dismantled.
The History of the Catholic Church, From the Apostolic Age to the Third Millennium James Hitchcock, Ph.D. Ignatius Press, 2012 ISBN 978-1-58617-664-8; Triumph: The Power and the Glory of the Catholic Church. Crocker, H.W. Bokenkotter, Thomas. A Concise History of the Catholic Church. Revised and expanded ed. New York: Image Books Doubleday, 2005.
The history of the Catholic Church is the formation, events, and historical development of the Catholic Church through time.. According to the tradition of the Catholic Church, it started from the day of Pentecost at the upper room of Jerusalem; [1] the Catholic tradition considers that the Church is a continuation of the early Christian community established by the Disciples of Jesus.
San Miguel Mission, in Santa Fe, New Mexico, established in 1610, is the oldest church in the United States.. The Catholic Church in the United States began in the colonial era, but by the mid-1800s, most of the Spanish, French, and Mexican influences had demographically faded in importance, with Protestant Americans moving west and taking over many formerly Catholic regions.
Epicenter of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota and its first leader, Bishop Henry Benjamin Whipple, featuring an 1862 cathedral notably designed by James Renwick Jr. and an 1894 staff residence (added to listing February 19, 1982). [20] 16: Chapel of the Good Shepherd: Chapel of the Good Shepherd
1895 Romanesque Revival church built by Minnesota's largest Polish American community; one of Winona's most prominent architectural landmarks. [11] Now termed the Basilica of Saint Stanislaus Kostka. 7: Church of the Holy Trinity-Catholic: Church of the Holy Trinity-Catholic: August 9, 1984 : 83 Main St.
1899 church and 1907 rectory embodying the importance of ethnic parishes in the cultural and religious life of Minnesota's rural German American populace. [11] Renamed the Church of St. Mary. Damaged by arson in 2016 and demolished in 2020. [12] [13] 7: Church of St. Joseph-Catholic: Church of St. Joseph-Catholic