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St. Willebrord Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay located in downtown Green Bay, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1864 by Dutch immigrants, and dedicated to St. Willibrord. The church is spelled Willebrord (with an "e" in the middle) because stonemasons made a mistake when carving the name.
The National Shrine of Our Lady of Champion, formerly dedicated as the Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, is a Catholic shrine to Mary, mother of God located within the Diocese of Green Bay in the United States. [2] The chapel is in the Champion section of Green Bay, about 16 miles (26 km) northeast of downtown Green Bay proper.
St. Francis Xavier Cathedral is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The cathedral was named in honor of St. Francis Xavier. The cathedral was planned and erected between 1876 and 1881 under the episcopate of Francis Xavier Krautbauer.
St. Patrick's Roman Catholic Oratory Saint Patrick's Oratory is a Roman Catholic oratory located in Green Bay , Brown County , Wisconsin , United States , in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay .
The Abbey is situated on 160 acres (0.65 km 2) of land east of the Fox River, [2] south of Green Bay, Wisconsin, within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay. [2] The members of the community combine a monastic-style life with the active ministry of ordained priests.
The first Catholic presence in present-day Wisconsin was that of French Catholic missionaries in the Green Bay area in the 17th century. When French explorer Jean Nicolet entered the Green Bay areas in 1634, he was followed by Jesuit missionaries. [3] Wisconsin became part of the French colony of New France.
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The current Holy Cross Church was built in 1931 to replace the original 1852 pine church. It was designed by William E. Reynolds of Green Bay in Romanesque Revival style, with an exterior of brown brick. The main entrance is flanked by two square towers, with the left tower larger and holding the original 1852 bell.