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In 1889, Vertin convoked a conference with the diocese's priests, which created an infirm priests' fund and required all Catholic children to attend Catholic school. [8] Over the course of his 20 years as bishop, Vertin oversaw an increase in the diocese's Catholic population from 20,000 to 60,000, the number of churches from 27 to 56, and the ...
Formerly the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie; parish dates to 1668; current church built 1881; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 [26] St. Isaac Jogues Mission 1529 Marquette Ave, Sault Ste. Marie [27] St. Joseph 1101 Minneapolis St, Sault Ste. Marie St. Ignatius Loyola
The first Catholic presence in present-day Michigan was that of the French Jesuit missionaries, Reverends Charles Raymbaut and Isaac Jogues. The two priests stopped near what is now Sault Ste. Marie in 1641 to visit the Chippewa Nation. [5] In 1670, Reverend Claude Dablon established the first Catholic mission in the region on Mackinac Island.
When a diocese is suppressed or when the diocesan see is transferred to another location, the title of the former see becomes available for assignment to a titular bishop or, in the case of an archdiocese, a titular archbishop or an archbishop ad personam. The Vatican resurrected the names of many former sees of the United States in the 1990s ...
Listed on the National Register of Historic Places [35] and as a Michigan Historic Site [31] Cathedral of St. Anthony 1901 5247 Sheridan St, Detroit Romanesque Revival Donaldson and Meier Listed as a Michigan Historic Site. [31] [183] Now part of the Ecumenical Catholic Church of Christ [184] St. Benedict Church 1915 16299 John R St., Highland Park
The Lansing diocese includes three of Michigan's largest cities (Lansing, Ann Arbor, and Flint) and covers 10 counties as follows: Clinton, Eaton, Genesee, Hillsdale, Ingham, Jackson, Lenawee, Livingston, Shiawassee and Washtenaw. [2] The cathedral church of the diocese is the Gothic Revival St. Mary Cathedral, built in 1913 in Lansing.
During Albers's episcopacy, the diocese built 38 parishes, 42 elementary schools and two high schools. This earned Albers the appellation "The Builder". [5] Albers enjoyed a special devotion to St. Joseph; one of the new parishes was named for him. [8] In 1954, the diocesan newsletter Catholic Weekly, Lansing began publication.
The Diocese of Grand Rapids (Latin: Dioecesis Grandcataractensis) is a Latin Church diocese of the Catholic Church in western Michigan in the United States. It comprises 80 parishes in 11 counties. It is a suffragan see to the Archdiocese of Detroit. The mother church of the diocese is the Cathedral of Saint Andrew in Grand Rapids.