St. Mary's Parish (Appleton, Wisconsin)

St. Mary's Parish is a Roman Catholic parish in Appleton, Wisconsin, USA, in the Diocese of Green Bay.

Organized by Fr. J.N. Pfeiffer and the Irish Catholics of the area in 1859, St. Mary Parish was the first Roman Catholic church in Appleton.^[1] In 1860, a frame church was completed and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin under the title “St. Mary of the Seven Dolors”. U.S. Senator Joseph McCarthy is buried in the parish cemetery.^[2] Wisconsin State Assemblyman John Tracy and his family were attendees.^[3]

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Diocese of Green Bay
Bishops	Ordinaries Joseph Melcher Francis Xavier Krautbauer Frederick Katzer Sebastian Gebhard Messmer Joseph John Fox Paul Peter Rhode Stanislaus Vincent Bona Aloysius John Wycislo Adam Maida Robert Joseph Banks David Zubik David L. Ricken Auxiliary bishops John Benjamin Grellinger Robert F. Morneau Mark Francis Schmitt
Churches	Cathedral St. Francis Xavier Cathedral Parishes St. Mary's Church, Appleton Holy Cross Church, Green Bay St. Willebrord Church, Green Bay Holy Cross Church, Kaukauna St. Mary's Church, Kaukauna St. Gregory's Church, St. Nazianz Former Saint Joseph of the Lake Church, Menominee Indian Reservation St. Ambrose Church, St. Nazianz St. Lawrence Church, Stangelville Shrines Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, Champion National Shrine of Saint Joseph, DePere Abbey St. Norbert Abbey Oratory St. Joseph's Oratory, Green Bay
Education	Higher education St. Norbert College Silver Lake College High schools Lourdes High School, Oshkosh Notre Dame Academy, Green Bay Roncalli High School, Manitowoc St. Mary Central High School, Neenah St. Thomas Aquinas Academy, Marinette Xavier High School, Appleton
Priests	John Francis Doerfler Frank Joseph Dewane
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