The silver anniversary annal of Saint Matthew Parish, Allouez, Green Bay, Wisconsin

84 Pages·1947·13.502 MB·English

by  Edward J Westenberger

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Grateful acknowledgment of their invaluable <lssistan<.:12
in compiling and arranging the data contained in this
booklet. is hereby given to:
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The Right Rc\'crcnd Monsignor
JosEPH /\. MARX, V.G., P.A.,
Green Bay, Wisconsin.
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Mn. I loRTON RoE,
Washingron. D. C.
For their zcn] and dli<.:iency in enlisting the patrons
whose names appear in the second section of this booklet,
we arc grateful to the 1m·mbcrs of
THE CHRISTIAN l\lorttEns Soc1ETY
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SAINT MATTllEW PARISH, ALLOUEZ,
Green Bay, Wisconsin
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This booklet was compiled from:
data filed in the official records of Saint :.\ilatthew
Parish, !\llouez, Green Bay. Wisconsin;
data recorded in the official histo1ical files of the
Catholic Diocese of Green Bay;
brochures of the \Nisconsin Historical Societv,
'.\1adison, Wisconsin; ·
"Historic Green Bay" by Neville-Manjn, published
by the authors, Green Bay, Wisconsin.
'Wisconsin Historical C.Ollections" by Drapcr
Thwaites, published by State Historical Society of
Wisconsin, Madison, Wisconsin;
"History of Brown C.Ounty, Wisconsin," by Deborah
J.
B. Martin, published by S. Clarke Publishing
Company, Chicago, Illinois;
The Green Bay Press-Gazette,
Green Bay, Wisconsin;
"Memoris," Father Mazzuchelli, published by W. F.
Hall Printing Company, Chicago, Illinois;
Catholic: Encyclopedia.
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THE MOST REVEREND
STANISLAUS VINCENT BONA, PH. D., D. D.
BISHOP OF GREEN BAY
The Most Re,·erend Bishop, Stanislaus Vincent Dona, was born in Chicago, Illinois,
on October first, 1888. He received his Bachelor's Degree from Saint Stanislaus Col
lege, Chicago, in 1905, and the Doctorate in Philosophy and Theology. as well as the
Licentiate in Canon Law from the American College in Rome, Italy in 1913.
After his return to the United States, he became Professor of Languages in Quigley
Seminary, Chicago. until 1922. In the same year he became Pastor of Saint Casimir's
Parish in Chicago, and was elevated to the dignity of Right Reverend Monsignor in
1931 by Pope Pius XI.
In February, 1932, Monsign~r Bona was consecraced Bishop of Grand Island, and
in December, )<}44, he was transferred to the Sec of Green Bay as co-adjutor to the
Most Reverend Bishop Paul P. Rhode.
Up0n the death of Bishop Rho<le, in March, 1945, the Holy Father app0inted him
Bishop of Green Bay.
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