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- Archdiocese of Dubuque (
Chancery: 1229
Phone: (319) 556-2580.
The Archdiocese of Dubuque presently encompasses the NORTHEASTERN
Iowa counties of: Allamakee, Benton, Blackhawk, Bremer, Buchanan, Butler, Cerro
Gordo, Chickasaw, Clayton, Delaware, Dubuque, Fayette, Floyd, Franklin, Grundy,
Hamilton, Hancock, Hardin, Howard, Jackson, Jones, Linn, Marshall, Mitchell,
Story, Tama, Winnebago, Winneshiek, Worth and Wright.
History
of the Archdiocese of Dubuque - from 1673 when French Jesuit, Jacques
Marquette "...passed by the shores of what is now
- History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque (Iowa), by J. C. Stuart, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume V, 1909, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, 1999 by Kevin Knight.
"...Archdiocese
of Dubuque (Dubuquensis), established, 28 July, 1837,
created an archbishopric, 1893, comprises that part of Iowa, U.S.A., north of
Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Scott, and east of Kossuth,
Humboldt, Webster, and Boone Counties..."
Notre Dame Archives Collection, 1843-[1936] - the Archdiocese of Dubuque.
Archdiocesan Education Services
- Archdiocese of
- Deceased Priests of the Archdiocese of Dubuque, 1833-2002
- St. Raphael Cathedral - (
- CSC:
- Saint Patrick Parish -
(
Eighth
and
- Blessed Sacrament Parish - (
- Sacred Heart Parish - (
- Sacred Heart
Parish (
E-mail: DBQ155@impresso.com
The congregation at Sacred
Heart, in Oxford Juncion (
Sacred Heart Parish (
Phone: (319) 678-2200 E-mail:
sheartln@netins.net
- St. Mary Parish -
(
- History
of St. Joseph's Catholic Church - (Cresco,
St. Joseph
Church Hall:
Phone: (319) 547-4652.
- History
of Holy Trinity Catholic Church [est. ca. 1878] - (Protivin,
Street Address:
Mailing Address: Box 205 - Protivin, IA
52163-0205
- Assumption
Catholic Church Parish - (Cresco,
- St. Mary Parish
- Sacred Heart Parish
- Diocese of Davenport
(
Chancery:
Phone: (563) 324-1911 Fax: (563) 324-5842
E-mail: communication
@ davenportdiocese.org
The Diocese of Davenport encompasses the SOUTHEASTERN Iowa counties of
Appanoose, Cedar, Clinton, Davis, Des Moines (county), Henry, Iowa, Jasper,
Jefferson, Johnson, Keokuk, Lee, Louisa, Mahaska, Marion, Monroe, Muscatine,
Poweshiek, Scott, Van Buren, Wapello, and Washington.
- Diocese of Davenport Map (.pdf) and Parish Directory
- History of the Diocese of Davenport (Iowa), by Wm. P. Shannahan, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IV, 1908, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, 1999 by Kevin Knight.
When established, on
8 May, 1881, it embraces the four southern tiers of counties of the State of
- Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral [Parish est. as St. Margaret's in 1856]
(
422 East 10th Street -
Phone: (563) 324-3257 | E-mail:
shcathdav@aol.com
(The parish was first named St. Margaret's, but was renamed The
Sacred Heart of Jesus in 1891, when the new Cathedral was built.)
- Holy Family Parish
(
Phone: (563) 322-0901 E-mail:
morrissey@revealed.net
- Our Lady of
Victory Parish (
Phone: (563) 391-4245 E-mail:
olvdav@earthlink.net
- St. Alphonsus Parish (
2618
Phone: (563) 322-0987 E-mail:
staldav@attglobal.net
St. Peter's, in
- St. Anthony Parish
(
Phone: (563) 322-3303 E-mail:
stanthonys@revealed.net
- St. Mary Parish
(
Phone: (563) 322-3383 E-mail:
stmarydav@revealed.net
- St. Paul the
Apostle Parish (
Phone: (563) 322-7994 E-mail: stpaul@excelonline.com
- Our Lady of
Phone: (563) 359-0345 E-mail:
lourdes@revealed.net
- St. John Vianney Parish(
Phone: (563) 332-7910
E-mail: office@stjohnvianneybettendorf.org
- St. Andrew Parish (
333
Phone: (563) 381-1363 E-mail:
stmarywi@netins.net
St. Andrew's is attended from St. Mary's, in
St. Mary Parish (
701 E. 3rd Street,
Phone: (563) 732-2271
E-mail: stmarywi@netins.net
- St. Peter Parish (
Phone: (563) 381-2865 E-mail:
staldav@attglobal.net
St. Peter's is attended from St. Alphonsus,
in
St. Alphonsus Parish (SCOTT
County, IA)
2618
Phone: (563) 322-0987
E-mail: staldav@attglobal.net
- Our Lady of the
River Parish (
28200 - 226th Place,
Phone: (563) 289-5736 E-mail:
olor@tricor.net
This concregation
is attended from
16550 -
Phone: (563) 285-4596 E-mail: stanlong@netins.net
- Sacred Heart
Parish (
Phone: (563) 678-2200 E-mail:
sheartln@netins.net
The congregation at Sacred
Heart, in Oxford Juncion (
- St. Mary Parish
(
Phone: (641) 437-1984 E-mail:
smciacpps@jetnetinc.net
- St. Mary Parish
(
302
Phone: (563) 432-6236 E-mail:
marymech@netins.net
- Church of the
Visitation Parish (
Phone: (563) 259-1188 E-mail:
pastor@visitationcamanche.org
- Assumption and St.
Patrick Parish (
Phone: (563) 677-2758 E-mail:
ssmjasp@netins.net
- Jesus Christ,
Prince of Peace Parish (
Phone: (563) 242-3311 E-mail: jcpop@cis.net
- St. James Parish
(
- Mailing
Address:
- Phone: (563) 678-2200
- St. Mary Magdalen Church (
Bloomfield, IA
Phone: (641) 664-2553 E-mail: stpatott@netins.net
St. Mary's is attended from St. Patrick Parish, in Ottumwa
(Wapello County)
St. Patrick Parish (WAPELLO County, IA)
222 N. Ward Street - Ottumwa, IA 52501-4398
Phone: (515)
682-4212 E-mail: stpatott@netins.net
- SS. John and Paul
Parish (
Phone: (319) 752-6733 E-mail:
stjohnbu@interl.net
- St. Mary Parish (
Phone: (319) 985-2122 E-mail:
smchurch@netins.net
- St. Alphonsus Parish (
Phone: (319) 385-8410 E-mail:
njadam@se-iowa.net
- St. Patrick Parish
(
Phone: (319) 642-5438 E-mail:
stmarysw@avalon.net
Phone: (319) 664-3325 E-mail:
jjwhalen@netins.net
862 F52 Trail,
Phone: (319) 668-1855 E-mail:
jjwhalen@netins.net
This parish is attended from
- Immaculate
Conception Parish (
Phone: (515) 674-3711 E-mail:
imccolfax@uswest.net
- Sacred Heart
Parish (
1115 S. 8th Avenue
E.,
Phone: (641) 792-2050 E-mail:
shnewton@pcpartner.net
St. Peter Parish (Cosgrove,
Phone: (319) 645-2077 E-mail:
imelou@aol.com
St. Peter's is attended from St. Mary's, in
- St. Mary Parish (
216 W. Jayne Street,
P.O. Box 416 - Lone Tree, IA 52755-0416
Phone: (319) 629-4225 E-mail:
ckaalbergplc@juno.com
- St. Mary Parish (
Phone: (319) 828-4180 E-mail:
stmary@worldnet.att.net
St. Peter's, in Cosgrove, is also served from St. Mary's Parish.
- Holy Trinity
Parish (
Phone: (641) 636-3883 E-mail:
trinitykeota@lisco.net
- Our Lady of
Phone: (319) 738-3631 E-mail:
stmarysgrnvia@lisco.com
- All Saints Parish (
Phone: (319) 524-8334 E-mail:
alstskeo@gatecity.com
503 Spruce Street,
Phone: (319) 463-5443 E-mail:
stjoseph@interl.net
Phone: (319) 728-8210 E-mail:
josephmary@lisco.net
St. Mary Parish (
13204 Dodgeville Road - Dodgeville, IA 52650-9875
Phone: (319) 985-2122 E-mail:
smchurch@netins.net
- St. Mary Parish
(
Phone: (641) 673-6680 E-mail:
stmosky@kdsi.net
- St. Anthony Parish
(
1202
Phone: (641) 828-7050 E-mail:
anthony@harenet.net
- Sacred Heart
Parish (
Phone: (641) 947-3261 E-mail:
frsorubg@harenet.net
- St. Mary Parish
(
Phone: (641) 932-5130 E-mail: stmaryalbia@cknet.net
- St. Peter Parish
(
601 W. 6th Street
P.O. Box 8 - Lovilia, IA
50150-0008
Phone: (641) 946-8298 E-mail: sspeteandpat@lisco.com
IAGenWeb for Monroe County, includes:
St.
Peter's Cemetery Gravestones and Information, by Stephen Stewart
Monroe County
Genealogical Society identifies Church Records &
Histories among Library Holdings.
- St. Patrick Parish
(
Phone: (641) 726-3531 E-mail:
sspeteandpat@lisco.com
This congregation is attended from St.
Peter's in
- SS. Mary &
Mathias Parish (
215
Phone: (563) 263-1416 E-mail:
marymath@muscanet.com
- Our Lady of
Guadalupe Parish (
Phone: (563) 263-7788 E-mail:
olg6@juno.com
- St. Mary Parish
(
Phone: (319) 723-4566 E-mail:
ckaalbergplc@juno.com
- St. Mary Parish
(
701 E. 3rd Street,
Phone: (563) 732-2271 E-mail:
stmarywi@netins.net
- St. Patrick Parish
(
Phone: (641) 522-7714 E-mail:
stpatbkn@netins.net
- Saint Mary Parish
- (
- St. Mary of the
Visitation Parish (
216 Court Street -
Phone: (641) 682-4559 E-mail:
stmaryinottumwa@pcsia.com
- St. Patrick Parish
(
Phone: (641) 682-4212 E-mail:
stpatott@netins.net
St. Mary Magdalen Church, in
- Diocese of Des Moines (Iowa) [est. 19111]
Chancery: 601 Grand Avenue
- Des Moines, IA 50309
Mailing address: P.O. Box 1816 - Des Moines,
IA 50306
Phone: (515) 243-7653
The Diocese of Des Moines encompasses the SOUTHWESTERN Iowa counties of Adair,
Adams, Audubon, Cass, Clarke, Dallas, Decatur, Fremont, Guthrie, Harrison,
Lucas, Madison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Polk, Pottawattamie, Ringgold, Shelby,
Taylor, Union, Warren, and Wayne.
- Diocesan Newspaper: The Catholic Mirror
- Parish Directory
- St. Ambrose
Cathedral: (
Phone: (515) 288-7411
- St. John Basilica:
(
Phone: (515) 244-3101 - E-mail: basilicadm@aol.com
- St. Anthony Parish: (
Phone: (515) 244-4709
- St. Augustin
Parish [est. ca. 1922] - (
545 -
Phone: (515) 255-1175 | Fax: (515) 255-7969
Email: info@staugustin.org
- All Saints Parish: (
650 N.E.
Phone: (515) 265-5001 Email: dmallsaints@att.net
- Christ the King Parish:
[est. 1939] (
Phone: (515) 285-2888
Phone: (515) 266-2226
- St. Mary of Nazareth Parish:
(
Phone: (515) 276-4042 Email: stmarys@stmarysdsm.org
- St. Peter Parish:
[est. 1915] (
Phone: (515) 266-4265 -
E-mail: loretta@stpeterparish.org
- St. Teresa
Parish: (
Phone: (515) 279-4654 -
E-mail: parishoffice@yahoo.com
- Holy Trinity Parish: [est. ] (
Phone: (515) 255-3162 - E-mail:
dianet@holytrinitydm.org
- Visitation
Parish: (
Phone: (515) 266-6695
- SS. John and Paul Parish
(
- 114 -
Phone: (515) 967-3796 | Fax: (515) 967-7197.
E-Mail: mailto:frvinard@aol.com - Our Lady's Immaculate Heart - (
Phone: (515) 964-3038 | Fax: (515) 964-5997.- St. Pius X Parish
- [est. 1955] (
Phone: (515) 276-2059
- Ss. Peter and Paul Parish -
(
- Our Lady of Carter Lake
Parish - (
- Holy Spirit Parish
(
Phone: (641) 782-2716- St. Edward Parish
(
- St.
Elizabeth Seton Parish - (
- Diocese of Sioux City (
Chancery:
The Diocese of Sioux City encompasses the 24 counties in the NORTHWESTERN
corner of
Diocese of Sioux City, Iowa
(newspaper site)
Diocesan Newspaper: The
Globe.
- Diocese of Sioux City Parish Directory
- Epiphany Cathedral:
(
- History of St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Cedar Falls, Iowa) organized in 1854
- Sacred Heart Catholic Church
-
- Discalced Carmelite Nuns -
Carmelite Monastery:
2901 So. Cecelia -
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In 1673: Father Jacques Marquette
visited a
From 1763 until 1793, the wilderness of
From 1793 until 1809: The Northwest was encompassed by the newly formed Diocese
of New Orleans, (Louisiana)
established in 1793.
In 1803, United States President, Thomas Jefferson, purchased the
From 1809 until 1815, the area was encompassed by the Archdiocese of Baltimore
(Maryland).
The area now known as
From l815 until 1818, the area of Upper and
In 1818, Bishop Louis Dubourg relocated from
In 1832, Father Charles Van Quickenborne, came into
In 1833, the first Mass celebrated within the limits of
In 1834 that part of the Louisiana Purchase now included in the State of
In 1836, St. Raphael's Church was built at
In 1837, the Diocese of Dubuque was established to encompass the geographical
area which included present day states of
In 1838, St. Anthony's Church was built in
In 1843, the Sisters of Charity , at the
invitation of Bishop Matthias Loras, located in Iowa,
and founded Clark College in Dubuque.
On 28 December, 1846,
In 1850, the Diocese of St. Paul (Minnesota)
was formed from the Diocese of Dubuque, to encompass the geographical area of
present-day Minnesota
and the eastern portion of the Dakotas.
The area of the entire state of
In 1856, the cornerstone was laid for St. Margaret's Church in
In 1881, the Diocese of
Davenport was formed, from the Diocese of Dubuque, to encompass the
southern half of the state of
In 1882, St.
Ambrose University was established, by The Most Reverend John McMullen,
DD., "...as a seminary and school of commerce for young men..."
In 1893, the Diocese of Dubuque was elevated to an Archdiocese.
In 1902, the Diocese of Sioux City was formed, from the western portion of the
Archdiocese of Dubuque, to encompass the northwestern area of
- In 1911, the Diocese of Des
Moines was formed, from a portion of the Diocese of Davenport, to
encompass 24 counties in southwestern
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- History of the Jesuits of English-Speaking Canada
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- Carmelite Nuns, of
- History of St. Patrick's Catholic Church (Cedar Falls, Iowa) from 1854
- The Sacred Heart Cathedral in Davenport: The Cathedral and Its History
- History of Iowa, by John I. Mullany, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume VIII, 1910, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, 1999 by Kevin Knight.
"...The first Mass celebrated within the limits of
- History of the Archdiocese of New Orleans (Louisiana), by Marie Louise Points, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IX, 1911, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, 1999 by Kevin Knight.
"...Erected 25 April, 1793, as the Diocese of Saint Louis of
New Orleans; raised to its present rank and title 19 July, 1850. Its original
territory comprised the ancient Louisiana purchase and East and
- History of the Archdiocese of St. Louis (Missouri), by John J. Tannrath, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XIII, 1912, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, 1999 by Kevin Knight.
...In 1827, Diocese of Louisiana comprised, roughly speaking, the
territory extending from the Gulf of Mexico to the Dominion of Canada and from
the Mississippi River to the
- History of the Archdiocese of Dubuque (Iowa), by J. C. Stuart, from The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume V, 1909, by Robert Appleton Company, Online Edition, 1999 by Kevin Knight.
"...Archdiocese of Dubuque (Dubuquensis),
established, 28 July, 1837, created an archbishopric, 1893, comprises that part
of Iowa, U.S.A., north of Polk, Jasper, Poweshiek, Iowa, Johnson, Cedar, and Scott,
and east of Kossuth, Humboldt, Webster, and Boone Counties..."
- History of the
Archdiocese of Dubuque - from 1673 when French Jesuit, Jacques
Marquette "...passed by the shores of what is now