St. Francis Xavier Cathedral is the cathedral church of the
Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay
The Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay () is a Latin church diocese in the northeast region of Wisconsin in the United States. It is a suffragan diocese of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee, Archdiocese of Milwaukee. Its mother church i ...
in
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is a city in Brown County, Wisconsin, United States, and its county seat. It is located at the head of Green Bay (Lake Michigan), Green Bay (known locally as "the bay of Green Bay"), a sub-basin of Lake Michigan at the mouth of the F ...
,
United States
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. The cathedral was named in honor of
St. Francis Xavier
Francis Xavier, SJ (born Francisco de Jasso y Azpilicueta; ; ; ; ; ; 7 April 15063 December 1552), venerated as Saint Francis Xavier, was a Navarrese cleric and missionary. He co-founded the Society of Jesus and, as a representative o ...
.
The cathedral was planned and erected between 1876 and 1881 under the episcopate of
Francis Xavier Krautbauer. It was designed on the pattern of
Ludwigskirche, a landmark church in the center of
Munich, Germany
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. Krautbauer ordered a monumental crucifixion painted by Johann Schmitt, a local German-descent painter of the
Nazarene movement
The epithet Nazarene was adopted by a group of early 19th-century German Romantic painters who aimed to revive spirituality in art. The name Nazarene came from a term of derision used against them for their affectation of a biblical manner of c ...
.
Krautbauer was buried under the cathedral's floor.
The cathedral began receiving a series of 18 restorations starting in 2014.
It closed in September 2017 and was reopened at a 9:00 mass on Sunday December 3, 2017.
Repairs include the floors,
pews, paintings, and
pipe organ
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.
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List of Catholic cathedrals in the United States
The Catholic Church in the United States comprises ecclesiastical territories called dioceses, eparchies, and ordinariates led by prelate Ordinary (church officer), ordinaries known as bishops. Each bishop is assigned to a cathedral from which ...
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List of cathedrals in the United States
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References
External links
Official Cathedral SiteRoman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay Official Site
Religious organizations established in 1851
Roman Catholic churches completed in 1881
Churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay
Francis Xavier in Green Bay, Cathedral of
Buildings and structures in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Churches in Brown County, Wisconsin
1851 establishments in Wisconsin
19th-century Roman Catholic church buildings in the United States
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