St. Boniface Church is a historic

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church building in Sublimity, Oregon,

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built in 1889.

Description

St. Boniface is construction in the

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style of architecture, it is a massive six-bay wooden structure with lancet stained glass windows and a steep sloping roof. The cross-adorned steeple above its front entrance reaches to a height of 110 feet above the ground. A historic cemetery adjoins the church building on one side.

History

The first Catholics came to Sublimity in the 1870s. They were German immigrant farmers who came by rail from states like Minnesota, Wisconsin and Nebraska. Originally, services were held in private homes. The first priest, Fr. Peter Juvenal Stampfl, arrived in 1879. He made the first entry in St. Boniface's parish records on December 3, 1879. St. Boniface Church is still an active parish in the

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. Fr. Paul Materu is the current pastor.St. Boniface Church's website
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References

External links

St. Boniface Church
(official website)
Images of St. Boniface Catholic Church on Flickr
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