St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church

St. John the Evangelist Church is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette and was the first Catholic Church to be built in Ishpeming, Michigan.

The church was built under the direction of Father Honoratus Bourion, the pastor of St. Paul’s Church in Negaunee. The building of the church began in 1869 and was completed one year later. In the spring of 1927, the old wooden structure that had served the community for so many years was torn down. A new brick building was erected and on February 14, 1928, the new St. John’s was dedicated by Bishop Joseph G. Pinten, Ordinary of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids.

The parish was originally a mission parish of St. Paul Parish in Negaunee. The French members of the parish left to form St. Joseph Parish in 1890. Its mission church, St. Pius X in North Lake, subsequently became its own parish.^[1]

• History of the Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette, Volume II. (1907). Houghton, Michigan

• Ishpeming Area Catholic Community

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Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette

Bishops

Ireneus Frederic Baraga

Ignatius Mrak

John Vertin

Frederick Eis

Paul Joseph Nussbaum

Joseph Casimir Plagens

Francis Joseph Magner

Thomas Lawrence Noa

Charles Salatka

Mark Francis Schmitt

James Henry Garland

Alexander King Sample

John Francis Doerfler

Churches

List	List of churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette
Cathedral	St. Peter Cathedral, Marquette
Parish churches	St. Ignatius Loyola Church, Houghton St. John the Evangelist Church, Ishpeming Immaculate Conception Church, Iron Mountain Ste. Anne Church, Mackinac Island St. John the Baptist Catholic Church, Menominee Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral, Sault Ste. Marie Church of Our Saviour, Friend of Children, Sugar Island

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