Fort Wayne Diocese Golden Jubilee Marks Fifty Years
The Fort Wayne diocese celebrates its fiftieth anniversary amid a history of growth from pioneer missions to a robust network of 131 secular and 71 religious priests, 110 churches, 42 missions, six visit stations, 48 hospital chapels, 13 academies, and multiple charitable institutions. It traces jurisdiction from Quebec to Baltimore and Bardstown, with bishops Luers, Dwenger, Rademacher, and Alerding guiding a faith community across 42 counties and Iowa to Michigan corridor.
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Fort Wayne
Indiana
Warren
Fountain
Montgomery
Boone
Hamilton
Madison
Delaware
Randolph
John Henry Luers
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Joseph Dwenger
Joseph Rademacher
Herman Joseph Alerding
Notre Dame
Rensselaer
St. Joseph’s
Lafayette
St. Vincent’s
Avilla
Diocese of
Quebec
Baltimore
Bardstown
Vincennea
Michigan
Illinois
Maine
Ohio
New York
Canada
Pius VI
Carroll
United States
Pius VII
Boston
Philadelphia
Kentucky
Tennes
Vincennes
Qullinois
Simon Gabriel Brute de Remur
Brute
Lalamiere
M. Ruff
Metz
France
Celestine Rene Lawrence Guynemer de la Hailandiere
John Stephen Bazin
James Maurice de Long D’aussac de
Marion County
Cincinnati
Father Luers
Holy See
Father Benoit
Luers
A. Bessanies
Louisiana
John A. Wilstach
Wilstach
Vatican
Purcell
Rome
Wastach
Lafayette Public
Opera House
Louis Mueller
Harland
Julian Benoit
St. Augustine’s Church
Lagro
Huntington
Columbia City
Warsaw
Goshen
New France
New Haven
Besancon
Hesse Cassel
Decatur
New Orleans
Logansport
Peru
St. John
Lake County
Mishawaka
Michigan City
Nix Settlement
St. Louis
Lotteville
Tury
Northwest Territory
Cathedral
St. Mary’s
St. Peter’s
St. Paul’s St. Patrick’s
Church of the Precious Blood
St. Vincent’s Orphans Asylum
St. Joseph’s Hospital
St. Roch’s Hospital
St. Augustine’s
St. Catherine’s
Sacred Heart Academy
Alerding
W. C. Miller
John H. Luers
St. Francis Xavier’s
Brown County
Cleveland
Mercer County
Congregation of the Most Precious Blood
Mt. Mary's Seminary
Carthagena
Wapakoneta
Andrew Kunkler
the Precious Blood Order
Dwenger
Pius IX
Ivers
College
Elder
Westphalia
Nashville
Eze
Pennsylvania
Attica
St. Mary’s Church
Leo XII
Rademacher
Germany
America
Newport
St Thomas Seminary
St. Meinrad’s College
Spencer County
de St. Palais
Father Alerding
St. Joseph’s Church
Terre Haute
Cambridge City
Chatard
Fort Warne
South Bend
Hammond
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