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Saint John the Evangelist Catholic Church is a Catholic parish of the Archdiocese of Indianapolis in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States. The parish's origins date to 1837, when it was first named Holy Cross parish.
The congregation of St. John the Evangelist is the the oldest Catholic organization in Green Bay, and it can be safely added, of Northern Wisconsin, as it was attended by regular pastors as early as 1831. St. John's can also claim to be the first organized attempt to perpetuate the labors of the early missionaries, Fathers Allouez and Marquette.
Saint John the Evangelist was elevated to the status of a Cathedral in 1918 when the Diocese of Lafayette was created from the Diocese of New Orleans. Breaux Bridge, Louisiana native Rev. Jules Benjamin Jeanmard was appointed as Lafayette’s first bishop.
In 1950, Father Lawrence Newman (later Monsignor) became pastor. He built churches in Fontana, Franklin, Murphy, Sylva, and in 1954, Immaculate Conception, in Canton. As of 1955, St. John's embraced only Haywood County with Immaculate Conception as its lone remaining mission church.
Saint John the Evangelist was the son of Zebedee and Salome, and the brother of James the Greater. Read more from the Catholic Encyclopedia.
St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church was first built at its location in 1850 as a wooden structure. This original structure was the culmination of about 30 years of devoted efforts of Catholics in the Plaquemine area to establish their own church parish with permission of the diocese of New Orleans which at that time had jurisdiction.
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Aug 3, 2021 · During the next five decades, the congregation grew to the point where a larger church was needed. A cornerstone was laid in 1884 and the present church, designed in an English Gothic style and built of white sandstone, was consecrated on October 13, 1889.
