History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . REV. PETER MENARD, BORN .\T ST. FRANCOIS-VERCHERES, CANADA, SEPTEMBER 27, 1845,ORDAINED BY BISHOP MRAK, APRIL 23, 1875. cnivtinued until its removal was necessi-tated by the laying of the floor to the newone. The new St. Josephs church wasdedicated on the 8th of December 1873by the Rt. Rev. Ignatius Mrak. For burying purposes Father Langner 366 HISTORY OF THE D
History of the diocese of Sault Ste, Marie and Marquette; containing a full and accurate account of the development of the Catholic church in upper Michigan, with portraits of bishops, priests and illustrations of churches old and new . REV. PETER MENARD, BORN .\T ST. FRANCOIS-VERCHERES, CANADA, SEPTEMBER 27, 1845,ORDAINED BY BISHOP MRAK, APRIL 23, 1875. cnivtinued until its removal was necessi-tated by the laying of the floor to the newone. The new St. Josephs church wasdedicated on the 8th of December 1873by the Rt. Rev. Ignatius Mrak. For burying purposes Father Langner 366 HISTORY OF THE DIOCESE OF obtained from the Ludington LumberCompany a large plat of ground knowntoday as the Old Catholic Cemetery. Healso purchased, for four hundred dollars,lots 3, 4, 5 and 6 of Block 39; the deedwas jointly executed by Nelson Luding-ton and wife, Perry H. Smith and wife,Harrison Ludington and wife, and Dan-iel Wells and wife. During the eleven years of his pastor-ate in Escanaba Father Langner had alarge territory attached to his parish. To. ST. P.\TRICKs church and house, escanaba, MICHIGAN the West, Garden, Fayette, and IndianPoint; to the South all stations on theNorth-Western as far as Stephenson, andNorth as far as Lathrop. For two yearsFather Martin Fox, prior to his appoint-ment to Menominee in 1873 assisted himin the care of souls and after that receivedoccasional help from the Revs. JohnBrown, James Sweeney, J. C. Kenney,Peter Menard, Luke Mozina and FabianPawlar. Father Langner gave up hischarge June 19, 1881. His immediate successor became Al. Majerus, who remained onlyfrom July 31, 1881 to February 5, Mrak and Father Hyacinth O. took care of the parish until FatherJoseph Nieblings appointment, Feb-ruary 12, 1882. Upon his retirementJanuary 31, 18S3, Rt. Rev. Bishop Mrakwas again in charge of it until August17th of the same year when Bishop Ver-tin ceded the parish to the FranciscanOrder. The succession of theFranciscan Fathers is t
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