Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay
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This article is about St. Francis Xavier Cathedral of Green Bay. For St. Francis Xavier Cathedral (disambiguation), see St. Francis Xavier Cathedral.
The Cathedral of St. Francis Xavier is the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay in Green Bay, Wisconsin, United States. The Cathedral was named in honor of Francis Xavier.
The cathedral was planned and erected between 1876 and 1881 under the bishopric of Francis Xavier Krautbauer. It is leaned on the pattern of the church Ludwigskirche (Munich). Krautbauer ordered a monumental crucifixion painted by Johann Schmitt, a German painter of the Nazarene movement.[1][2]
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- ^ Warren Gerds: St. Francis Xavier Cathedral soars with columns, arches - Data and History of the Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay
- ^ Views of the Cathedrale in Green Bay, internal and external
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