Our Lady of Guadalupe (Diocese of Saginaw)
Our Lady of Guadalupe is a territorial parish in the Diocese of Saginaw, located at 1619 Broadway Street in Bay City, Michigan, within Bay County. The parish is dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe, the title of the Blessed Virgin Mary associated with her sixteenth-century apparition to Saint Juan Diego near Mexico City, a devotion of particular significance to Hispanic and Mexican-American Catholic communities.
As a territorial parish, Our Lady of Guadalupe serves Catholics residing within its assigned geographic boundaries in Bay City rather than functioning as a personal or national parish, though its dedication reflects a devotion long associated with immigrant and Hispanic Catholic communities in the United States. No confirmed founding date is documented in available sources, and the parish is served by diocesan clergy of the Diocese of Saginaw.
Bay City has historically been home to a number of Catholic ethnic parishes established to serve the city's growing immigrant populations along the Saginaw River and Lake Huron shipping trade. Our Lady of Guadalupe continues this tradition of neighborhood parish life in the Diocese of Saginaw.
History
Limited sources are publicly available regarding the specific founding circumstances of Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish in Bay City, Michigan. According to general diocesan records, the parish is one of several Catholic communities serving Bay City and Bay County under the Diocese of Saginaw, which itself was erected in 1938 from territory formerly part of the Diocese of Detroit and the Diocese of Grand Rapids.
The parish's dedication to Our Lady of Guadalupe suggests a historical connection to the pastoral care of Hispanic, Mexican-American, or other Catholic families in the Bay City area, a pattern common among parishes bearing this title in the Midwestern United States. No confirmed founding date, founding pastor, or construction history is documented in the sources available for this article.
Special features
- Devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe as patroness, reflecting the parish's Marian dedication
- Service to the Catholic community of Bay City within Bay County
Relics
According to established Catholic tradition, parish altars customarily contain relics of saints as part of their dedication. Specific details regarding any relics housed at Our Lady of Guadalupe Parish are not publicly documented in available sources.
Architecture and Art
Exterior features
Specific architectural details regarding the exterior of the church building are not publicly documented in available sources.
Interior features
Details on the interior layout and worship space of the church are not publicly documented in available sources.
Stained Glass Windows
No confirmed information regarding stained glass windows is publicly documented in available sources.
Statues and Sculptures
Devotional imagery at the parish is presumed to include representation of Our Lady of Guadalupe, consistent with the parish's dedication, though specific details are not publicly documented in available sources.
Other Artwork
No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.
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- Mission of St. Joseph (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Mary (Diocese of Saginaw, Alma)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Saginaw, Argyle)
- St. Mark (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Saginaw, Auburn)
- Sacred Heart (Diocese of Saginaw, Bad Axe)
- St. Cyril (Diocese of Saginaw)
- Holy Trinity (Diocese of Saginaw)
- Our Lady of the Visitation (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Boniface (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Hedwig (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Hyacinth (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. James (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Joseph (Diocese of Saginaw, Bay City)
- St. Maria Goretti (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Mary of the Assumption (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Stanislaus Kostka (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Vincent de Paul (Diocese of Saginaw, Bay City)
- Sacred Heart (Diocese of Saginaw, Birch Run)
- Sacred Heart (Diocese of Saginaw, Caro)
- St. John the Baptist (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Roch (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Pancratius (Diocese of Saginaw)
- Our Lady of Perpetual Help (Diocese of Saginaw)
- St. Cecilia (Diocese of Saginaw)
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