St. Boniface (Diocese of Saginaw)
St. Boniface
| St. Boniface | |
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| Dedication: | St. Boniface |
| Type/Classification: | Territorial Parish |
| Non-Parochial: | No |
| Operated By: | Diocesan clergy |
| Venerated Saints: | None specified |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Saginaw |
| Deanery: | |
| Address: | 510 N Lincoln Ave., Bay City, Michigan 48708 |
| City: | Bay City, MI |
| Subdivision: | Michigan |
| Country: | United States |
| County: | Bay County |
| Website: | No website specified |
| Founded: | |
| School: | No |
| Email: | None specified |
| AI Confidence: | 4/10 |
| Review Level: | 0/5 |
St. Boniface is a territorial parish of the Diocese of Saginaw, located at 510 N Lincoln Ave. in Bay City, Michigan. The parish is dedicated to Saint Boniface, the eighth-century English Benedictine missionary bishop known as the "Apostle of the Germans," who evangelized the Germanic peoples of Frisia, Hesse, and Thuringia before his martyrdom in 754.
Bay City's Catholic community grew substantially through waves of nineteenth- and early twentieth-century immigration, and parishes dedicated to German patrons such as Saint Boniface were often established to serve German-speaking Catholic immigrant families settling in the region's lumber and manufacturing towns along the Saginaw River. No confirmed founding date for the parish is documented in available sources.
St. Boniface continues to serve as a Catholic worship community within Bay County, Michigan, under the pastoral oversight of the Diocese of Saginaw.
History
Limited sources are available regarding the specific founding circumstances of St. Boniface Parish in Bay City. Given the parish's dedication to Saint Boniface, a patron traditionally favored by German Catholic immigrant communities, it is likely that the parish traces its origins to the German Catholic settlement of Bay City during the nineteenth or early twentieth century, a period when the city's lumber industry drew significant numbers of German, Polish, and other Central European Catholic immigrants.[1]
According to the Diocese of Saginaw, the parish continues to operate as a territorial parish serving Catholics within its geographic boundaries in Bay City.[2] No confirmed founding date, construction history, or list of pastors is documented in available public sources.
Special features
- Parish community rooted in the historic German Catholic heritage of Bay City
- Continued territorial service to Catholics in the Bay City area of Bay County
Relics
According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of a dedicated Catholic church typically contains relics of saints, as is customary for consecrated altars. Specific details regarding any relics housed at St. Boniface are not publicly documented in available sources.
Architecture and Art
Exterior features
Specific architectural details regarding the exterior of the St. Boniface church building are not publicly documented in available sources.
Interior features
No confirmed details regarding the parish's interior arrangement are documented in publicly available sources.
Stained Glass Windows
Specific details on the church's stained glass windows, if present, are not publicly documented in available sources.
Statues and Sculptures
Any devotional statuary honoring Saint Boniface or other saints is not publicly documented in available sources.
Other Artwork
No further devotional artwork is publicly documented in available sources.
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Related parishes
- 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 Guadalupe (Diocese of Saginaw)
- Our Lady of the Visitation (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)
External links
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References
- ↑ "Diocese of Saginaw". Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw. https://www.saginawdiocese.org/.
- ↑ "Parishes of the Diocese of Saginaw". Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw. https://www.saginawdiocese.org/parishes.