St. Martin de Porres (Diocese of Saginaw)
| St. Martin de Porres | |
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| Dedication: | St. Martin de Porres |
| Type/Classification: | Territorial Parish |
| Non-Parochial: | No |
| Operated By: | Diocesan clergy |
| Venerated Saints: | None specified |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Saginaw |
| Deanery: | |
| Address: | 4010 Cleveland Rd., Perrinton, Michigan 48856 |
| City: | Perrinton, MI |
| Subdivision: | Michigan |
| Country: | United States |
| County: | Gratiot County |
| Website: | No website specified |
| Founded: | |
| School: | No |
| Email: | None specified |
| AI Confidence: | 3/10 |
| Review Level: | 0/5 |
St. Martin de Porres is a territorial parish of the Diocese of Saginaw, located in Perrinton, Michigan, a small rural community in Gratiot County. The parish is dedicated to Saint Martin de Porres, the seventeenth-century Peruvian Dominican lay brother renowned for his humility and charity toward the poor and sick, and canonized in 1962 as the first person of African descent from the Americas to be declared a saint.
Situated amid the farmland of central Michigan, St. Martin de Porres serves Catholics in and around Perrinton and the surrounding Gratiot County countryside. As a territorial parish, it ministers to Catholics within its geographic boundaries rather than a particular ethnic, linguistic, or national community.
No confirmed founding date is documented in available sources, but the parish's dedication to a twentieth-century canonized saint suggests it was established sometime after 1962, reflecting a mid-to-late twentieth-century wave of parish foundations named for recently canonized saints.
History
Limited sources are publicly available regarding the specific founding circumstances of St. Martin de Porres Parish. The parish is located at 4010 Cleveland Rd. in Perrinton, Michigan, within the Diocese of Saginaw, which encompasses several counties in central Michigan.[1] No confirmed date of establishment, founding pastor, or original building history has been located in available sources. According to the parish's dedication, its naming likely postdates the 1962 canonization of Saint Martin de Porres by Pope John XXIII.
Special features
- Dedication to Saint Martin de Porres, patron of interracial harmony and social justice
- Service to a small, rural farming community in Gratiot County
Relics
According to established Catholic tradition, the main altar of a dedicated parish church customarily contains deposited relics of saints. Specific details regarding any relics housed at St. Martin de Porres 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
Specific details regarding the interior layout and furnishings of the church are not publicly documented in available sources.
Stained Glass Windows
No confirmed information regarding stained glass windows at St. Martin de Porres is available in publicly documented sources.
Statues and Sculptures
Devotional imagery of Saint Martin de Porres, often depicted with a broom symbolizing humble service, may be present in the church, 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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External links
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References
- ↑ "Diocese of Saginaw". Roman Catholic Diocese of Saginaw. https://www.dioceseofsaginaw.org/.