Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of Green Bay was erected on March 3, 1868 by Pope Pius IX, and covers the city of Green Bay as well as Brown, Calumet, Door, Florence, Forest, Kewaunee, Langlade, Manitowoc, Marinette, Menominee, Oconto, Outagamie, Shawano, Waupaca, Waushara, and Winnebago counties, Wisconsin.[1] Its first missionary was Fr. Claude-Jean Allouez, who said his first mass in Oconto, Wisconsin.
The Cathedral of Saint Francis Xavier in Green Bay is the mother church of the Diocese of Green Bay.
The Shrine of Our Lady of Good Help, in Champion, Wisconsin, is located in the Diocese.
The following is a list of the Roman Catholic Bishops of the Diocese of Green Bay and their terms of service [2]:
- Bishop Joseph Melcher (3 March 1868 Appointed - 20 December 1873 Died)
- Bishop Francis Xavier Krautbauer (12 February 1875 Appointed - 17 December 1885 Died)
- Bishop Frederick Francis Xavier Katzer (13 July 1886 Appointed - 30 January 1891 Appointed, Archbishop of Milwaukee)
- Bishop Sebastian Gebhard Messmer (14 December 1891 Appointed - 28 November 1903 Appointed, Archbishop of Milwaukee)
- Bishop Joseph John Fox (27 May 1904 Appointed - 7 November 1914 Resigned)
- Bishop Paul Peter Rhode (15 July 1915 Appointed - 3 March 1945 Died)
- Bishop Stanislaus Vincent Bona (3 March 1945 Succeeded - 1 December 1967 Died)
- Bishop Aloysius John Wycislo (8 March 1968 Appointed - 10 May 1983 Retired)
- Bishop Adam Joseph Maida (8 November 1983 Appointed - 28 April 1990 Appointed, Archbishop of Detroit)
- Bishop Robert Joseph Banks (16 October 1990 Appointed - 10 October 2003 Retired)
- Bishop David Allen Zubik (10 October 2003 Appointed - present)
