St. Genevieve's Catholic Church

St. Genevieve's Catholic Church
Location	4520 County Highway 229, Fredericksburg, Ohio
Country	United States
Denomination	Catholic
History
Founded	1832
Architecture
Status	In Active
Functional status	Closed
Closed	1981

Locations

• 4520 Co. Hwy. 229, Fredericksburg, Ohio 44627 - current

Comprehensive History

St. Genevieve's located on County Road 229, Fredericksburg was established in 1849. Sources found for this church were Wipert’s Church Histories of Wayne County, 1965 Wooster/Wayne County Telephone Directory, page 25 and Wooster/Wayne County Telephone Directory, December 1975, page 39.

Pastors of

• Prior to 1836 - Rev. Residen
• Prior to 1836 - Rev. Guitar
• Prior to 1836 - Rev. Badin
• 1836 - 1837 - John Geo. Alleman
• 1839 - Francis M. Masquelet
• 1839 various - John Baptiste Lamy
• 1842 - 1844 - Louis M. J. De Goesbriand
• 1845 - 1846 - Peter Peudeprat
• 1846 - 1847 - Sebastian Sanner
• 1847 - Sp. 1848 - Peter Peudeprat
• Sp. 1848 - 1849 - Casimir Mouret
• 1849 - 1852 - Augustin S. Rollinet
• 1852 - 1853 - Peter Weber
• 1853 - 1856 - Charles Thomas
• 1856 - 1859 - Augustin S. Rollinet
• early 1860 - - Louis Hoffer
• Ju. 1860 - Ju. 1861 - Joseph Anton Heimo
• Ju. 1861 - Mid 1862 - Victor Arnould
• Sep.1862 - Sep.1863 - J. M. Guy
• 1864 - 1865 - F. Berthaud (various times)
• 1863 - 1869 - Joseph Anton Heimo
• Mar. 1869 -Sep.1870 - James McGourty
• 1870 - 1872 - Fr. W. T. Hawe
• 1872 - Sp. 1873 - Fr. Serge De Stchoulepnikoff
• Sp. 1873 - Feb.1874 - Fr. Joseph Goegel
• 1874 - 1875 - Fr. Hugh McDevitt and Fr. Michael Ahern
• Feb.1874 - Aug.1876 - Fr. P. A. Petrarra
• 1876 - Aug. 1888 - Fr. Peter Bishop
• Aug.1888 - 1889 - Fr. P. L. Weisenberger
• 1889 - Jul. 1893 - Fr. A. L. Leininger
• Jul. 1893 - 1899 - Fr. Joseph Pollmann
• Sum. 1899 - 1902 - Fr. Bede Hansen
• 1902 - 1903 - Fr. J. J. Wagner
• 1903 - 1910 - Fr. Francis Seeber
• 1910 - 1915 - Fr. Cornelius Schneider
• 1915 - 1926 - Fr. Walter Minder
• 1926 - 1933 - Fr. Anthony Nickel
• 1933 - 1945 - Fr. Chester Leblanc
• 1945 - 1952 - Fr. Andrew Hohman
• 1952 - 1956 - Fr. Bernard Jones
• 1956 - 1963 - Fr. George Marzluf
• 1963 - 1966 - Fr. Michael Tabit
• 1966 - 1967 - Fr. Robert Schuer
• 1967 - 1970 - Fr. Eugene Yoris
• 1970 - 1981 - Fr. John Gamba
• 1981 - St. Genevieve's Catholic Church closed

Timeline

* 1836 - The first church, a log structure, was built.
* 1849 - The second church, a frame structure, was built and used as a Parochial school in 1870.
* 1869 - The third church, with a beautiful sanctuary and altar was finished and Dedicated on 25 July, 1869.
* 1870 - The rectory was built.
* 1908 - The Church Vestibule was added during the summer of that year.
* 1911 - An addition and remodeling of the north side of the rectory was completed.
* 1940 - The third church burned on 29 August 1940.

What Links Here

• Wayne County, Ohio Churches (Table) ‎ (← links)