St. Michael (Plymouth, Iowa)

St. Michael (Plymouth, Iowa)

"For Saint Michael’s first century we rely somewhat on an anonymous history brought up to date in 1987, but probably begun many years earlier. That history states that two Czechs, Albert Cobeen and Frank Yarick started to build a church. Lacking sufficient funds, they were helped by the Irish Catholics to finish the church in 1872. Father Sulac, a Jesuit missionary, visited the church twice a year, but the years are not given. Historians are searching old Catholic directories and Jesuit archives for his full name and the specific years he worked in the Iowa missions."

-Rev. Msgr. Edgar Kurt, Parish Profile #219, The Witness, April 7, 1991

The Archdiocese of Dubuque.
The Center for Dubuque History at Loras College.

Loras College
Kucera Center for Catholic Thought
Frank and Ida Goedken Series: "Spiritual Life in the Upper Mississippi River Valley"

Burback, Emily. Burns, Daniel. Gibson, Michael. Oberfoell, Carol. Waldmeir, Helen. Waldmeir, John.

English.

Various primary and secondary sources.

1872-2004
The history of the parish over the span of 132 years, including information about its priests and parishioners.

CENTENNIAL (1 document)
CERTIFICATES (2 documents)
DECREE (2 documents)
FINANCIAL STATEMENT (2 documents)
HISTORY (1 document)