“St. Boniface Parish was established in 1836 and is named for the 8th-century bishop known as the Apostle of Germany…It is the oldest Catholic parish in the city of Louisville with its original title and the first church built for German Catholics. Father Joseph Stahlschmidt was the first pastor. Diocesan clergy staffed the parish until 1849 when Bishop Martin John Spalding asked the German-speaking Franciscan priests of Cincinnati, Ohio, to take responsibility for the parish because of the high influx of German Catholic immigrants. After 148 years, the Archdiocese of Louisville resumed responsibility for the parish in 1998.”
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