“With the development of the section of Louisville known as ‘Butchertown,’ then at the eastern edge of the city, came a number of Catholic families. Those speaking German had to go to either St. Martin of Tours or to the more distant St. Boniface Church, both far enough to make church going inconvenient. When, therefore, their number justified it, the Right Reverend Martin John Spalding, Bishop of Louisville, determined that they should have a parish of their own.”