History, Winnebago County, Wisconsin: Its cities, towns, resources, people

              572 HISTOEY OF WINNEBAGO COUNTY.
George Willard, his successor, remained with this congregation until September, 1870, and during his short term he built a very comfortable parsonage. The next pastor was the Eev. John Gmeiner, who was a resident of South Oshkosh, from October, 1870, until March, 1871; then the Eev. John Eeindl became in¬ cumbent, continuing as such until December 13, 1891, when he died very suddenly. Father Eeindl was also active in making improvements to the property, and among other things veneered the entire church structure, redeemed the church property from the hands of the sheriff, added,a steeple to the church, built a school house and bought several lots. His successor w^as Eev. M. Joerger, D. D., who remained from 1892 to 1893, when the Eey. A. Wibbert took charge, and it now has a large congregation. Several school sisters from,Notre Dame convent, Milwaukee, are in charge of the parochial school, which has an attendance of be¬ tween five and six hundred scholars. Of Catholic societies con¬ nected with this congregation there are the St. Yincent de Paul Men's Society, St. Joseph's society, St. Boniface society, a branch of the Catholic Knights of Wisconsin, Schutzgesellschaft society, a court of the Catholic Order of Foresters, St. Mary's Married Ladies' Society, St. Mary's Young Ladies' Sodality, St. Aloysius Boys' society, and St. Agnes' Girls' society.
The Eev. A. Wibbert was born in Stadtlohn, Westphalia, Ger¬ many, in 1844. Acquiring his ordinary education at the parochial and common schools of that country, he pursued his classical studies in the university at Muenster, Westphalia. He then came to the United States and completed a course in philosophy in Cin- dnnati, Ohio, and also in theology in Montreal, Canada, He was ordained to the priesthood April 16, 1876, at Leavenworth, Kan¬ sas. He occupied the pulpit at various places in Kansas, and in the St. Michael's at Dotyville, in the archdiocese of Milwaukee. Prom there he was transfered to Platteville and thence to Osh¬ kosh, where he assumed the pastorate in November, 1893.
St. John the Evangelist's Church. The Church of St. John the Evangelist, at Oshkosh, was duly dedicated on June 13, 1897, the services being conducted by Eev., Father A. Schinner, of Milwau¬ kee, private secretary to Archbishop Katzer. The sermon was delivered by the Yery Eev. James J. Keogh, of St. John's Cathe¬ dral. This church is located on Thirteenth street between Iowa and Michigan streets. The building occupies an area of 92x66% feet and has a seating capacity of about four hundred. The height of the building is eighty-eight feet; height of the audi-