Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin, on the western shore of Lake Michigan, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.
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Origins
FoundedGrown from French fur-trading contacts on Lake Michigan from the 1670s; Solomon Juneau's trading post of 1818 became the nucleus of Juneautown, which merged with rival settlements to form Milwaukee, incorporated as a city in 1846. 1 Attributions
TraditionSourced to the subject's own accountRoman Catholic Christianity, as the seat of the Archdiocese of Milwaukee, erected as a diocese on 28 November 1843 and elevated to an archdiocese on 12 February 1875 under Archbishop Michael Heiss's predecessor John Henni. 2 Traditions
Sacred and Liturgical LanguagesSourced to the subject's own accountEnglish in ordinary parish worship, with German surviving in the city's historic national parishes and Latin preserved as the historic liturgical language of the Roman Rite. 3 Connections
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Source Judge Approves 21 Million Dollar Milwaukee Archdiocese Settlement
This source names Milwaukee directly: "(U.S.A.)'s 227th General Assembly in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, elected the Reverend Marta Pumroy-Cordero and the Reverend Doctor Kristopher D."
Source Pumroy-Cordero and Schondelmeyer Are Elected Moderators on First Ballot (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
This source names Milwaukee directly: "of the 227th General Assembly in Milwaukee on the first ballot, with 250 of 380 commissioner votes, and their remarks on serving and healing the church."
Source Pumroy-Cordero and Schondelmeyer Are Elected Moderators on First Ballot (Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.))
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Source Milwaukee (Wikipedia)
Sources
1. Encyclopaedia Britannica (online academic reference)
Encyclopaedia Britannica editors, Encyclopaedia Britannica, Inc., 2024account of the group's founding and originView the Source 2. Annuario Pontificio and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae
Central Office of Church Statistics, Holy See, Libreria Editrice Vaticanatradition factthe holders' own account
3. Sacrosanctum Concilium, Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy
Second Vatican Council, Holy See, 1963fact about the tradition's sacred languagesthe holders' own accountView the Source Milwaukee (Wikipedia)
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Milwaukee is the most populous city in the U.S.
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