This is a list of current and former Roman Catholic churches in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette. The diocese covers 16,377 square miles comprising the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and is divided into seven administrative vicariates as follows:
The St. Peter Cathedral Vicariate consists of Marquette County, Michigan, and includes the St. Peter Cathedral in Marquette and St. John the Evangelist Church in Ishpeming.
Name | Image | Location | Description/notes |
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St. Mary Mission | 305 Bensinger, Big Bay | [2] | |
Sacred Heart | 1725 Main St, Champion | [3] | |
St. Anthony | 310 W. Iron St, Gwinn | [4] | |
St. John the Evangelist | ![]() | 325 S. Pine St, Ishpeming | First church built 1869–1870; current church built 1927–1928 [5] |
St. Joseph | 1889 Prairie Ave, Ishpeming | [6] | |
St. Pius X | North Lake | Former parish formed in the 1950s and closed in 1995 [7] | |
St. Therese Mission | E5420 Woodland Ave, AuTrain | [8] | |
St. Christopher | 2372 Badger St, Marquette | [9] | |
St. Louis the King | 264 Silver Creek Rd, Marquette | [10] | |
St. Michael | 401 West Kaye Ave, Marquette | [11] | |
St. Peter Cathedral | ![]() | 311 W. Baraga Ave, Marquette | Cathedral church of the diocese; first built 1864-1866 and restored twice after fires; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2012 [12] |
Sacred Heart | 110 W. Jewell St, Munising | [13] | |
St. Paul | 202 W. Case St, Negaunee | [14] | |
St. Joseph Mission | County Rd. 426, Northland | [15] | |
Our Lady of Perpetual Help | 201 Nicholas Ave, Palmer | [16] | |
St. Augustine | 574 Kloman Ave, Republic | [17] | |
St. Rita | N1048 1st Ave. E, Trenary | [18] |
The Holy Name of Mary Vicariate consists of the three eastern counties of the Upper Peninsula: Chippewa, Luce, and Mackinac. It includes Sainte Anne on Mackinac Island and the Holy Name of Mary Pro-Cathedral in Sault Ste. Marie.
Name | Image | Location | Description/notes |
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Holy Family Mission | 4585 E. 15 Mile Rd, Barbeau | ||
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Mission | 12014 Lakeshore Dr, Bay Mills | ||
St. Francis Xavier | 6769 South Bay St., M-221, Brimley | [19] | |
St. Timothy Mission | N9153 Co. Rd. H-33, Curtis | ||
Sacred Heart | 245 N. Ontario St, DeTour Village | [20] | |
St. Florence Mission | 34138 S. Townline Rd, Drummond Island | [21] | |
St. Therese Mission | 8137 M-77, Germfask | Merged with Divine Infant of Prague | |
St. Stanislaus Kostka | 12841 E. Traynor Rd, Goetzville | [22] | |
Holy Rosary | 1000 Grand Marais Ave, Grand Marais | ||
Our Lady of the Snows Mission | 261 Island View Rd, Hessel | [23] | |
Sainte Anne | | 6837 Huron St, Mackinac Island | Parish dates to the 17th century; current church complex built starting in 1874 [24] |
Immaculate Conception | W1934 Church St, Moran | ||
St. Stephen Mission | W11675 US Hwy 2, Naubinway | ||
St. Gregory | 212 W Harrie St, Newberry | [25] | |
Our Lady of Victory Mission | 7208 N M123, Paradise | ||
St. Joseph | 11497 W. Highway 40, Rudyard | ||
Church of Our Saviour (former church) | ![]() | North Shore Rd., Sugar Island, near Sault Ste. Marie | Designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1978 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 |
Holy Name of Mary | ![]() | 377 Maple St, Sault Ste. Marie | Formerly the cathedral church of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sault Ste. Marie; parish dates to 1668; current church built 1881; listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1984 [26] |
St. Isaac Jogues Mission | 1529 Marquette Ave, Sault Ste. Marie | [27] | |
St. Joseph | 1101 Minneapolis St, Sault Ste. Marie | ||
St. Ignatius Loyola | 120 Church St, St. Ignace | ||
Sacred Heart - Mission | 3001 Westshore Rd, Sugar Island | ||
St. Mary Mission | Beech St, Trout Lake |
The Most Holy Name of Jesus Vicariate consists of the Upper Peninsula counties of Baraga and Houghton.
Name | Image | Location | Description/notes |
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Most Holy Name of Jesus/St. Kateri Tekakwitha | 14808 Assinins Rd, Assinins | [28] | |
Our Lady of Peace | 2854 US Highway 41, Ahmeek | [29] | |
St. Ann | 318 Lyons St, Baraga | [30] | |
Sacred Heart | 56512 Rockland St, Calumet | [31] | |
St. Paul the Apostle | 301 Eighth St, Calumet | [32] | |
St. Anne | 41903 Willson Memorial Drive, US 41, Chassell | [33] | |
Our Lady of the Pines Mission | 443 1st St, Copper Harbor | [34] | |
St. Francis of Assisi Mission | 23176 Fir Ave, Dollar Bay | [35] | |
Holy Redeemer Mission | 507 South St, Eagle Harbor | [36] | |
Resurrection | 900 Quincy, Hancock | [37] | |
St. Albert the Great | 411 MacInnes Dr, Houghton | [38] | |
St. Ignatius Loyola | ![]() | 305 Portage, Houghton | Gothic church built 1898, listed on the National Register of Historic Places 1987 [39] |
Sacred Heart of Jesus | 16 6th St, L'Anse | [40] | |
St. Joseph | 701 Calumet St, Lake Linden | [41] | |
Holy Family | 107 Atlantic Ave, South Range | [42] |
The St. John Newman Vicariate consists of the Upper Peninsula county of Menominee.
Name | Image | Location | Description/notes |
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Holy Redeemer | W-5541 Birch Creek Rd. No. 6, Menominee | [43] | |
Holy Spirit | 1016 10th Ave, Menominee | [44] | |
Resurrection | 2607 18th St, Menominee | [45] | |
St. John the Baptist | ![]() | 904 11th Ave, Menominee | Built 1921-1922 and listed in 1995 on the National Register of Historic Places; now operated as Menominee Heritage Museum [46] |
St. Bruno | N13770 Old US Highway 41, Nadeau | [47] | |
St. John Neumann | N16150 Maple St, Spalding | [48] | |
Precious Blood | S 304 Bluff St, Stephenson | [49] |
The St. Joseph and St. Patrick Vicariate consists of the Upper Peninsula counties of Delta and Schoolcraft.
Name | Image | Location | Description/notes |
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St. Mary Magdalene | 1130S County Rd 442, Cooks | [50] | |
St. Anne | 817 S Lincoln Rd, Escanaba | [51] | |
St. Joseph & St. Patrick | 709 1st Ave South, Escanaba | Parish of St. Joseph founded 1865 and St. Patrick in 1901; St. Patrick Church built 1903 and the current St. Patrick Church completed 1939; two parishes merged 1997 [52] | |
St. Thomas the Apostle | 1820 9th Ave N, Escanaba | [53] | |
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton | 1216 12th Rd, Bark River | [54] | |
St. Joseph | 5803 State Hwy M35, Perkins | [55] | |
St. Joseph Mission | W2332 Cemetery Rd, Foster City | [56] | |
St. John the Baptist | 6410 State St, Garden | [57] | |
All Saints | 715 Wisconsin Ave, Gladstone | [58] | |
Holy Family | 4011 County 416 - 20th Rd, Gladstone | [59] | |
Divine Infant of Prague Mission | 1985W US-2, Gulliver | [60] | |
St. Francis De Sales | 330 Oak St, Manistique | Founded as a mission in 1833; current Tudor-Gothic style structure was completed in 1954 [61] | |
St. Andrew | 8236 River St, Nahma | [62] | |
St. Lawrence | ![]() | Nahma | |
St. Charles Borromeo | 7860 River St, Rapid River | [63] | |
St. Anthony of Padua | 6596 N 3rd St, Wells | [64] |
The St. Mary Norway Vicariate consists of the Upper Peninsula counties of Dickinson and Iron.
Name | Image | Location | Description/notes |
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St. Cecilia | 510 Brady Ave, Caspian | [65] | |
St. Rose | 703 Bell Ave, Channing | [66] | |
Guardian Angels | 412 Crystal Ave, Crystal Falls | [67] | |
Immaculate Conception | ![]() | 500 E Blaine St, Iron Mountain | Built 1902, listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1990 [68] |
St. Mary & St. Joseph | 411 West B St, Iron Mountain | [69] | |
St. Agnes | 702 N. Fourth Ave, Iron River | [70] | |
American Martyrs | 908 W. Sagola Ave, Kingsford | [71] | |
St. Mary Queen of Peace | 600 Marquette Blvd, Kingsford | [72] | |
St. Mary | 401 Main St, Norway | [73] | |
St. Barbara | 159 Mission St, Vulcan | [74] |
The St. Mary Rockland Vicariate consists of the Upper Peninsula's western counties of Gogebic and Ontonagon.
Name | Image | Location | Description/notes |
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St. Ann Mission | 401 Elm St, Bergland | [75] | |
St. Sebastian | 210 E. Iron St, Bessemer | [76] | |
Sacred Heart | 201 S. Birch St, Ewen | [77] | |
Our Lady of Peace | 108 S. Marquette St, Ironwood | [78] | |
St. Catherine Mission | 406 Main St, Marenisco | [79] | |
Holy Family | 515 Pine St, Ontonagon | [80] | |
St. Mary | 11 Elm St, Rockland | [81] | |
Immaculate Conception | 407 Ascherman St, Wakefield | [82] | |
Immaculate Conception | E23933 D Ave, Watersmeet | [83] | |
St. Jude | 8 Cedar St, White Pine | [84] |
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