The Diocese of Fond du Lac is a diocese of the Episcopal Church in the United States of America, encompassing the northeastern third of Wisconsin. The diocese contains about 5,700 baptized members worshipping in 37 locations. It is part of Province 5. Diocesan offices are in Appleton, Wisconsin. The Diocesan Archives are maintained in Grafton Hall behind the Cathedral in Fond du Lac. Matthew Gunter is its bishop.
Gustaf Elias Marius Unonius also referred to as Gustav Unonius, Gustave Unonius, Gustavus Unonius, or Gustov Unonius was a pioneer and priest in the American Midwest. Unonius served as a catalyst for early Scandinavian emigration to the Upper Midwest.
Bayshore Town Center is a shopping mall/mixed use complex including retail shops, restaurants, offices and residential units in Glendale, Wisconsin. It is anchored by Barnes & Noble and Kohl's. Originally an outdoor strip mall built in 1954, it was converted into an enclosed mall in 1974. By 1989, it held the last remaining location of local department store T. A. Chapman Co.
The Falls Church is an historic Episcopal church, from which the city of Falls Church, Virginia, near Washington, D. C., takes its name. The parish was established in 1732 and the brick meeting house preserved on site dates to 1769.
John Joseph Shinners was an American football offensive lineman in the NFL for the New Orleans Saints, Baltimore Colts, and Cincinnati Bengals.
The Old Roman Catholic Church of America is an autocephalous Old Roman Catholic church founded in the United States in 1925 by Bishop Paul Francis Cope. It was incorporated in 1941 by Francis Xavier Resch. Previously called the Archdiocese of the Old Catholic Church in America the name was subsequently changed to the Old (Roman) Catholic Church in America. The Old Roman Catholic Church of America retains pre-Vatican II liturgical and doctrinal traditions, including the use of the pre-1955 Roman Calendar of St. Pius X and unrevised Roman Missal, in Latin or vernacular. It is not a member of, or in full communion with, the Union of Utrecht of the Old Catholic Churches.
Matthew Holden, Jr. is an African American political scientist.
The Evangelical Anglican Church of America (EACA) was a traditional and conservative Christian church headquartered in Brea, California. It was constituted in 1992 in order to stand against the perceived apostasy of the Episcopal Church in matters of theology, liturgy and morality.
St. James' Episcopal Church, named for James the Greater, is a historic Episcopal church located in Manitowoc, Wisconsin. The only Episcopal church in Manitowoc County, St. James' is a "broad church" parish in the Diocese of Fond du Lac. It is the oldest continually operating congregation in Manitowoc County, first meeting in 1841. and organizing in 1848. The current church building, an example of Gothic Revival architecture, was consecrated in 1902. The congregation is active in community service and social justice ministries.
St. Peter's Church is a historic Catholic church in Brownsville, Pennsylvania, in the Diocese of Greensburg. St. Peter's Church also has a partner church in Grindstone, Pennsylvania named St. Cecilia's Roman Catholic Church built in 1931.
Gordon Randolph was a journalist for the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel from 1938-1980. Born in Waterloo, Iowa, he grew up in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison. He wrote many articles about his family. For example, in one news clip he wrote about how, in the 1950s, he took his family on a trip out west and only spent $500.
Samuel Paul Scheibler is an American scholar and bishop. He held the Pieper Family Endowed Chair in Servant-Leadership and Distinguished Lecturer in General Studies at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. Scheibler was previously the director of religion and culture at Claremont Graduate University's School of Religion.
Lester Voigt was an American conservationist and the first secretary of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Herbert Wallace Tullgren was an American architect active throughout 1910s-1930s. He was centered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, but his work can be seen in different locations throughout Wisconsin such as Whitefish Bay, Waukesha, Shorewood, and Fond du Lac. His designs made use of Art Deco and Art Moderne, which was popular during the time.
A.L. Gebhardt & Co. was a leather tanning company founded in 1895. It operated in Milwaukee, Wisconsin and Berlin, Germany It produced leather for shoes, handbags and belts. It was owned by U.S. Leather in the late 1980s. Operations were ceased by U.S. Leather in 2000.
The MECCA Great Hall was a 6,500-capacity convention center located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, which existed from 1974 to 1998. It was part of the MECCA Complex. The Wisconsin Center was built as a replacement for the hall. The rock band Dio performed at the hall in 1984.
Nordberg Manufacturing Company was a manufacturer of steam engines, large diesel engines, pumps, hoists and compressors for the mining and quarry industries located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
August Hugo Vogel (1862–1930) was vice-president of Pfister & Vogel leather tannery of Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The Dean of Montreal is an Anglican dean in the Anglican Diocese of Montreal of the Ecclesiastical Province of Canada, based at Christ Church Anglican Cathedral in Montreal.
Ray Zillmer was an American attorney, mountaineer and conservationist. He is best known as the founder of the Ice Age Park and Trail Foundation, Inc. and originator of the Ice Age Trail. He was also instrumental in the conservation of land in the Kettle Moraine of southeast Wisconsin and had an indirect role in the creation of the National Trails System. He died in Milwaukee on December 13, 1960 of heart complications.
