Church records, 1851-2001

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The history of St. Paul Catholic Church begins with the history of St. Peter Catholic Church. St. Peter Catholic Church was the original German speaking church in Norwalk. It appeared that the new German speaking members that had settled on this side of town and wanted the church close to them. The new church was completed in 1868 with the hope of relocating the German speaking members to this current location, but 1/3 of the members refused to relocate to the new church. Both churches, known as St. Peter Catholic Church, wanted their own priest and to remain autonomous. In 1872, both received their own priest. In 1873, the priest of the old parish left and the old parish became a mission of the new parish. In this same year, the new St. Peter Church was rededicated and became known as St. Paul Catholic Church. In 1874, the old parish received another priest, but by now their membership was dwindling and in 1891 the Diocese reassigned the priest to another parish. St. Peter church remained as a chapel of ease for the elderly for several more years, but the priest of St. Paul served it. In 1876, St. Paul built a new brick church. Due to the steady growth in membership a new church was completed in 1893. This church is still in use to this day.

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