Cities

Milwaukee

United States

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Divinity Atlas. "Milwaukee." Accessed August 30, 2026. https://divinity.interactivelion.com/cities/milwaukee.

APA Style

Divinity Atlas. (n.d.). Milwaukee. Retrieved August 30, 2026, from https://divinity.interactivelion.com/cities/milwaukee

BibTeX

@misc{divinityatlas-milwaukee,
  author = {Divinity Atlas},
  title = {Milwaukee},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://divinity.interactivelion.com/cities/milwaukee},
  note = {Accessed August 30, 2026}
}

Milwaukee is the largest city in Wisconsin, on the western shore of Lake Michigan, and the seat of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee.

Facts

Origins

Founded

Grown 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

Traditionthe subject's own account

Roman 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 Languagesthe subject's own account

English 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

Cross-Tradition Connections

Associated With

Archdiocese of Milwaukee 2015 Bankruptcy Settlement

Source Judge Approves 21 Million Dollar Milwaukee Archdiocese Settlement

Marta Pumroy-Cordero and Kristopher Schondelmeyer Are Elected Co-Moderators of the 227th General Assembly

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.))

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.))

United States

Wisconsin

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

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