Итальяндық миссионер және Америкадағы шіркеудің негізін қалаушы Самуэль Маззукелли

Italian Catholic missionary

Samuel Charles Mazzuchelli, OP (November 4, 1806 – February 23, 1864) was a pioneer Italian Dominican friar and Catholic missionary priest who helped bring the church to the Iowa Illinois Wisconsin tri state area. He founded several parishes in the area and was the architect for several parish buildings. Additionally, Mazzuchelli established several schools throughout the region, some of which have developed into local Catholic colleges. As part of this effort, he founded the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters.

He was born Carlo Gaetano Samuele Mazzuchelli on November 4, 1806, in Milan—then under French control, the 16th of 17 children of a prominent family. At the age of 17, he entered the Dominican Order, which was still recovering from the devastation wrought on the Catholic Church institutions in Italy under the French Revolutionary Army. After his period of novitiate, when he changed his name to Friar Samuel, he went to Rome to prepare for ordination. He was ordained a subdeacon in 1827 in the Lateran Basilica, around which time he was recruited to serve in new Diocese of Cincinnati, still missionary territory for the Church. After spending some time in France to perfect his French, in 1828, Mazzuchelli set out for the United States, where he arrived in Cincinnati and was welcomed by the bishop, fellow Dominican friar, Edward Fenwick.

After obtaining a dispensation from the Holy See due to his being underage, Mazzuchelli was ordained a priest by Fenwick on September 5, 1830. Shortly after that, he was sent to serve at Sainte Anne Church on Mackinac Island and later in northern Wisconsin, After about five years there, Mazzuchelli arrived in the Dubuque area. During his time, he faced a number of challenges, such as hostility from other Christian denominations. While in what would later become Dubuque, Iowa, he reorganized the parish and named it Saint Raphael, which later became the Cathedral parish when the Dubuque Diocese was formed in 1837. He assisted Bishop Mathias Loras during the first few years after the founding of the diocese. He worked extensively in what would eventually become the Diocese of Madison, Wisconsin. There he founded over 30 parishes and designed and built over 20 church buildings and several civic buildings. While there he recruited missionaries, raised funds, and wrote a memoir full of details of frontier life. Upon his return, he founded the Sinsinawa Dominican Sisters in 1847. In 1848, he founded St. Clara Female Academy (now Dominican University), a frontier school for young women, which he entrusted to the Dominican Sisters. Many remembered Mazzuchelli as a kind and gentlemanly priest. He was able to break down the cultural barriers that existed and appeal to many different ethnic groups. The Irish he ministered to called him "Father Matthew Kelly." He died of a severe case of pneumonia, on February 23, 1864, after attending a sick call. Mazzuchelli was buried at St. Patrick's Cemetery in Benton. In 1993, Pope John Paul II declared Mazzuchelli Venerable.

This list is incomplete. You can help by adding to it. Parish Location Year Ecclesiastical territory Photo St. John the Evangelist Church Green Bay, Wisconsin 1831 Diocese of Green Bay St. Michael's Church Galena, Illinois 1832 Diocese of Rockford St. Raphael's Cathedral Dubuque, Iowa 1833, 1835 Archdiocese of Dubuque St. Matthews Church Shullsburg, Wisconsin 1835 Diocese of Madison St. Anthony's Church Davenport, Iowa 1837 Diocese of Davenport St. Paul's Church Burlington, Iowa 1839 Diocese of Davenport St. Patrick's Church Garryowen, Iowa 1840 Archdiocese of Dubuque St. Mary's Church Iowa City, Iowa 1840 Diocese of Davenport St. Mathias Church Muscatine, Iowa 1842 Diocese of Davenport Church built in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin, floated down the Mississippi River to Muscatine. St. Augustine Church New Diggings, Wisconsin 1844 Diocese of Madison St. Patrick's Church Benton, Wisconsin 1852 Diocese of Madison