Religion
- Anton Anderledy (1819–1892), Superior General of the Society of Jesus (Green Bay)
- Stuart E. Barstad (1929–2009), Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force (Colfax)
- David Benke (1946–), President of the Atlantic District of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (Milwaukee)
- Thea Bowman (1937–1990), noted Roman Catholic nun (La Crosse)
- Fabian Bruskewitz (1935–), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Lincoln (Milwaukee)
- Raymond Leo Burke (1948–), Prefect of the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura (Richland Center)
- Solanus Casey (1870–1957), noted Roman Catholic priest, declared Venerable by Blessed John Paul II (Oak Grove)
- W. Patrick Donlin, Supreme Advocate of the Knights of Columbus (Madison)
- Augustus F. Gearhard (1893–1975), Deputy Chief of Chaplains of the U.S. Air Force (Milwaukee)
- Zenas H. Gurley, Sr. (1801–1871), Apostle of the Reorganized Church of Latter Day Saints (Yellowstone)
- Francis J. Haas (1889–1953), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids (Racine)
- Jerome J. Hastrich (1914–1995), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Gallup (Milwaukee)
- Carl Christian Hein (1868–1937), President of the American Lutheran Church (Marion)
- Keith K. Hilbig (1942–), General authority of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Milwaukee)
- Francis Peter Leipzig (1895–1981), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Baker (Chilton)
- Felix Ley (1909–1972), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Naha (Hewitt)
- Arthur C. Lichtenberger (1900–1968), Presiding Bishop of the Episcopal Church (Oshkosh)
- Albert Gregory Meyer (1903–1965), Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago
- Aloisius Joseph Muench (1889–1962), Roman Catholic Cardinal (Milwaukee)
- Joseph Perry (1948–), Auxiliary Bishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago (Mount Calvary, Milwaukee)
- Franz Pieper (1852–1931), President of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod (Manitowoc)
- Herman Amberg Preus (1825–1894), President of the Synod of the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (Spring Prairie)
- Vincent James Ryan (1884–1951), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Bismarck (Arlington)
- Augustine Francis Schinner (1863–1937), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Superior and Roman Catholic Diocese of Spokane (Milwaukee)
- Mark Francis Schmitt (1923–), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette (Algoma)
- James Strang (1813–1856), founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Strangite) (Voree)
- Hans Gerhard Stub (1849–1931), Bishop of the Norwegian Lutheran Church of America (Muskego)
- Paul Francis Tanner (1905–1994), Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine (Milwaukee)
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“To sum up:
1. The cosmos is a gigantic fly-wheel making 10,000 revolutions a minute.
2. Man is a sick fly taking a dizzy ride on it.
3. Religion is the theory that the wheel was designed and set spinning to give him the ride.”
—H.L. (Henry Lewis)