Saint Donatus Catholic Church

Saint Donatus Catholic Church is a parish of the Roman Catholic Church that is located in the Jackson County, Iowa community of Saint Donatus, Iowa. The patron of the parish and the town is Saint Donatus of Muenstereifel, whose cultus is popular in Luxembourg and the Rhineland. The parish is part of the Archdiocese of Dubuque.

The parish is known for its outdoor Stations of the Cross located on the hill behind the church. During Holy Week the church sponsors a procession through the outdoor stations to the small chapel at the top of this hill.

Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Dubuque

Ordinaries	Mathias Loras Clement Smyth John Hennessy John Joseph Keane James John Keane Francis Beckman Henry Rohlman Leo Binz James Byrne Daniel Kucera Jerome Hanus Michael Owen Jackels

Auxiliary Bishops	Edward Aloysius Fitzgerald Loras Thomas Lane George Biskup Loras Joseph Watters Francis John Dunn William Edwin Franklin

Parishes	St. Raphael's Cathedral, Dubuque Basilica of St. Francis Xavier, Dyersville Blessed John XXIII, Cedar Rapids Holy Cross, Holy Cross Holy Family, New Melleray Holy Ghost, Dubuque Holy Trinity, Luxemburg Nativity, Dubuque Resurrection, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Dubuque Sacred Heart, Fillmore St. Boniface, New Vienna St. Donatus, St. Donatus St. Joseph, Elkader St. Joseph, Key West St. Joseph, Stone City Saint Joseph the Worker, Dubuque St. Ludmila, Cedar Rapids St. Martin, Cascade St. Mary, Guttenberg St. Patrick, Dubuque St. Patrick, Garryowen Saints Peter and Paul, Sherrill St. Lawrence, Otter Creek St. Paul, Worthington Saints Peter and Paul, Petersburg

Schools	Clarke University Divine Word College Loras College Mount Mercy University St. Pius X Seminary, Dubuque Beckman High School, Dyersville Columbus High School, Waterloo Don Bosco High School, Gilbertville Marquette High School, Bellevue Newman Catholic High School, Mason City Wahlert High School, Dubuque Xavier High School, Cedar Rapids Mazzuchelli Middle School, Dubuque Holy Family Catholic Schools, Dubuque

Religious Orders	New Melleray Abbey Our Lady of the Mississippi Abbey Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Priests	John George Alleman John Patrick Carroll James Vincent Casey Joseph Crétin Justin Albert Driscoll Thomas William Drumm Raymond Philip Etteldorf Daniel Mary Gorman Edward Howard Louis Benedict Kucera Mathias Clement Lenihan Thomas Mathias Lenihan J.A.M. Pelamourgues Joseph Clement Willging

Former Parishes	Saint Joseph's Prairie Church St. Mary, Cascade St. Mary, Dubuque

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