Catholicism in Effingham County, Illinois
Diocese of Springfield in Illinois
Parishes in Effingham County and the date they were founded are as follows:
*St. Mary of Christian Help, Green Creek 1858
St. Anthony of Padua, Effingham 1858
St. Aloysius, Bishop Creek 1865
St. Rose of Lima, Montrose 1879
St. Mary Annunciation, Shumway 1879
Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Dieterich 1905
Click on the above to read what each parish sent in to be published in 1928!
*Joseph J. Thompson, editor, Diocese of Springfield in Illinois Diamond Jubilee 1853-1928 (Hartman Printing Company, Springfield, Illinois ©1928)