St. Joseph-Gnesen Church (established in 1876)

6110 Church Road
Duluth, MN 55803
218-721-4857

Gnesen Church Books/Booklets
Faith on a Changing Frontier:  A History of St Joseph’s Parish, 1896-1996
by John Whitney Evans
St Joseph’s Church, 100^th Anniversary, 1874-1974

Both documents are available in the Polish Section of the Hoffman Research Library at the Minnesota Genealogy Center.

St. Joseph of Gnesen Church Cemetery

Church Road and Emerson Road (County Road 43)
Duluth, MN 55803
218-721-4857

Church of St. Joseph

8039 Orr-Buyck Road
Buyck, MN 55771
218-757-3273

This church has closed. Services are now held at the Church of the Holy Cross in Orr, MN. 

St. Joseph Church Book/Booklet
Silver Anniversary 1957-1982: St. Joseph Catholic Church, Buyck, MN
Available in the Hoffman Research Library at the Minnesota Genealogy Center.

Forest Home Cemetery

Township Road #4537
Buyck, MN 55771

The original Polish Church in this community was St. John the Baptist Church

(incorporated in 1905)

• The original building was a wood-framed structure, built in 1905.
• The church was replaced with a brick building in 1924.
• In 1967, St. John the Baptist’s name was changed to St. John’s.
• St. John’s church merged with Our Lady of Lourdes in 1970 and the merged parish became Holy Spirit Church.
• St. John’s church building was demolished in 2018.

St. John the Baptist Church Book/Booklet
Golden Jubilee, 1905-1955, St John the Baptist Catholic Church in Virginia, MN
Available in the Polish Section of the Hoffman Research Library at the Minnesota Genealogy Center.

Holy Spirit Church 

306 S. 2nd St.
Virginia, MN 55792
218-741-6344

Holy Spirit Church Book/Booklet
Holy Spirit Catholic Church, 1993
Available in the Polish section of the Hoffman Research Library at the Minnesota Genealogy Center.

Cavalry Cemetery

9th St. North (MN State Highway 135)
Virginia, MN 55792
218-741-5591

St. Bridget Church

The parish closed over 35 years ago. 

St. Bridget Cemetery

South Greaney Road
Greaney, MN

St. Mary Star of the Sea

(Initially called the Polish Church of the Virgin Mary)
325 East 3rd St.
Duluth, MN 55805
218-722-3078

Church Book/Booklet
75^th Anniversary Diamond Jubilee, 1883-1958, St Mary, Star of the Sea Parish
bound with 100^th Anniversary, St Mary, Star of the Sea Parish, 1883-1983.
Available in the Polish Section of the Hoffman Research Library at the Minnesota Genealogy Center.

Saints Peter and Paul Church (built in 1901)

518 North 24th Ave W
Duluth, MN 55806

This church merged with two others to form Holy Family Church.

Saints Peter and Paul Church Book/Booklet
Album Published on the Occasion of of the Silver Jubilee of the Parish of Saints Peter and Paul in Duluth, Minnesota
1926
Available in the Hoffman Research Library at the Minnesota Genealogy Center.

Holy Family Church

2430 W. 3rd St.
Duluth, MN 55806
218-722-4445

St. Josephat’s Polish National Catholic Church (founded in 1907)

417 N. 3rd Ave East 
Duluth, MN 55805
218-722-7819

Hope City Church, an evangelical church, purchased the church property in May 2021.

Church Book/Booklet
St. Josephat Church Centennial Jubilee (1907-2007)
Available in the PGS-MN section of the Hoffman Research Library at the Minnesota Genealogy Center.

Polish Catholic Cemetery (founded in 1892)

Rice Lake Township
4816 Howard Gnesen Road
Duluth, MN 55803

Cavalry Catholic Cemetery

4820 Howard Gnesen Road
Duluth, MN 55803
218-724-3376