Outagamie County, WI - Biography of Reverend John E. ZERBACH 1867-

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SUBJECT: Biography of Reverend John E. ZERBACH of  1867-
SUBMITTER: W. David Samuelsen
EMAIL: dsam@wasatch.com
DATE SUBMITTED: Apr 15, 1999
SURNAMES: ZERBACH
SOURCE: History of Outagamie County, Wisconsin, page 659, 1911


BIOGRAPHY:
Reverend John E. ZERBACH

pastor of St. Edward's Church, was born October 28, 1867, in Germany, where he received his education and made
his studies with the exception of his final theological studies, which he completed in the Jesuit College of St. Boniface,
being an integral part of the University of Manitoba, Canada. Having taught for two years mathematics, drawing and
music in this college, Father Zerbach assisted in the Immaculate Conception Church of the City of
Winnipeg and else for about one year, and then began his own pastorate of St. Joseph's Church and its missions,
including Regina, in Saskatchewan, for nearly ten years, where he promoted the upbuilding of this section by
immigration and by the building of churches and schools. His health giving way in the severe climate
of Saskatchewan, he spent one summer in Germany recuperating and then, in Oct, 1904, came to the diocese of Green
Bay, where, since September, 1905, he has been the rector of St. Edward's Church. Under
his guidance the Church of St. Edward has been renovated and refurnished with an expenditure of about $7,000, so
that it is now
one of the finest interiorly furnished and finished churches of the country about. In the year 1907, a new priest's
house, an imposing brick building, was erected at a cost of about $5,000. The finances of this little parish are in
perfect condition, there being no liabilities of any kind. The school, led by three Franciscan Sisters,
and superintended by Father Zerbach, is working under the eight-grade system, and has been turning out successful
candidates for High school every year. It is the aim of Rev. Father Zerbach to erect within a short time a new building
for school purposes.