Bishop Baraga is also credited with writing a Ojibwa/English Dictionary, still in use today. In a recent press conference, the current Bishop of Marquette, Alexander K. Sample mentioned his own ...

The Bishop Baraga Association's annual Baraga Days will soon be held in Gaylord. It attracts pilgrims from around the country and even from Baraga's native country of Slovenia.

In lieu of flowers Masses may be given to Bishop Baraga Assoc., 347 Rock St., Marquette, MI 49855. Arrangements by Mt. Auburn Funeral Home. 708-749-2033 ...

Bishop Baraga was born in 1797 in Slovenia and came to the United States as a missionary to the upper Great Lakes Region (which includes the State of Michigan) in 1830. Ministering to the Odawa and ...