Complex sentence: The church was started, as Henry Nurre, one of the first settlers in the area, donated 40 acres of land to Mathias Loras Bishop of Dubuque for a parish church and school in 1859.
Split into simpler sentences: The church was started by Henry Nurre, one of the first settlers in the area. He donated 40 acres of land to Mathias Loras, Bishop of Dubuque for a parish, church and school in 1859.