page_title: Frederic Baraga
section_title: Legacy and veneration
hierarchical_section_title: Frederic Baraga / Legacy and veneration
caption_attribution_description: English: St. Peter Cathedral, Marquette, Michigan, USA.
context_page_description: Irenaeus Frederic Baraga was a Slovenian Roman Catholic missionary to the United States and a grammarian of Native American languages. He became the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Marquette, Michigan, originally sited at Sault Sainte Marie, which he led for 15 years.
  His letters about his missionary work were published widely in Europe, inspiring the priests John Neumann and Francis Xavier Pierz to emigrate to the United States. In 2012, during the reign of Pope Benedict XVI, Baraga was declared "Venerable."
context_section_description: Baraga was declared venerable by Pope Benedict XVI on May 10, 2012. His cause was opened in 1952 by Thomas Lawrence Noa, the diocese's eighth bishop, and the formal canonization process began in 1973. The diocese planned to relocate his remains to a more accessible new chapel for veneration in the upper portion of the cathedral. At the time of his veneration, the Vatican was investigating a possible miracle for beatification.
  The village of Baraga, Baraga Township, Baraga County, and Baraga State Park (all in Michigan) were named for him.
  A street in Milwaukee is named for Baraga.
  An Ontario Provincial Plaque is located on the grounds of Our Lady of Sorrows Roman Catholic Church (Goulais Bay, Ontario), which was built by Baraga
  A memorial sculpture of him by Jack E. Anderson is located in L'Anse, Michigan.
  Bishop Baraga Catholic School was named for him in Iron Mountain, Michigan.
  Bishop Baraga Catholic School was named for him in Cheboygan, Michigan.
  In 1846, Baraga erected a wooden cross in Schroeder, Minnesota, at the mouth of the Cross River, in thanks for his safe landing during a storm on Lake Superior. It has been replaced with a granite cross.
  At the Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe in La Crosse, Wisconsin, a shrine in the church has been dedicated in his honor.
  On July 24, 2012, a bronze statue of Baraga was unveiled in Grand Rapids, to honor his efforts in 1833 to establish the first Catholic mission in that location.
  Baraga is the namesake of a network of six Catholic radio stations serving northern Michigan and is based at originating station WTCK licensed to Charlevoix  with its main studio located near the Cross in the Woods Catholic Shrine in Indian River.
  In 1984 the U.S. Postal Service issued a 13-cent commemorative postcard honoring Baraga.
caption: The Venerable Frederic Baraga is buried in St. Peter Cathedral, Marquette.
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