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Venerable Frederic Baraga
Baraga Chapel, St. Peter Cathedral, Marquette, Michigan, United States
VenerableDeclared Venerable May 10, 2012 by Pope Benedict XVI. Cause for canonization open.Source: Holy See Press Office
Cause for canonization open. The Church has not completed this cause. This page does not imply public veneration or an approved miracle.
What is there
His remains lie in a marble sarcophagus in the Baraga Chapel, built off the southeast side of St. Peter Cathedral after he was declared Venerable in 2012.
History
He was the first Bishop of Marquette. He was born in present-day Slovenia in 1797 and died in Marquette in 1868.
Visiting
- Place
- Baraga Chapel, St. Peter Cathedral
- Location
- Marquette, Michigan, United States
- Hours
- The Bishop Baraga Association says the chapel "is open and free to the public." It does not post separate hours for the chapel. Hours checked Oct 2026.
- Address
- St. Peter Cathedral, 311 West Baraga Avenue, Marquette, MI 49855
- Official site
- bishopbaraga.org
Trips that stop here
None of the listed departures stop here yet.
Sources
- Holy See Press Office press.vatican.va
- bishopbaraga.org baraga-chapel
- stpetercathedral.org visit
- bishopbaraga.org
Checked October 19, 2026.