It was originally established to serve German immigrants who began arriving in this area of the northern Willamette Valley in 1867.

Mathias Butsch became the Catholic community's leader and founder.

[3] The parish church, built in 1912, was listed on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 1976.

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