Winand Michael Wigger (December 9, 1841 – January 5, 1901) was a German American prelate of the Roman Catholic Church.

Deciding to follow a vocation to the priesthood, he then applied to St. Joseph's Seminary in Fordham but was rejected due to poor health.

During Wigger's voyage back to the United States in 1866, his steamship suffered an outbreak of cholera among the passengers in steerage; after docking at the Bay of New York, the young priest remained on board for two weeks to administer to the sick and dying.

Senator James Smith (D-New Jersey) later described his years at St. Patrick's by saying, Other young priests found time for social diversion, but Dr. Wigger knew only one pleasure—to do his duty.

[1] Following his return to the Newark Diocese, in April 1869, Wigger was appointed pastor of St. Vincent Martyr in Madison, New Jersey.

[5] His financial abilities caught the attention of Bishop Michael Corrigan, who transferred him in May 1873 to St. John's Church in Orange, which was then over a quarter million dollars in debt.

The brewers were German and the saloon keepers Irish, but some viewed Wigger's hostility to drink as an anti-Irish bias.

[2] After celebrating Christmas Mass at St. Patrick's Cathedral in 1900, Wigger was stricken with pneumonia and went abroad in search of rest and health.

[2] His funeral Mass was celebrated by Archbishop Corrigan, and his remains were buried in the priests' plot in the Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in East Orange.