Bishop Joseph Casimir Plagens

Born January 29, 1880 at Czeszewo in Poland
Ordained July 5, 19m in Detroit, Michigan
Consecrated September 30, 1924
Auxiliary Bishop of Detroit
Installed in Marquette November 16, 1935
Transferred to Grand Rapids December 6, 1940
Died March 31,1943 in Grand Rapids
Interred in Grand Rapids

Bishop Plagens supervised the construction of the present Cathedral. The large east and west windows commemorating the Kingship of Christ and the Queenship of Mary were his special project.

photo - diocese collection

ishop Plagens (sixth bishop of Marquette from 1935 until 1940) laying the cornerstone of the Blessed Sacrament Chapel. Fr. Melican is on the left while to the right one can see Fr. Zryd and Monsignor Buccholtz.