From History of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Volume II, Publ. by The Western Historical Company 1881, Page 906-907

REV. LORENZ CONRAD, Pastor of the Holy Trinity Church, was born in Bavaria on the 9th of August, 1829.  His college education was in the Gymnasium at Aschaffenburg, and theological at the University of Wuerzburg, Bavaria.  He was ordained priest on the 14th of June, 1854, at the Seminary of Wuerzburg; came to America in the Fall of 1854, and was missionary three years at Cross Plains, Dane County, Wisconsin; after that time was one and a half years near Columbus, Columbia County.  In May, 1859, he was appointed to the pastorate of the Holy Trinity Church, succeeding Rev. Jos. SADLER, who was the first pastor of this Church.  The Holy Trinity Church is the mother of all the Catholic churches on the South Side; and Father CONRAD's pastorate has been longer than that of any other Catholic priest in that section.  He is one of the Archbishop's Council.  He has made improvements and additions valued at $80,000.  Three churches have been organized and separated from the Trinity, and still the membership is more than double the number at the time he became pastor.  Father CONRAD is highly respected by all in the community.

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