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St. Boniface parish was part of the episcopal see of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Milwaukee in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was razed in 1975 to make room for an expansion of North Division High School.

Description
St. Boniface was founded in 1888 in Milwaukee. The architect is unknown.

The parish church was located on Milwaukee's near north side on Eleventh Street between Center and Clarke Streets. In its early years the parish was predominantly German. By the 1950s and '60s it was a predominantly African American parish in the heart of the inner core and a focal point in civil rights struggles.

The church served as an organizing site for open social activism housing marches and social activism. Father James E. Groppi worked as a priest there from 1963 until June 1970. Other pastors who worked at the church in the mid 1960s included the Reverends Henry Mahaney, Anthony Klink, Carroll Straub, and Michael Neuberger. By 1970 other priests included the Reverends Patrick Flood, Dismas Becker, and Nicholas Riddell.

Other pastors included: Rev. Henry T. Stemper (1903-1922), Rev. Roman B. Stoffel (1920-1922), Rev. Paul Grosse (1929-1933), and the Rev. Anthony Knackert.

Church Razed
It was razed in 1975 to allow for expansion of North Division High School. What was the site of the former church now are tennis courts, a parking lot and part of the high school building.

In 1975 St. Boniface parish moved into a nearby church building. In 1994 it merged with other parishes to form St. Martin de Porres Congregation.