religion mark francis schmitt
Mark Francis Schmitt ( February 14 , 1923 -- December 14 , 2011 ) served as the tenth Roman ___MASK14___ bishop of the Roman ___MASK14___ Diocese of Marquette , in Marquette , Michigan . A cathedral ( French : " cathédrale " from Latin : " cathedra ", " seat " from the Greek " kathédra " (  ), seat , bench , from " kata " " down " + " hedra " seat , base , chair ) is a ___MASK33___ church which contains the seat of a bishop , thus serving as the central church of a diocese , conference , or episcopate . The counterpart term for such a church in German is " Dom " from Latin " domus ecclesiae " or " domus episcopalis "; also Italian Duomo , Dutch " Domkerk " and cognates in many other European languages . Churches with the function of " cathedral " are usually specific to those ___MASK33___ denominations with an episcopal hierarchy , such as the Roman ___MASK14___ , Anglican , Orthodox , and some Lutheran and Methodist churches . Church buildings embodying the functions of a cathedral first appear in Italy , Gaul , Spain and North Africa in the 4th century , but cathedrals did not become universal within the Western ___MASK22___ until the 12th century , by which time they had developed architectural forms , institutional structures and legal identities distinct from parish churches , monastic churches and episcopal residences . The ___MASK97___ (" Ritus Romanus ") the most widespread liturgical rite in the ___MASK22___ , is one of the Latin rites used in the Western or Latin Church . The ___MASK97___ has been adapted over the centuries and its Eucharistic liturgy can be divided into three stages : the Pre - Tridentine Mass , Tridentine Mass and Mass of Paul VI . The Roman ___MASK14___ Diocese of Marquette is a suffragan diocese of the ___MASK97___ , encompassing all of the Upper Peninsula of Michigan , in the ecclesiastical province of the Archbishop of Detroit . It encompasses an area of 16 , 281 square miles ( 42 , 152 square kilometers ). Its cathedral is St . Peter Cathedral in Marquette , which replaced Holy Name of Mary Pro - Cathedral at Sault Ste . Marie . An ecclesiastical province is a general term for large jurisdiction of ___MASK33___ religious government including ___MASK78___ and Eastern Christianity . In the Greco - Roman world , " ecclesia " ( Greek , " ekklsi " ( Latin ecclesia ) meaning " congregation , church ") was used to refer to a lawful assembly , or a called legislative body . As early as Pythagoras , the word took on the additional meaning of a community with shared beliefs . This is the meaning taken in the Greek translation of the Hebrew Scriptures ( the Septuagint ), and later adopted by the ___MASK33___ community to refer to the assembly of believers .