Church of St. Stephen (St. Stephen, Minnesota)

{{short description|Historic church in Minnesota, United States}}

{{Infobox NRHP

| name = Church of St. Stephen–Catholic

| nrhp_type =

| image = Church of St. Stephen (St. Stephen, Minnesota) 1.jpg

| caption = The Church of St. Stephen viewed from the northeast

| coordinates = {{coord|45|42|5.5|N|94|16|30|W|display=inline,title}}

| locmapin = Minnesota#USA

| location = 103 Central Avenue S., St. Stephen, Minnesota

| area = {{convert|2.5|acre|ha}}

| built = 1890 (rectory), 1903 (church)

| architect = John Jager

| architecture = Romanesque Revival

| mpsub = {{NRHP url|id=64000381|title=Ethnic Hamlet Churches–Stearns County Catholic Settlement Churches TR}}

| refnum = 82003059{{NRISref|2010a}}

| added = April 15, 1982

}}

The Church of St. Stephen is a historic Roman Catholic church building in St. Stephen, Minnesota, United States. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Saint Cloud. The church was constructed in 1903 in a rural community settled by Slovene immigrants. An 1890 rectory stands behind the church.{{cite web |last=Harvey |first=Thomas |title=Minnesota Historic Properties Inventory Form: Ethnic Hamlet Churches: Stearns County Catholic Settlement |url={{NRHP url|id=64000381}} |publisher=National Park Service |date=October 1980 |accessdate=2018-06-12}} With {{NRHP url|id=82003059|photos=y|title=two accompanying photos from 1980}} Both buildings were listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982 for their state-level significance in the themes of architecture, exploration/settlement, and religion.{{cite web |title=Stearns County Ethnic Hamlet Catholic Churches: Church of Saint Stephen |url=http://www.mnhs.org/preserve/nrhp/NRDetails.cfm-NPSNum=82003059.html |work=Minnesota National Register Properties Database |publisher=Minnesota Historical Society |year=2009 |accessdate=2018-06-12}} The property was nominated for reflecting the settlement of rural Stearns County by Catholic immigrant groups clustered in small, ethnic hamlets dominated by a central church.