Adrian Wewer was a Franciscan

Franciscan

Most Franciscans are members of Roman Catholic religious orders founded by Saint Francis of Assisi. Besides Roman Catholic communities, there are also Old Catholic, Anglican, Lutheran, ecumenical and Non-denominational Franciscan communities....

 monk who was the architect of more than 100 churches, college buildings, seminaries, schools, friaries, convents, and hospitals throughout the United States.

His most notable structures are the Conception Abbey

Conception Abbey

Conception Abbey is a monastery of the Swiss-American Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation. The monastery, founded by the Swiss Engelberg Abbey in 1873 in northwest Missouri's Nodaway County, was raised to a conventual priory in 1876 and elevated to an abbey in 1881...

 in Conception, Missouri

Conception, Missouri

Conception is an unincorporated community in eastern Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. It is located about eleven miles southeast of Maryville on U.S. Route 136. It is very near Conception Junction, Missouri . Conception is home to Conception Abbey....

 and Francis Hall at Quincy University

Quincy University

Quincy University a private liberal arts Catholic university in the Franciscan tradition. It is located in Quincy, Illinois and currently enrolls around 1,300 students.-History:...

 in Quincy, Illinois

Quincy, Illinois

Quincy, known as Illinois' "Gem City," is a river city along the Mississippi River and the county seat of Adams County. As of the 2010 census the city held a population of 40,633. The city anchors its own micropolitan area and is the economic and regional hub of West-central Illinois, catering a...

.

Wewer christened

Infant baptism

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 Antonius Wewer was born in Harsewinkel

Harsewinkel

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, Germany

Germany

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 and entered the Franciscan order in Warendorf

Warendorf

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 in 1858.

In 1862 he was sent to Teutopolis, Illinois

Teutopolis, Illinois

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 to assist with projects in the German-Catholic communities in Missouri and Illinois. He was to be based at St. Anthony of Padua in St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis, Missouri

St. Louis is an independent city on the eastern border of Missouri, United States. With a population of 319,294, it was the 58th-largest U.S. city at the 2010 U.S. Census. The Greater St...

, a church that he designed.

Works include

Archdiocese of Indianapolis IN:

• Sacred Heart of Jesus Church, Indianapolis, IN

Diocese of Evansville IN:

• St. Anthony of Padua Church, Evansville, IN

Diocese of Springfield IL:

• St. Mary Church, Quincy, IL
• St. Francis Solanus Church, Quincy, IL
• St. Patrick's Church, Trowbridge, IL (demolished)
• St. Anthony of Padua Church, Quincy, IL (demolished)

Archdiocese of St. Louis MO:

• St. Anthony of Padua Church, St. Louis, MO
• St. Francis Borgia Church, Washington, MO

Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph MO:

• Conception Abbey
  Conception Abbey
  Conception Abbey is a monastery of the Swiss-American Congregation of the Benedictine Confederation. The monastery, founded by the Swiss Engelberg Abbey in 1873 in northwest Missouri's Nodaway County, was raised to a conventual priory in 1876 and elevated to an abbey in 1881...
  
  , Conception, Missouri
  Conception, Missouri
  Conception is an unincorporated community in eastern Nodaway County, Missouri, United States. It is located about eleven miles southeast of Maryville on U.S. Route 136. It is very near Conception Junction, Missouri . Conception is home to Conception Abbey....
  
  

Diocese of Jefferson City MO:

• St. George Church, Hermann MO
• St. Mary Church, New Cambria, MO
• St. Columban Church, Chillicothe, MO

Diocese of Superior WI:

• St. Francis Xavier, Superior, WI

Archdiocese of San Francisco CA:

• St. Bonafice Church, San Francisco, CA

Diocese of Sacramento CA:

• St. Francis Church, Sacramento, CA