 Since then, Belgians have established several churches in the United States.In 1853 a Belgian missionary, Father Edward Daems, joined with a group of immigrants to establish a community in Bay Settlement, Wisconsin known as "Aux premiers Belges" ("Naar de eerste Belgen") ("to the first Belgians").By 1860, St. Hubert's Church was built in Bay Settlement and St. Mary's in Namur.