Records, ca. 1750-1940 (bulk 1796-1897).

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Records, ca. 1750-1940 (bulk 1796-1897).

Correspondence of bishops of Vincennes (1796-1897), including Simon Gabriel Bruté (1835-1839) and Celestine de la Hailandiere (1810-1875); sermons of Hailandiere (1826-1836); historical notes by Hailandiere; papers from Hailandiere's seminary days at St. Germain, Rennes, France; journal of Jean F. Rivet (1799-1803), papers of Pierre Gibault, and an article on Anthony Fourcher, all early missionary priests; and 19th- and 20th-century printed material and transcriptions of correspondence. Microfilm contains correspondence of Bishops Benedict Flaget, Simon Bruté, Celestine de la Hailandiere, Francis Chartard, Peter Kenrick, Paul Maes, and others; diocesan reports, legal papers, wills and estate inventories, real estate records, deeds, court documents relating to diocesan properties, and records of parishes; pastoral letters of the bishops of Vincennes and Indianapolis, 1871-1926, and of other bishops, generally from the mid-nineteenth century. Death notices of priests of the diocese, 1881-1908; records of the trustees of St. Francis Xavier Cathedral in Vincennes; records of the Diocesan Church Building Insurance Company, 1891-1908, dealing chiefly with payments of claims for fire damage; sermons and notes for sermons. Books and pamphlets from the episcopal library concerning anti-Catholic activities, the history of Indiana and the United States, William Hogan and the trustee controversy at St. Mary's Cathedral in Philadelphia, the American Tract Society, the Catholic Tract Society, and Protestant denominations, ca. 1750-1840; and material on early Vincennes history.

31 reels of microfilm.

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Catholic Church. Diocese of Vincennes (Ind.)

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Diocese established at Vincennes (Indiana) in 1834; episcopal seat transferred to Indianapolis in 1898. From the description of Records, ca. 1750-1940 (bulk 1796-1897). (University of Notre Dame). WorldCat record id: 25391803 ...

Hogan, William, -1848

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La Hailandière, Celestine de, 1798-1882

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American Tract Society

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In May 1825 the American Tract Society, located in Boston (formerly New England Tract Society), merged with the New York Religious Tract Society to form the American Tract Society, located at New York, N.Y. From the description of Correspondence of the Richmond Agency of the American Tract Society, 1864-1875. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 122564916 Nondenominational Christian publishing house; founded, 1825; produced Chris...

Maes, Camillus P. 1846-1915.

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St. Francis Xavier Catholic (Vincennes, Ind.). Trustees.

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Mutual Church Insurance of the Diocese of Vincennes.

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Kenrick, Peter Richard, 1806-1896

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Gibault, Pierre, 1737-1804

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Fourcher, Anthony, 1741-

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Bruté, Simon.

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Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Indianapolis (Ind.)

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On 6 May 1834 Pope Gregory XVI issued an edict creating the Diocese of Vincennes. This diocese included all of Indiana and the eastern half of Illinois until 1843 when the Archdiocese of Chicago took charge of the Illinois part of the diocese. The nineteenth century saw great growth and changes both in the state of Indiana and in the Diocese of Vincennes. The increase of Indianapolis' prominence within the church culminated in 1898 when the name of the diocese was changed to the Diocese of India...

Flaget, Benedict Joseph, 1763-1850

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Catholic bishop of the Diocese of Bardstown. From the description of Benedict Joseph Flaget papers, 1806-1842. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 438895408 ...

St. Mary's Church (Philadelphia, Pa.)

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Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor José Gaspar de Francia's dictatorship (1814-1840), Paraguay was without a bishop and the church was harrassed. From the description of Libro de providencias, ordenes, y autos : por Dn. Juan Antonio Riveras, cura rector de la parrequial de la Villeta : manuscript, 1804-1857. (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612746619 An antiphonary is a book containing sacred vocal music, both the antiphons of the breviary, and the musical notes. An antiphon it...

Chartard, Francis Silas, 1834-1918.

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