Bishop Laurence J. FitzSimon papers, 1916-1958.

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Bishop Laurence J. FitzSimon papers, 1916-1958.

Includes correspondence, biographical information, writings by FitzSimon chiefly relating to Catholic Church history in Texas, chancery correspondence, pastoral letters, sermons and speeches, diocesan administrative files, financial and property records for Price College (a boys Catholic high school), correspondence relating to his private library and historical research collection, 30 photographs taken during a pilgrimage to the Department of Loire, France, samples of the history material he collected, diary of his trip to Rome in 1939, musical scores, ephemera, and invitations. Correspondents of note include Katherine E. Price, Francis Cardinal Spellman, North Sea Mine Force Association, and the archdioceses of San Antonio, Boston, Washington, D.C., Mexico City, and Ottawa.

3.5 linear ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8061540

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Price, Katherine E.

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Catholic Church

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During much of Doctor JoseĢ 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...

Catholic Church. Archdiocese of San Antonio (Tex.)

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Established as diocese in 1874; became archdiocese in 1926. From the description of Records, 1761-[ongoing]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70939110 ...

FitzSimon, Laurence J. (Laurence Julius), 1895-1958

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Third bishop (1941-1958) of the Catholic Diocese of Amarillo, Tex.; and historian. From the description of Bishop Laurence J. FitzSimon papers, 1916-1958. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70972406 ...

Spellman, Francis, 1889-1967

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Prominent prelate of the Roman Catholic Church in the United States. Appointed Archbishop of New York in 1939 and the College of Cardinals in 1946. From the description of Letters, 1946-1967. (New York State Library). WorldCat record id: 53982752 Spellman was at this time the Catholic archbishop of New York. Werfel and Spellman appear to have had a relationship of mutual respect and admiration. Werfel sought Spellman's responses to his novels Embezzled Heaven and The Song of...

Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Washington (D.C.)

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Catholic Church. Diocese of Amarillo (Tex.)

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Established 1926. From the description of Catholic Diocese of Amarillo stewardship and development records, 1927-2002. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70979677 The Catholic Diocese of Amarillo was created in 1926, with Reverend Rudolph A. Gerken as its first Bishop. It covered 73,000 square miles, roughly the high plains region of Texas, and 70 counties prior to the creation of the Lubbock Diocese in 1985. From the description of Collection, 1926-1989. (Texas Tech...

Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Mexico City (Mexico)

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Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Ottawa (Canada)

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North Sea Mine Force Association

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Catholic Church. Archdiocese of Boston (Mass.)

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Price College (Amarillo, Tex.)

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