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[EAN: 9781331859642], New book, [PU: Forgotten Books, United States], Language: English . Brand New Book ***** Print on Demand *****. Excerpt from Historical Records and Studies, Vol. 7 The twenty-seventh of February, 1785, is the birthday of the organized Catholic Church of the United States. On that day the Reverend John Carroll signified to Cardinal Antonelli, at that time Prefect of the Propaganda, his acceptance of the office of superior of the mission of the thirteen United States to which Pope Pius VI had appointed him. The new head of the budding American Church was fully conscious of the many difficulties he would have to surmount in performing the work which had been confided to him. Not that the flock entrusted to the new shepherd was counted by the hundreds of thousands, not that the clergy which he was to guide was unmanageable because of its numbers, for, as he tells us in his letter of acceptance, the Catholic laity of Maryland consisted of some 15,000 and that of Pennsylvania of 7000 souls; of these several thousand may have been imaginary. New York, he tells us, was estimated to hold some 1500 Catholics. In the remaining States the faithful were not worth mentioning, and the northwestern territory, i.e. the Illinois country and Michigan, was the home of a few thousand half-settled Canadians under the charge of two or three Canadian missionaries. All told, the flock of the new shepherd probably did not exceed 25,000, hardly more than enough to fill three large New York parishes at the present time. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.<

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