Missionary Bishop [[electronic resource] ] : Jean-Marie Odin in Galveston and New Orleans / / Patrick Foley
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| Autore: |
Foley Patrick <1933->
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| Titolo: |
Missionary Bishop [[electronic resource] ] : Jean-Marie Odin in Galveston and New Orleans / / Patrick Foley
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| Pubblicazione: | College Station, : Texas A&M University Press, c2013 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (403 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 282.092 B |
| Soggetto topico: | Bishops - Texas |
| Soggetto geografico: | Texas Church history |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; Epigraph; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. From France He Came; 2. At the Barrens; 3. Missouri and Arkansas: A Prelude to Texas; 4. Odin and the Emerging American Vincentian Presence; 5. The Call to Texas; 6. Send Us Some Priests; 7. On the Shoulders of Odin; 8. A Vice Prefect Apostolic Arrives; 9. The Mission beyond San Antonio; 10. He Is to Be Vicar Apostolic; 11. A Missionary Still; 12. The Search for Priests and Nuns; 13. Back from Europe; 14. Bishop of Galveston; 15. Adieu, Texas; 16. New Orleans, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Then Home; Notes |
| BibliographyIndex; Back Cover | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | In 1822 a young French missionary priest arrived in America, where he would devote the rest of his life to the mission field on behalf of the Catholic Church. Jean-Marie Odin served first in Missouri and Arkansas, then in 1840 moved to Texas, becoming the first Bishop of Galveston in 1847. He held that office until 1861, when he became Archbishop of New Orleans. The twenty years he served in Texas were important years in the life of the young republic-turned-state. His life and career during this period allow readers to view, in the words of this book's |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Missionary Bishop |
| ISBN: | 1-60344-994-9 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910786703803321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; ; no. 118.