. History of Sacramento County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present; . secrated June 16, 1896. He wasordained to the priesthood in 1867 at All Hallows College, Dublin,and immediately afterward came to California to do priestly his administration much has been done materially and spir-itually for the advancement of religion in the city and country tribu-tary to Sacramento. Churches and schools have multiplied untilalmost every fair-sized town in t


. History of Sacramento County, California, with biographical sketches of the leading men and women of the county who have been identified with its growth and development from the early days to the present; . secrated June 16, 1896. He wasordained to the priesthood in 1867 at All Hallows College, Dublin,and immediately afterward came to California to do priestly his administration much has been done materially and spir-itually for the advancement of religion in the city and country tribu-tary to Sacramento. Churches and schools have multiplied untilalmost every fair-sized town in the valley has a resident priest andthere are many with two. Beautiful buildings are replacing thesmaller structures, whose ever open doors elevate many a worldlyheart from earth to heaven. It may truly be said that the CatholicChurch is so scattered in this expansive valley that all who desiremay avail themselves of its privileges. The four priests by whomthe work was begun are now replaced by almost sixty. The Sac-ramento that possessed only a chapel fifty years ago todky hassix churches and as many chapels, attended by ten priests. Underthe guidance of the Sisters of Mercy in 1904 the church took up.


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