. The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CONVENT. PROVIDENCE. ^L^x^ c<. <-^< /{t^ -^^^ ^ <^ia^2^ *^ /? (^/ /^-^ J ^ y^.. ^^ y RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES 625 he said: I thought then and still think that this is for your interest, asyou will have a younger and more zealous Bishop to labor among new diocese will be an ample onj—indeed, more so than the presentone when first created. Many of you remember well when Tylercame, and know the rapid progress Catholicity has made here since: theeight thousand Catholics have become two

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. The history of the state of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. ST. FRANCIS XAVIER CONVENT. PROVIDENCE. ^L^x^ c<. <-^< /{t^ -^^^ ^ <^ia^2^ *^ /? (^/ /^-^ J ^ y^.. ^^ y RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES 625 he said: I thought then and still think that this is for your interest, asyou will have a younger and more zealous Bishop to labor among new diocese will be an ample onj—indeed, more so than the presentone when first created. Many of you remember well when Tylercame, and know the rapid progress Catholicity has made here since: theeight thousand Catholics have become two hundred thousand with a hun-dred churches and one hundred and eleven priests. The new diocese willembrace one hundred and ten thousand Catholics and at least fifty-fourpriests. The Rt. Rev. Thomas F. Hendricken was consecrated Bishop ofProvidence on April 28, 1872. and began his labors with 20 churches andabout 35 priests. In six years he had established 13 new parishes anderected the episcopal residence on Fenner street. The Old Cathedral,though only forty years built when destroyed, was not a substa

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