. Essex county, , illustrated . city, was laid, andhree years later, June 17, 1866, in the presence of the largest:oncourse of people that had ever assembled in that section ofhe city, it was dedicated to divine worship, most Rev. Arch-)ishop Bayley officiating at both strain of his responsibilities proved too great for Fatherervais, and Julv 24. 1872. he went to his reward. The M. E. Kane, his assistant, took charge of the parish untilhe appointment of the regular pastor, the present incumbent,^ev. Father Cody, (January, 1873). Under the latters ableiianagement the un
. Essex county, , illustrated . city, was laid, andhree years later, June 17, 1866, in the presence of the largest:oncourse of people that had ever assembled in that section ofhe city, it was dedicated to divine worship, most Rev. Arch-)ishop Bayley officiating at both strain of his responsibilities proved too great for Fatherervais, and Julv 24. 1872. he went to his reward. The M. E. Kane, his assistant, took charge of the parish untilhe appointment of the regular pastor, the present incumbent,^ev. Father Cody, (January, 1873). Under the latters ableiianagement the unfinished buildings which cover the entire block bounded byElm, Jeffersonand MadisonStreets, the hos-pital with its ap-pointments andthe church withits graceful andmassive steeplehave been com-pleted. A chimeof ten bells (thelargest weighingover three thou-sand ])ounds)which is judgedto be the finest inthe State has beenplaced in thechurch tower. Inaddition to thisnoble , J. M. GERVAIS, (deceased). a still greater one.
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