. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. very temple of God. Wellmight Bishop Spalding write despondingly : Thefuture of our church, as of our country, is very uncer-tain. Everything looks dark. But the Church willstand, however persecuted. After the sudden death of Archbishop Kenrick, whomBishoj) Spalding styled the greatest, the best, andthe most learned of our prelates, Bishop Spaldingwas promoted to the Metropolitan see of his administration of sixteen years many newchurches had been built, and others enlarged; com-munities had been increased, parochial schoo
. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. very temple of God. Wellmight Bishop Spalding write despondingly : Thefuture of our church, as of our country, is very uncer-tain. Everything looks dark. But the Church willstand, however persecuted. After the sudden death of Archbishop Kenrick, whomBishoj) Spalding styled the greatest, the best, andthe most learned of our prelates, Bishop Spaldingwas promoted to the Metropolitan see of his administration of sixteen years many newchurches had been built, and others enlarged; com-munities had been increased, parochial schools estab-lished, and all accomplished without incurring debtsthat congregations could not easily meet. VERY REV. BENEDICT J. SPALDING, ADMINISTRATOR, 1864. When the Archbishop-elect proceeded to Baltimore,he left the administration of the diocese of Louisvillein the hands of Yery Rev. Benedict J. Si)alding,born in Kentucky in 1812, ordained at Rome, wherehe completed his course of study, a clergymanpossessed of great administrative powers in temporal. ET. REV. PETER JOHN LAVIALLE, FOURTH BISHOP OF BARDSTOWNAND LOUISVILLE. 672 THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. affairs, who had. been vice-president of St. JosephsCollege, rector of the Cathedral, and his brief term as administrator, there passedaway a venerable and. revered, priest of the diocese,Rev. D. A. Dei^arcq, December 9, 1864. KT. EEV. PETEE JOHN LAVIALLE, FOURTH BISHOP OF BARDSTOWNAND LOUISVILLE, 1865-1869. On the vacancy of the see, the Sovereign Pontiff, atthe instance of the Bishops of the province, electedRev. Peter John Lavialle, a learned and laboriouspriest who had twice refused episcopal honors. Hewas born at Lavialle, France, in 1820, and, before ordi-nation, came to Kentucky with his kinsman Bishop SIGNATURE OF BISHOP LAVIALLE, Chabrat. He had been professor at St. ThomassSeminary, then at the head of St. Marys College, andwinning in manner, devoted to his duties, learned andable, had been a
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