. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. zealous convertsfrom the East; the next year a lot was purchased onLake and State Streets, and a little church 25 by 35feet erected. Rev. Mr. St. Cyr was recalled in 1886 Rev. L. Schaffer came to attend the Germans, andafter his death Rev. OMeara took general charge. Theenergetic Rev, Maurice de St. Palais opened St. XaviersAcademy, and soon after began to erect a brick church onMadison Street and Wabash Avenue at a cost of $ not completed it was opened for service on Christ-mas Day, 1843.^ U. S. Cath. Magazine, iii., p.
. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. zealous convertsfrom the East; the next year a lot was purchased onLake and State Streets, and a little church 25 by 35feet erected. Rev. Mr. St. Cyr was recalled in 1886 Rev. L. Schaffer came to attend the Germans, andafter his death Rev. OMeara took general charge. Theenergetic Rev, Maurice de St. Palais opened St. XaviersAcademy, and soon after began to erect a brick church onMadison Street and Wabash Avenue at a cost of $ not completed it was opened for service on Christ-mas Day, 1843.^ U. S. Cath. Magazine, iii., p. 263; Biirgler, Geschichte derKathol. Kirche Chicagos Chicago, 1889, pp. 7-13 ; Cath. Advocate, x.,p. 37 ; Cath. Herald, xiii., p. 35 ; Tasse ( Les Canadiens de IOuest,Montreal, 1873, p. 89) speaks of a log chapel erected in 1832. but I findnothing to support him. 228 THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. Such was tlie condition of the Catholic church inthe city of Chicago, when Pope Gregory XVI. madethat city an episcopal see, and appointed as its first. FIRST CHURCH, CHICAGO. bishop Rt. Rev. William Quarter, born at Killurine,Kings County, Ireland, January 21, 1806. He came toAmerica in 1822 and entered Mount St. Marys Semi- DIOCESE OF CHICAGO. 229 nary. At the conclusion of his course he was sum-moned to New York by Bishop DuBois, who ordainedhim priest on the 19th of September, 1829. He wasstationed at St. Peters Church, and while there ob-tained Sisters of Charity for the free school. Ap-pointed pastor of St. Marys Church in June, 1833, heobtained Sisters of Charity before autumn set in andopened a free school for his church. His zeal anddevotedness, with his ability in the management ofaffairs, marked him as one whose promotion might beexpected. He was consecrated Bishop of Chicago in St. Pat-ricks Cathedral, New York, on the 10th of March,1844, together with Bishops Byrne and Rev. John Hughes, Bishop of New York, wasconsecrator, assisted by Bishop Fenwick, of Bo
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