History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests . his death occurred in 1848, but his good wife survivedhim until 1891, dying in the eightieth year of herlife. Alphonsus Joseph Glorieux attended the commonschools of his community as a boy. and later enjoyeda collegiate course of six years at Courtrai, fromwhich he was graduated in 1863. He then enteredthe American College at Louvain, where he was pre-pared for the priesthood, and in 1867 he was grad-uated in theology. In August of that same year theyoung cleric was ordained by His Eminen
History of Idaho; a narrative account of its historical progress, its people and its principal interests . his death occurred in 1848, but his good wife survivedhim until 1891, dying in the eightieth year of herlife. Alphonsus Joseph Glorieux attended the commonschools of his community as a boy. and later enjoyeda collegiate course of six years at Courtrai, fromwhich he was graduated in 1863. He then enteredthe American College at Louvain, where he was pre-pared for the priesthood, and in 1867 he was grad-uated in theology. In August of that same year theyoung cleric was ordained by His Eminence, CardinalEngelbert Sterckx. and he immediately went toOregon, being appointed to Roseburg, and there en-tered upon his missionary work. From that chargehe was transferred to Oregon City and thence to , or French Prairie, as it was then known, andthe cradle of the Catholic church in Oregon. In1871 he was honored by his appointment to the pres-idencv of St. Michaels College in Portland, Oregon,and so favorably did he show in that light that in1884 he was appointed Vicar Apostolic of Idaho, the. A ^rZ-SiS^ , „ F ? .X c sas
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