. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. KT. REV. AMADEUS RAPPE, BISHOP OF CLEVELAND. DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 185 Cincinnati by Rt, Rev. John B. Purcell, assisted byRt. Rev. Richard V. Whelan, Bishop of Wheeling. After issuing a pastoral address to his clergy andpeople, Bishop Rappe proceeded to the city assignedto him by the Yicar of Christ. He took possessionwithin a week after his consecration of the only churchin Cleveland, St. Marys on the Flats, too small forthe English and German speaking Catholics, whosenumbers had increased to nearly 4000. Besides thispro-cathedral the dio
. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. KT. REV. AMADEUS RAPPE, BISHOP OF CLEVELAND. DIOCESE OF CLEVELAND. 185 Cincinnati by Rt, Rev. John B. Purcell, assisted byRt. Rev. Richard V. Whelan, Bishop of Wheeling. After issuing a pastoral address to his clergy andpeople, Bishop Rappe proceeded to the city assignedto him by the Yicar of Christ. He took possessionwithin a week after his consecration of the only churchin Cleveland, St. Marys on the Flats, too small forthe English and German speaking Catholics, whosenumbers had increased to nearly 4000. Besides thispro-cathedral the diocese contained 42 churches, at-tended by 20 priests. One of his first efforts was toobtain a German priest to attend his countrymen, thusgiving each language separate services. Some lots hadbeen purchased on Superior Street, in 1845, by McLaughlin. Here the Bishop erected a framebuilding for temporary church and school. He securedlots on St. Clair Street for a female academy, and asite at the head of Superior Street for a cathedral. In the
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