. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. itschurch and priest, and an academy under the Sisters ofCharity, who soon had another academy at Leaven-Avorth. Atchison had St. Benedicts College and Convent of Benedictine nuns, conductingan academy and school. In May Rev. Mr. Schachobtained lots at Prairie City and began a church andschool. At the close of 1860, the Vicariate of Kansas, asit had come to be called, had fifteen priests, sixteenchurches, and two in progress, the Bishop dedicating inDecember a new church at Atchison. Even during thewar, which did not spare
. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. itschurch and priest, and an academy under the Sisters ofCharity, who soon had another academy at Leaven-Avorth. Atchison had St. Benedicts College and Convent of Benedictine nuns, conductingan academy and school. In May Rev. Mr. Schachobtained lots at Prairie City and began a church andschool. At the close of 1860, the Vicariate of Kansas, asit had come to be called, had fifteen priests, sixteenchurches, and two in progress, the Bishop dedicating inDecember a new church at Atchison. Even during thewar, which did not spare Kansas in its ravages. Catho-licity gained. By 1864 the Vicariate had twenty-fivechurches and a hospital and orphan asylum at Leaven-worth, directed by the Sisters of Charity. The nextyear Calced Carmelites were laboring with Jesuit,Benedictine, and secular priests. Bishop Miege at-tended the Second Plenary Council, with perhaps thestrangest report to make of the transformation of thedistrict confided to him. Moosmuller, St. Vincenz in KT. KEV. JOHN B. LAMY, FIRST BISHOP OP SAJSfTA FE. CHAPTER X. DIOCESE OF SANTA EEV. JOHN B. LAMY, FIRST BISHOP, 1853-1866. The condition of Bisliop Lamy as Vicar Apostolicwas one of difficulty: his powers were limited, thediocese of Durango had not been canonically saw many evils to redress, but did not act some points he insisted : one was that mass shouldbe said every Sunday and holiday in the parish churchor one of the authorized chapels, so as to afford thefaithful an opportunity of fulfilling their duty. Theother point was that the excessive fees demanded formarriages, baptisms, and burials, should be reduced,as they were far in excess of even the amounts allowedby the old arancels. The Mexican priests assembledand threatened to lay their grievances before the Bishopof Durango, and even to appeal to Rome. The leaderin the opposition was Very Rev. Juan Felipe Ortiz,who, as Vicar-General, had been al
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