. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. nd Coadjutor,and was consecrated by Archbishop Kenrick, May 3,1857, assisted by Bishops Henni and the latter resigned the mitre of Chicago, Arch-bishop Kenrick again sent him to administer thatdiocese. Pope Pius IX., in 1858, transferred him to thesee of Chicago, the official announcement reachinghim January 21, 1859. Thus invested with full powerhe showed his ability and masterful hand. Priestsand people gave every evidence of renewed confidence,and the spirit of the new Bishop electrified all hearts,so that the visible fruits


. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. nd Coadjutor,and was consecrated by Archbishop Kenrick, May 3,1857, assisted by Bishops Henni and the latter resigned the mitre of Chicago, Arch-bishop Kenrick again sent him to administer thatdiocese. Pope Pius IX., in 1858, transferred him to thesee of Chicago, the official announcement reachinghim January 21, 1859. Thus invested with full powerhe showed his ability and masterful hand. Priestsand people gave every evidence of renewed confidence,and the spirit of the new Bishop electrified all hearts,so that the visible fruits of Bishop Duggans imme-diate action in the government of the diocese wasnoticed everywhere. • Souvenir of the Silver Jubilee in the Episcopacy of his Grace, theMost Rev. Patrick Augustine Feehan, Chicago, 1891, pp. 186-196;Pittsburgh Catholic, xii., p. 168 ; xiv., p. 1,53 ; xv., p. 2(i4 ; Metropolitan,iii-vi. Bishop ORegan to Archbishop Kenrick, April 11,1857. Bishopdiocese, and for erecting a hospital at Chicago. Bishop Duggan diedin March, KT. REV. JAMES DUGGAX, FOURTH BISHOP OF a picture in the Bishops Memorial Hall, Notre Dame, lud. 622 THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. Under the new impulse, churches, hospitals, asy-lums, and schools began to keep pace with the growthof the city of Chicago. In 1858 the zealous priestRev. John McMullen, with the approval of the Bishop,applied to the Sisters of the Good Shepherd in and obtained three religious, who establishedone of their charitable institutions in a rented house,and received seven women pardoned from the Bride-well. In the face of difficulties they persevered, McMullen actually begging for them from houseto house. In 1860 they removed to Franklin Street,and soon after he purchased a suitable site and erecteda building adapted to their charitable work. A higher institution for the education of youngladies was also founded in Chicago in 1858 by Ma-dame Gallway, religious of the Sacred H


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