. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. s enlarged in 1847. Rev. , on hearing that a bishop was actually ap-pointed, secured twenty-two lots as a site for thefuture cathedral. 262 THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. Five months after his arrival in St. Paul, BishopCretin erected a brick structure three stories and ahalf high, 44 feet long by 84 wide. This became thesecond cathedral and second episcopal residence. Aschool was opened in the basement; and the next yearthe Sisters of St. Joseph began their school on ThirdStreet. Bishop Cretin placed the priests whom he hadbrou
. History of the Catholic Church in the United States. s enlarged in 1847. Rev. , on hearing that a bishop was actually ap-pointed, secured twenty-two lots as a site for thefuture cathedral. 262 THE CHURCH IN THE UNITED STATES. Five months after his arrival in St. Paul, BishopCretin erected a brick structure three stories and ahalf high, 44 feet long by 84 wide. This became thesecond cathedral and second episcopal residence. Aschool was opened in the basement; and the next yearthe Sisters of St. Joseph began their school on ThirdStreet. Bishop Cretin placed the priests whom he hadbrought at the most important points—Yery Rev. at Mendota, Rev. Louis Ledon at the Falls ofSt, Anthony, Rev. J. Fayolle at Little Canada, VeryRev. Joseph Bellecourt at Pembina, while Canon Vi-valdi revived mission work among the Winnebagoes,who had been transported to Minnesota, and Lacombe among the Chippewas. The new dio-cese had some ten priests and seven churches whenthe Bishop proceeded to the council at Baltimore. -t Jf^-<t^ ^^. SIGNATUKE OF KT. REV. JOSEPH CRETEST, BISHOP OF ST. PAUL. Hernaez, Coleccion de Bulas, ii.,p. 816. Letter of Rev. A. Ra-voux, Cath. Herald, xiv., p. 1; Pittsburgh Catholic, -viii., p. 163 ; An-nals of the Propagation of the Faith, Dublin, 1852, p. 368; Henne-pin, Relation of Louisiana, New York, 1880, p. 200; J. Fletcher Wil-liams, A History of the City of St. Paul, St. Paul, 1876, pp. 112-311;Monsignor A. Ravoux, Reminiscences, Memoirs, and Lectures, CHAPTER yil. VICARIATE APOSTOLIC OF INDIAN TERRITORY. ET. EEV. JOHN B. MIEGE, BISHOP OF MESSENIA, FIKST VICABAPOSTOLIC, 1851-1852. The Fathers of the Seventh Council of Baltimoreresolved to petition the Sovereign Pontiff to erect allthe territory east of the Rocky Mountains, and notv^ithin the limits of Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, andMinnesota, into a Vicariate Apostolic. Pope Pius,acting on their petition, created the Vicariate Apos-tolic of Indian Territory, and elected Fath
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