The Catholic churches of New York City, with sketches of their history and lives of the present pastors : with an introduction on the early history of Catholicity on the island, and lives of the most reverend archbishops and bishops . 4. He was soon after sent to the American Mission,arriving in New York in May, 1849. His first yearwas spent among the Iroquois Indians, at Caughnawa-ga, near the Sault St. Louis, above Montreal. He wasthen successively at St. Marys College, IMontreal, and atQuebec. 4G0 CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF NEW YORK. In New York he was attached to the College ofSt. Francis Xavier
The Catholic churches of New York City, with sketches of their history and lives of the present pastors : with an introduction on the early history of Catholicity on the island, and lives of the most reverend archbishops and bishops . 4. He was soon after sent to the American Mission,arriving in New York in May, 1849. His first yearwas spent among the Iroquois Indians, at Caughnawa-ga, near the Sault St. Louis, above Montreal. He wasthen successively at St. Marys College, IMontreal, and atQuebec. 4G0 CATHOLIC CHURCHES OF NEW YORK. In New York he was attached to the College ofSt. Francis Xavier, and held the responsible position ofpresident of that institution from 1860 to 1863. Dimnghis continuance in office, finding the old college insuffi-cient for the wants of the students, he projected a newand finer structure, and erected the large eastern portionof the new college. Having been afterwards sent toBuffalo, to take charge of a German congregation, heerected St Michaels, one of the most splendid churchesin that city. His labors at St. Josephs appear in om* sketch ofthat church, and need not be repeated. w o OD t-H f—( o ?^^ !-> w M a •:/, T3 0 > HH 0 S5 > H S! 3 =H 51 O M r« H a Kl I—* ?^ h-( w. CHURCH OF SAINT JOSEPH (GERMAN). ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIFTH STREET AND NINTH AVENUE,MANHATTAJJTVILLE. A BOUT the year 1859, the need of another churchwas felt at Manhattan\ille, and a priest was as-signed to minister to the German CathoHcs in thnt distiict. The Ladies of the Sacred Heart kindly granted theuse of a little chajDel on their extensive and beautifulgrounds, and in this for a time the new congregation,placing itself under the patronage of the glorious patri-arch St. Joseph, enjoyed all the ministrations of theirreligion. When the little society felt able to undertake thework of erecting a chiuch, foiu lots of ground werepmchased, in 1860, and the present church erected. Itwas dedicated on the 5th day of September, 18G0, bythe Very Rev. WilUam St
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