. Essex county, , illustrated . m<jnsii;nok <;KOKfir n noANK. to be found more devoted min-isters ; men noted at home andabroad for their scholarly at-tainments, broad philanthropyand faithful devotion to theirlabor in their various sect or denomination haveable and distinguished repre-sentatives, whose life-workwould form a very interestingsubject for coniment, but thisbeing an illustrated work, weare content in beautifying itspages with the life-like [jhotosof a few of the many divines iNewark, whose names and sei-vices as well, are idenlilied withthe many public and pr
. Essex county, , illustrated . m<jnsii;nok <;KOKfir n noANK. to be found more devoted min-isters ; men noted at home andabroad for their scholarly at-tainments, broad philanthropyand faithful devotion to theirlabor in their various sect or denomination haveable and distinguished repre-sentatives, whose life-workwould form a very interestingsubject for coniment, but thisbeing an illustrated work, weare content in beautifying itspages with the life-like [jhotosof a few of the many divines iNewark, whose names and sei-vices as well, are idenlilied withthe many public and privatecharities of the city, and fewmen have done more for mor-rality and good RKV. W. J. WISi:,M.\N, S. T. L. ESSEX COUNTY, N. J., ILLUSTRATED. 65 ST. BRIDGETS CHURCH. T HE parish of St. Bridget was founded in1887 by the Rev. Michael J. White,o was assigned to the tasl< by the Bishop )f the Diocese of Newark, Rt. Rev. William Wigger, D. D. Father White was at that ime an assistant priest in St. PatricksZathedral. He entered upon his new fieldjf labor and for the first time offered up the oly sacrifice of the mass in the chapel nowjsed as a school-house, on Sunday, April 3,18S7. The corner-stone of the neat and legant structure which appears in the illus-tration was laid by Bishop Wigger on Sun-day, October 18, 1S91, and through the mtiring and energetic efforts of FatherWhite the church was completed and, in thepresence of the Governor of this State, Abbott, the Mayor of the city, E. Haynes, with other State and cityofficials and a large congregation, was olemnly dedicated to divine worship by theRt. Rev. Bishop Wigger, on Sunday, June12.
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