The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . ishop Signay for the Oregon mission, a vast re-gion never before visited by a priest, and he set out on 3 May, 1838, accompanied by the Rev. Modeste Dem-ers with the annual express of the Hudsons Bay Com-pany. The journey from Lachine to Fort Vancouvera distance of about 5,000 miles, was made in canoes, by portages, in barges, on horseback, and in lightboats. It took them nine days to cross the RockyMountains, on the summit of which, at three o
The Catholic encyclopedia (Volume 2); an international work of reference on the constitution, doctrine, discipline and history of the Catholic Church . ishop Signay for the Oregon mission, a vast re-gion never before visited by a priest, and he set out on 3 May, 1838, accompanied by the Rev. Modeste Dem-ers with the annual express of the Hudsons Bay Com-pany. The journey from Lachine to Fort Vancouvera distance of about 5,000 miles, was made in canoes, by portages, in barges, on horseback, and in lightboats. It took them nine days to cross the RockyMountains, on the summit of which, at three oclockin the morning of 16 October Father Blanchet cele-brated Mass. They arrived at Fort Vancouver on24 November. The territory assigned to the two priests embraced about 375,000square miles. Itextended fromCalifornia to Alas-ka and from theRocky Mountainsto the PacificOcean. For four yearsthey labouredalone, going fromsettlement to set-tlement, facingevery peril of awild country, re-calling the scat-tered faithful tothe practice ofreligion and in-structing the ab-origines. Thentwo other priestsfrom Canada, thedue, came to theirreinforced by the. Most Rev. Francois NorbertBlanchet Revs. A. Langlois and Z. Bol-assistance. In 1844 they weregreat missionary. Father DeSmet, with four other Jesuit priests, three lay broth-ers, and six Sisters of Notre Dame de immense territory of the Oregon mission wasmade an Apostolic vicariate 1 December, 1843;Father Blanchet was named its first vicar Apostolicand titular Bishop of Philadelphia. The letters fromRome arrived in August, 1844. To receive episcopalconsecration he started for Canada 5 December,boarded a steamer on the Columbia River, touchedat Honolulu, doubled Cape Horn, landed at Dover,England, went by rail to Liverpool, took a vessel toBoston and thence proceeded by rail to Montreal, ajourney of 22,000 miles. He was consecrated byBishop Bourget in the Cathedral of Montreal 25 July,1845. Later he returned to Europe, visitin
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