History of the Catholic Church in the United States . Sulpitians tookpossession on the 18th of July, and here St. Marys Theolog-ical Seminary was opened. The first mass was celebrated onthe 20th of July, a room on the second floor having beenfitted up as a chapel, and blessed by Eev. Mr. Nagot, whodedicated it to the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the 29th of May, 1792, the Rev. Messrs. Chicoineau,David, and Flaget, who had all been Directors of Seminariesin France, arrived with two Seminarians, Messrs. Badin andBarrel. The advent of such a number of learned, pious, and expe-rienced priests was of im
History of the Catholic Church in the United States . Sulpitians tookpossession on the 18th of July, and here St. Marys Theolog-ical Seminary was opened. The first mass was celebrated onthe 20th of July, a room on the second floor having beenfitted up as a chapel, and blessed by Eev. Mr. Nagot, whodedicated it to the Blessed Virgin Mary. On the 29th of May, 1792, the Rev. Messrs. Chicoineau,David, and Flaget, who had all been Directors of Seminariesin France, arrived with two Seminarians, Messrs. Badin andBarrel. The advent of such a number of learned, pious, and expe-rienced priests was of immense importance to the Church. Bishop Carroll to Bishop of Quebec, January 20, 1792. Tessier, Epoques du Seminaire de Baltimore; Dilhet, Etat de IEglise Ca-tholique ou du Diocese des Etats Unis; Rev. Mr. Tessier, Replies toQueries of Bishop Brute in 1832 ; Nagot, in Memoires pour servir £lIhistoire de IEglise a la fin du XIX siMe; Chateaubriand, Recollec-tions of Italy, England, and America, Philadelphia, 1816, pp. 123-9. ?< ^ 2. H # a- D- 3-. (381) 382 LIFE OF ARCHBISHOP CARROLL. The Seminary could not give employment to all, and priestswho had filled the chair of Director or Professor in greatseminaries took up with cheerfulness the hardships of mis-sionary life in the United States. The Prefecture-Apostolic under the Yery Rev. Dr. Car-roll extended to the parts which had been subject to theYicar-Apostolic of London, and included the territory of theold English colonies ; but no act of the Holy See deprivedthe Bishop of Quebec of the missions in Maine, New York,the country northwest of the Ohio ; or the Bishop of San-tiago de Cuba of Natchez, Baton Rouge, and other points atthe South. The expressions in Dr. Carrolls Bulls left it indoubt whether his diocese comprised the Thirteen States or thewhole territory included in the United States. The matterwas referred to Rome, and the Sacred Congregation de Prop-aganda Fide on the 29tli day of January, 1791, placed thewhole ter
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