Fathers on the Frontier: French Missionaries and the Roman Catholic Priesthood in the United States, 1789-1870

by Michael Pasquier

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In the late eighteenth century, French migr priests fled the religious turmoil of the French Revolution and found themselves leading a new wave of Roman Catholic missionaries in the United States. Fathers on the Frontier explores the diverse ways these missionary priests guided the development of the early American church in Maryland, Kentucky, Louisiana, and other pockets of Catholic settlement throughout much of the trans-Appalachian West. Over...

Format:Hardcover

Language:English

ISBN:0195372336

ISBN13:9780195372335

Release Date:January 2010

Publisher:OUP Us

Length:312 Pages

Weight:1.35 lbs.

Dimensions:0.8" x 6.1" x 9.2"

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Religion Religion & Spirituality

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Fathers on the Frontier: French Missionaries and the Roman Catholic Priesthood in the United States, 1789-1870

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