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GENEALOGY 974.602 H250D
HISTORY
OF
THE DIOCESE OF HARTFORD
BY
REV. JAMES H. O'DONNELL
. AUTHOR OF " Liturgy for the Laity," " Studies in the New Testament,"' Etc., Etc.
BOSTON THE D. H. HURD CO. 1 900
Copyright JAMES H. O'DONNELL 1900
Printed by The Sparrell Print Boston
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PREFATORY NOTE.
HE undersigned desires to express his gratitude to Right Rev. Bishop Tierney, D.D., whose words of advice and encouragement and un- failing interest in the work, often stimulated him to renewed endeavor ; to Very Rev. Thomas J. Shahan, D.D., Dean of the Faculty of Divinity of the Catholic University of America, whose copious notes, collected in 1888 for a "History of the Diocese of Hartford," have been of incalculable value; to the Hon. Charles T. Hoadley, LL.D., State Librarian and member of the Connecticut Historical Society; to Mr. Albert C. Bates, Librarian of the Hartford Historical Society; to Marc F. Valette, LL.D., President of the Brooklyn Catholic Historical Society ; to the Hon. William J. Onahan, Chicago, Ills .; to the Bishop's Memorial Hall, University of Notre Dame, Ind .; to the Rev. Edward I. Devitt, S. J., Gonzaga College, Washington, D. C .; to the Rev. John O'Brien, editor of the Sacred Heart Review, for the favor of using the admirable historical sketches of the Rev. William F. Powers ; to the Price & Lee Company for permission to draw from the "History of Catholicity in Waterbury, Conn .; " to Mr. F. X. Reuss, of Philadelphia, Professor Jamies Madigan and Professor Leo Curley, of Waterbury, for valuable services; to the Watertown Library, for free access to the library at all times, and leave to draw one or many volumes gratis; to Charles F. Chapin, editor of the Waterbury American, whose letter "To the Newspaper Men of Connecticut" smoothed the writer's pathway into editorial sanctums; to the many, in a word, who, by suggestion and material furnished, contributed to the accomplishment of the present work.
·Watertown, Conn.
JAMES H. O'DONNELL ..
TO THE RIGHT REV. BISHOP TIERNEY, D.D. TO THE REV. CLERGY AND RELIGIOUS
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AND TO THE LAITY OF THE DIOCESE THE FOLLOWING PAGES ARE
AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED.
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CONTENTS
Chapter
I. THEN AND NOW The Diocese of Hartford-Origin- ally Part of the Diocese of Balti- more-Later of the Dioceseof Boston - See of Hartford Erected Sept. 18, 1843, by Pope Gregory XVI-The First Bishop-Rt. Rev. William Tyler, D.D .- The First Sunday School-First Day School-Catho- lics in 1835, 720-The First Settled Priest-List of Early Priests-First Order of Religious Women-The First Parish-Present Status of the Diocese.
II. INTOLERANCE IN CONNECTICUT . IO Blue Laws and 'Popery'-Early Spirit of Persecution-Church and State- Antipathy of Puritans to Foreign- ers-Early Enactments - Religious Prejudices.
III. THE CONFESSION OF FAITH . . 17 The Saybrook Convention of 1708- The Confession-Abhors the Pope- A Man of Sin-Son of Perdition-Pri- vate Masses-Liberty of Conscience.
IV. ANTI-CATHOLIC SENTIMENT . . 20 Antipathy to the Irish People-Op- position Carried to Ridiculous Ex- tremes-General Assembly Enact- meut, 1724-Renouncing the Pope -Un-Christian Oaths.
V. "POPE DAY " .
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. The Gunpowder Plot-The Fifth of November-Guy Fawkes-The Fa- natical Mob-Washington Sounded the Knell of Pope Day.
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VI. THE CONNECTICUT "OBSERVER " 26
AND THE KNOW NOTHINGS . . " Romanism" in Counecticut - Bishop Fenwick-The Catholic Press -Rev. Mr. Hooker-The Know Noth- ings-Burning of Catholic Buildings -The Know Nothing Law Repealed in 1861-Captain Cahill-Puritanismu.
VII. IRISH SETTLERS . John Verrazano-New France-Tra. ditions Relative to First Resident Catholics-Pioneer Irish Settlers- King Phillip's War-The Great Swamp Fight-Irish Soldiers.
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VIII. EMIGRATION, COMPULSORY AND VOLUNTARY .
36 Exiled from Erin-Inhumanity- . Transported to the American Col- onies-Persecution and Expatria- tion.
IX. NAMES THAT SPEAK . 43 Early Catholic Settlers-From 1639 to 1805-Extracts from Early Rec- ords.
X. EVIDENCES OF EARLY CATHO- LICS .
. . . 50 . French Family in Stratford in 1662 -Irishmen in Stratford in 1679-The Visit of Catholic Governor Dongan of New York to Milford in 1685- The Canadian Embassy of 1700.
XI. FRENCH PRISONERS IN CONNEC-
· TICUT
54 Freuch and Spanish Prisoners from Cape Breton-Fall of Fort Niagara - French Prisoners Captured - Brought to Connecticut-In His Majesty's gaols in Hartford and New Haven-Contingent sent to New London-Incarcerated in the common gaol.
XII. AN UNHAPPY EVENT - KIDNAP- PING . .
. 56 . . A Spanish Vessel in Distress-Put into New London-Treasure Stolen -Memorial to the General Assem- bly-Joseph Demink Kidnapped and Sold as a Slave.
XIII. EARLY CATHOLICS IN NEW LON- DON .
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. . Early Port of Eutry-Foreign Resi- dents-The War Ship Cygnet-John Sullivan-Thomas Allen-The "City Coffee House "-Early French Resi- dents-Exiles from San Domingo.
XIV. THE ACADIANS IN CONNECTICUT . 63 Deportation by the English Govern- ment-A Sad Page in History-Font Hundred to Connectient-The Land- ing at New London-Distributed throughout the Towns of the Col- ofty-Interesting List of Charges- Their Treatment In Various Towns -Tradition of Two Acadiau Priests -The Verdict of History.
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Chapter XV. THE FRENCH ARMY IN CON- 76
NECTICUT .
. Services Rendered the Colonists by Catholic France-Washington's Grateful Acknowledgment - Mar- quis de Lafayette-Count de Roch- ambeau-Washington and Rocham- beau at Hartford.
XVI. THE MARCH THROUGH CONNEC- TICUT . ·
80 . Plainfield First Point Reached- Windham - Bolton - Hartford - Farmington-Southington-Middle- bury-Newtown-Ridgebury-Roch- ambeau's Liberality -Carries Money to Washington's Troops- The Camp at Hartford-Cordiality and Generosity-Routes and Camps -Washington's Congratulatory Or- der to the Allied Armies.
XVII. MASS IN THE FRENCH ARMY . 86 The First Mass in Connecticut- During the Encampment of Roch- ambeau-Now within Limits of St. Peter's Parish, Hartford.
XVIII. LAFAYETTE IN CONNECTICUT . 88 His March through the State-Visit to this Country in 1784-At Hartford October 5-Makes a Second Visit in 1824.
XIX. THE MARQUIS DE CHASTELLUX IN CONNECTICUT . . · .
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His Tour in 1780-En route from Newport - Stops at Voluntown - Plainfield - Windham - Hartford- Farmington-Washington-New Milford-Two Subsequent Tours through Connecticut.
xx. CONNECTICUT IRISHMEN IN THE REVOLUTION. . .
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. The Tribute of History-Irishmen in the Lexington Aların-Irishmen in Every Important Action from Siege of Boston to Surrender of Yorktown-In the Third Regiment - Fourth Regimeut -Fifth Regi- ment -Sixth Regiment - Seventh Regiment-Eighth Regiment-Be- fore Quebec, December, 1775 - At Ft. Schuyler-Knowlton Rangers- Bigelow's Artillery-The "Counec- ticut Line"-First Regiment-Sec- ond Regiment-Third Regiment- Fourth Regiment-Fifth Regiment -Sixth Regiment-Seventh Regi- inent - Eighth Regiment - Ninth Regiment-Col. Sherburn's Light Infantry-Col. Seth Warner's Regi- ment-Col. Moses Hazen's Regiment -Col. Durkee's Regiment-Captain Ransom's Company-First Troop, Light Dragoons-Second Troop- Fourth Troop-Fifth Troop-Sixth Troop-Col. Lamb's Artillery-Col. Crane's Artillery - Artificers -In- valid Corps-Pensions for the Revo- lution-Invalid Pensioners.
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XXI. EARLY PRIESTS IN CONNECTICUT 106 Rev. Gabriel Druillettes, S. J .- His Visit to New Haven.
XXII. FATHER DRUILLETTES' SUCCES- SORS . .
Rev. Jean Pierron-Rev. Thomas Harvey, S. J .- Rev. John Gordon, D.D .- Rev. Arnoux Dupré-Visit of Rt. Rev. John Carroll, D.D., Bishop of Baltimore-Rev. John Thayer- Rev. Jean Ambrose Sougé-Rev. R. D. Woodley-Rev. Bernard O'Cav- anagh.
BISHOPS OF THE DIOCESE . . 122 Rt. Rev. William Tyler, D.D., First Bishop of Hartford I22 Rt. Rev. Bishop O'Reilly, D.D. . 134 Rt. Rev. Francis Patrick McFarland, D.D. 149 Rt. Rev. Thomas Galberry, O. S. A., D.D. 159 Rt. Rev. Lawrence Stephen McMahon, D.D. 166
Rt. Rev. M. Tierney, D.D. 178
PARISH AND MISSION CHURCHES . 180
HARTFORD COUNTY . 193
St. Joseph's Cathedral, Hartford 193
St. Patrick's Parish, Hartford . 208
St. Peter's Parish, Hartford 214 St. Lawrence O'Toole's Parish, Hartford 219
St. Ann's Parish, Hartford . 220
St. Anthony's Parish, Hartford 22I Parish of Our Lady of Sorrows, Parkville 222 223 Immaculate Conception Parish, Hartford St. Joseph's Parish, Bristol 223 St. Catherine's Parish, Broadbrook 224 St. Patrick's Parish, Collinsville . 225 St. Mary's Parish, East Hartford . 227
St. Bernard's Parish, Hazardville 228 229
All Saints' Mission, Somersville . St. Paul's Parish, Kensington 230 231
Sacred Heart Mission, East Berlin St. Bridget's Parish, Manchester . St. Mary's Parish, New Britain
232 233 238 239
St. Peter's Parish, New Britain Sacred Heart Parish, New Britain St. Andrew's Parish, New Britain St. Joseph's Parish, New Britain Our Lady of Mercy Parish, Plainville St. Matthew's Mission, Forestville St. Patrick's Mission, Farmington 243
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243
St. Joseph's Parish, Poquonock 244
St. Gabriel's Mission, Windsor 245
St. Thomas' Parish, Southington 245
St. James' Parish, South Manchester 246
St. Bernard's Parish, Tariffville 248
St. Patrick's Parish, Thompsonville 249
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Parish, Nor- wich 252
Parish of the Sacred Heart, Wethersfield 252 St. Mary's Parish, Windsor Locks 254 Sacred Heart Mission, Suffield 257
FAIRFIELD COUNTY . 257
St. Augustine's Parish, Bridgeport 257
St. Mary's Parish, East Bridgeport 260
Sacred Heart Parish, Bridgeport 261
St. Patrick's Parish, Bridgeport 262
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St. Joseph's Parish, Bridgeport 263
St. Anthony of Padna's Parish, Bridge-
port .
263
St. Stephen's Parish
264
St. John Nepomucene's Parish 264
St. Mary's Parish, Bethel 264
Redding Ridge Mission . 266
St. Peter's Parish, Danbury 266
St. Thomas' Parish, Fairfield 270
St. Mary's Parish, Greenwich 272
St. Aloysius Parish, New Canaan 273
St. Rose's Parish, Newtown 274
St. John's Parish, Noroton 275
St. Mary's Parish, Norwalk 276
St. Mary's Parish, Ridgefield 280
St. Joseph's Parish, South Norwalk 281 St. John's Parish, Stamford 282
Parish of the Assumption, Westport 288
LITCHFIELD COUNTY 288
St. Joseph's Parish, Winsted 288
St. Mary's Parish, Lakeville 291
St. Anthony's Parish, Litchfield 292
St. Thomas of Villanova, Goshen, Mission 295
Immaculate Conception Parish, New Hartford . .
297
St. Francis Xavier's Parish, New Milford 298 Immaculate Conception Parish, Norfolk 300 St. Bernard's Parish, Sharon 302 St. Thomas' Parish, Thomaston 303 Immaculate Conception Mission, Terry- ville . 305
Parish of St. Francis of Assisi, Torring- ton 306
St. John's Parish, Watertown 306
Sacred Heart (Mission) Church, South- bury .
310
Woodbury Mission
MIDDLESEX COUNTY 3II
St. John's Parish, Middletown 311
St. Joseph's Parish, Chester 318
St. John's Parish, Cromwell 320
St. Mary's Parish, Portland 321
St. Patrick's (Mission) Church, East
Ilampton 323
NEW HAVEN COUNTY 323
St. Mary's Parish, New Ilaven . 324
St. Patrick's Parish, New Haven 342
St. John's Parish, New Haven . 348 Sacred Ilcart Parish, New Haven 350
St. Francis' Parish, New Haven 353
St. Boniface's Parish, New Haven 354
St. Lawrence's Parish, West Haven 355
St. Lonis' Parish, New Haven . 357
St. Michael's Parish, New Haven 357
Parish of the Assumption, Ansonia 359 Iimmaculate Conception Parish, Branford 360
St. Mary's Parish, Derby 361 St. George's Parish, Guilford 365
Parish of St. Rose of Lima, Merideu 366
St. Laurent's Parish, Meriden . 370
St. Mary's Parish, Meriden 372
Parish of Our Lady of Mt. Carmel, Meri- deu . 372
St. Stanislans' Parish, Meriden 372 St. Mary's Parish, Milford . 373
St. Mary's Parish, Mt. Carmel (Hamden) 374
St. Francis' Parish, Nangatnek 375
St. Augustine's Parish, Seymour 377
Holy Angels' Parish, South Meriden . 378
Holy Trinity Parish, Wallingford . · 379
Parish of the Immaculate Conception, Waterbury 381 St. Patrick's Parish, Waterbury 392 St. Michael's (Mission) Church, Water- ville . 394
The Sacred Heart Parish, Waterbury 395
St. Anne's Parish, Waterbury . 397 St. Cecilia's Parish, Waterbury 398
St. Francis Xavier's Parish, Waterbury 399
St. Joseph's Parish, Waterbury 40I The Italian Catholics, Waterbury 402
St. Thomas' Parish, Waterbury 402
NEW LONDON COUNTY 403
St. Mary's Star of the Sea Parish, New London 403
Immaculate Conception Parish, Baltic . 408 St. Andrew's Parish, Colchester . 409
Parish of Our Lady of the Rosary, Jewett City . 410
St. John's Parish, Montville 4II
St. Patrick's Parish, Mystic 412 St. Mary's (Mission), Stonington 413
St. Patrick's Parish, Norwich . 414
St. Joseph's (Mission) Church, Occu111 421 Sacred Heart Parish, Taftville 422
St. Thomas' Parish, Voluntown 423
TOLLAND COUNTY
424
St. Bernard's Parish, Rockville 424
St. Mary's Parish, South Coventry 427
St. Edward's Parish, Stafford Springs 428
WINDHAM COUNTY St. Joseph's Parish, Willimantic 431
St. James' Parish, Danielson 433
St. Joseph's Parish, Dayville 435 St. Joseph's Parish, Grosvenordale 435
All Hallow's Parish, Moosup 437
Parish of St. Mary of the Visitation, Pnt- 11a 111 438
Sacred Heart Parish, Wauregan 441
Sacred Heart Parish, West Thompson 442 St. Michael's Parish, Westerly 443
Sacred Heart Parish, Hartford 444
THE INSTITUTIONS OF THE DIOCESE 445 St. Francis' Orphan Asylum, New Haven 445 St. James' Orphan Asylum, Hartford 451
St. Thomas' Preparatory Seminary, Hart- ford 452
Seminary of Mt. St. Joseph, Ilartford 455
Academy De Notre Damic, Waterbury . 456 Notre Dame Academy, Putnam 457 Academy of the lloly Family, Baltic 45S St. Augustine's Villa, Hartford 459 St. Mary's Home for the Aged, Hart ford 459 St. Francis' Hospital, Hartford 4.59
Sminmary 460
. Societies 461
The Ancient Order of Ilibernians
The Knights of Columbus $62 The Catholic Benevolent Union 463 The Catholic Total Abstinence l'uion of Connecticut .
ADDENDA
464
St. Mary's Parish, Norwich
465
APPENDIX
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SPES NOSTRA
Diocese of Hartford.
DIOCESE OF HARTFORD.
BY REV. JAMES H. O'DONNELL, Watertown, Conn.
AUTHOR OF "LITURGY FOR THE LAITY," "STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT," ETC., ETC.
" Historia, non ostentationi, sed fidei veritatique componitur."-PLINY.
" One lesson we must learn ourselves and teach our children. It is to know our antece- dents ; to glory in our predecessors in the faith ; to be ever ready to explain, but never to apologize, for the faith of our fathers."-THOMAS D'ARCY MCGEE.
THE DIOCESE OF HARTFORD
CHAPTER I.
THEN AND NOW.
HE diocese of Hartford comprises the State of Connecticut. Its area is about five thousand and four square miles. Prior to 1808, Connecticut COLONIA formed a part of the diocese of Baltimore, whose juris- diction comprised all the territory of the United States east of the Mississippi River. On April 8, 1808, Pius CENSIS QVITRAN VII., then occupying the Papal chair, by the bull " Ex Debito Pastoralis Officio," erected the episcopal STVLIT LVM sees of New York, Philadelphia, Boston, and Bards- SUSTINET town. To the diocese of Boston was allotted the ter- Seal of the Colony of Conn. ritory which now foris the New England States. The first bishop of Boston was the Right Rev. John Lefebvre Cheverus, D.D. Conneetient remained under the jurisdiction of the diocese of Boston until 1843. During these five and thirty years Bishop Cheverus and Bishop Fenwick-apostolie men both- made periodical visits to the seattered Catholies of the state, preaching, cate- chizing, visiting the siek, administering the holy sacraments, and offering up the august Sacrifice of the Mass. Their ministrations strengthened the faith of the few Catholics here, consoled them in their trials, and fortified them
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against the spiritual dangers then so prevalent. Their visits were anxiously awaited and their services accepted with an eagerness and joy understood only by those who know of the tender relationship that exists between priests and people. They have long since entered into their celestial reward ; but the fruits of their apostolic labors still remain, and their example in searching for the wandering sheep of the fold exercises a stimulating influence upon their devoted successors in the same ministry. They labored faithfully and well, and prepared the ground for the foundations that were laid, and upon which has arisen, grand, stately, and majestic, a diocese second to none in our land, in all things faithful to its exalted mission, and of which its subjects, both priests and laity, are justly proud.
Bishop Cheverus ruled over the diocese of Boston from 1810 to 1823, when he was transferred to the See of Montauban, France. From 1823 to 1825, the affairs of the diocese were conducted by an Administrator, Very Rev. William Taylor. The successor of Bishop Cheverus in the episcopal office was Right Rev. Benedict Fenwick, who was consecrated on the feast of All Saints, 1825.
The rapid increase of the Catholic population of the New England States, together with his declining health, caused Bishop Fenwick to petition the Fifth Provincial Council of Baltimore (1843) for a division of his diocese.1 In accordance with his request, a petition was duly laid before the Propaganda at Rome, with the result that on September 18, 1843, Pope Gregory XVI. erected the See of Hartford, with jurisdiction over the States of Rhode Island and Connecticut. The first bishop of Hartford was Right Rev. Williamn Tyler, D.D.2 Bishop Tyler and his successors resided at Providence until 1872, when that city was erected into an Episcopal See. Bishop McFarland in that year took up his residence in Hartford.
Until 1830 there was not a Catholic church in Connecticut. When Bishop Cheverus and Bishop Fenwick, and others who preceded them, visited this portion of the Lord's vineyard, they said Mass, preached, and dispensed the graces of religion in private houses and in public halls ; sometimes the Holy Sacrifice was offered in barns, suitably prepared for the joyous occasion. Not infrequently bigotry dethroned reason and justice, and the minister of God, with his devoted little band, would perforce seek access to a stable wherein to celebrate the divine mysteries. But what inattered it? Was not the divine Victim of the sacrifice born in a lowly stable, and were not the dumb beasts among the first witnesses of His advent? When Bishop Fen-
The records of the Council, May 19, contain this item :
"Censuerunt, Patres S. Sedi supplicandum esse, ut nova Sedes Episcopalis erig- atur in urbe Hartford, qua Provincias Connecticut et Rhode Island includat."
2 In a letter to Archbishop Eccleston, of Baltimore, September 30, 1843, Cardinal Fransoni, Prefect of the Propaganda, Rome, wrote as follows : "Quod spectat ad Nova- rum Sedium Episcopalium erectionem, Episcoporum et Coadjutorum electionem. ... sciatis hæc omnia, SS mo Dno Nostro probante, jam esse decreta, electis videlicet iis ad singulos Episcopatus, vel ad munus Coadjutoris obeundum, quos primo loco in singulis casibus proposuistis, excepto," etc.
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wick visited Hartford in July, 1829, his church was a printing office and his altar an humble table. To-day we behold in Connecticut one hundred and nineteen parish churches where Mass is said regularly, and one hundred and twenty-three churches, chapels and other buildings where divine services are held frequently. On July 19, 1829, the first Sunday-school for Catholic youth in this State was opened in the office of the Catholic Press at Hartford, no doubt with meagre attendance. Now children, inany thousands in num- ber, gather weekly within beautiful temples to listen to words of Christian wisdom, to learn the salutary doctrines of the church, and to imbibe the sturdy, vigorous and loyally catholic spirit that shone so conspicuously in their ancestors. Prior to 1830 there was no day-school in which Catholic children could receive a religious as well as a secular training ; but on Novem- ber 2d of that year the doors of the first Catholic school in Connecticut were thrown open. It was for boys only, and was held in the basement of Trinity church, on Talcott street, Hartford. The master was Mr. Joseplı Brigden, a convert, a gentleman of superior intellectual attainments, and possessing at that time fifteen years' experience as an educator. To-day fifty-three hand- somne and substantial parochial schools adorn their surroundings, and are imparting to twenty-three thousand children instruction in the secular branches and fitting thein for the high and responsible duties of citizenship. These schools are erected and maintained at a sacrifice that clearly demon- strates the depth and sincerity of our convictions. They are necessary for the proper education of Catholic youth. They are nurseries in which their ten- der hearts are cultivated, their consciences formed on the lines of Christ's teachings. The religious element there predominates ; it pervades the class- room ; religious influences are ever present, for we believe with Washington that "reason and experience doth forbid us to expect that national inorality can prevail in exclusion of religious principles."
In 1835 a census taken by Bishop Fenwick accredited to Connecticut seven hundred and twenty Catholics. In 1844 the Catholic population of the State was 4,817. The census of 1890 placed the Catholic communicants of Connecticut at 152,945, and the Protestant communicants of all denomina- tions at 147,184, giving a Catholic majority of 5,761, with a per cent. of Catholic communicants of .51. In 1899, 250,000 souls yield generous and loyal obedience to the Bishop of Hartford. Previous to 1829, and during a part of that year, the Catholics of Connecticut were attended at intervals by priests sent hither by the Bishop of Boston. The Rev. R. D. Woodley, of Providence, visited the state from November, 1828, to July, 1829, at the request of Bishop Fenwick. In August, 1829, the first priest to reside in tlie State by episcopal appointment took up his abode at Hartford. This honor belongs to tlie Rev. Bernard O'Cavanagh. For well-nigh eleven months this zealous and talented young priest sowed alone the seeds of righteousness in a parisli whose limits were co-extensive with the boundaries of the State. Beginning with this pioneer, we shall present a list of the priests who labored in Connecticut until 1850. Truly, those were the days that tried priests' souls. Their names should be perpetuated and licld in grateful remembrance
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by their co-religionists of the present. The relation of their labors will be found elsewhere in these pages.
From August 26, 1829, till July 30, 1830, Rev. Bernard O'Cavanagh.
From July, 1830, till October 27, 1831, Rev. B. O'Cavanagh and James Fitton.
From October, 1831, till September, 1832, Rev. James Fitton.
From September, 1832, till 1834, Rev. J. Fitton, Rev. James McDermott, Rev. Edward McCool, Rev. Francis Kiernan.
1835, Rev. J. Fitton, Rev. J. McDermott.
1836, Rev. J. Fitton, Rev. J. McDermott, Rev. Peter Walsh.
1837, Rev. J. McDermott, Rev. John Brady, Rev. Peter Walsh, Rev. William Wiley, Rev. James Smyth.1
1838, Rev. P. Walsh, Rev. John Brady, Rev. J. Smyth.
1839, Rev. John Brady, Rev. J. Smyth.
1840, Rev. James Strain, Rev. J. Smyth, Rev. J. Brady.
1841, Rev. James Strain, Rev. J. Smyth, Rev. J. Brady, Rev. John D. Brady.
1842, Rev. John Brady, Rev. James Smyth, Rev. John D. Brady.
1843, Rev. John Brady, Rev. James Smyth, Rev. John D. Brady.
1844, Rev. John Brady, Rev. James Smyth, Rev. Michael Lynch.
1845, Rev. John Brady, Rev. James Smyth, Rev. Michael Lynch, Rev. H. Riordan.
1846, Rev. John Brady, Rev. H. Riordan, Rev. James Smyth., Rev. Charles O'Reilly, Rev. Michael Lynch, Rev. John Brady, Jr. 1847, Rev. John Brady, Rev. James Smyth, Rev. M. Lynch, Rev. John Brady, Jr., Rev. Charles O'Reilly.
1848, Rev. John Brady, Rev. James Sinyth, Rev. M. Lynch, Rev. Philip O'Reilly, Rev. John Brady, Jr.
1849, Rev. John Brady, Rev. M. Lynch, Rev. Philip O'Reilly, Rev. John C. Brady, Rev. William Logan, S. J.
1850, Rev. John Brady, Rev. M. Lynch, Rev. Philip O'Reilly, Rev. John Brady, Jr., Rev. Luke Daley, Rev. M. O'Neill, Rev. James Smyth, Rev. John C. Brady. In this year, the Rev. William Logan, S. J., of Holy Cross College, Worcester, Mass., attended New London.2
To resume briefly : In 1830 there were two priests in Connecticut ; in 1840, three, and in 1850, nine, eight resident and one visiting. In 1860 the number of priests in the Connecticut portion of the diocese was thirty-
- Not all in the State at the same time.
2 Father Logan died at New London, May 30, 1850, aged 40 years, from small-pox, contracted from a sick call. He was born at Emmitsburg, April 10, 1810. After his elevation to the priesthood he was engaged in missionary duty at Frederick City, and afterwards as professor in Holy Cross College. He was subsequently charged with the missions of Norwich, New London and Pomfret, and in this, as in other fields of labor, he was distinguished for his piety and zeal. In a Jesuit catalogue for 1849-1850, Father Logan is mentioned as : " Operarius ; excurrit ad Norwich, Neo-Londinum et Pomfret."
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