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Diocese of Covington Collection

1858-1922.

Origination : Catholic Church. Diocese of Covington (Ky.)
Extent : 2.5 linear inches.
Repository : University of Notre Dame Archives
Address : Notre Dame, Indiana 46556
English.

Administrative Information

Preferred Citation

Diocese of Covington Collection (DCV), University of Notre Dame Archives (UNDA), Notre Dame, IN 46556

Scope and Content

Correspondence of Bishop Maes; the manuscript of his History of the Catholic Church in Monroe City and County, Michigan ; minutes of the second preparatory meeting for the Eucharistic convention, 2 June 1894; and other correspondence, papers, and pamphlets relating to Catholic affairs in the diocese, 1858-1922.

Background

Initially part of the Diocese of Bardstown (1808-1841) and then Louisville (1841-1853), Covington was established as a diocese in 1853. Its ordinaries during the period covered by this collection were George Aloysius Carrell, S.J. (1803-1868) from 1853-1868; Augustus Maria Toebbe (1829-1884) from 1870 to 1884; Camillus Paul Maes (1846-1915) from 1885 to 1915; and Ferdinand Brossart (1849-1930) from 1916 to 1923.

Index

Catholic Church. Diocese of Covington (Ky.)
Maes, Camillus Paul, 1846-1915.
Carrell, George A. (George Aloysius), 1803-1868.
Toebbe, August, 1829-1884.
Brossart, Ferdinand, 1849-1930.
Catholic Church--Bishops--Correspondence.
Eucharistic congresses.

Source

Source: gift of Bishop Maes? Photostats of some letters of Bishop Maes came from St. Anne Convent, Melbourne, Kentucky.

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