Complex sentence: In the year of 1873, a group of men went to visit Bishop St. Palais while he was confirming children in Dubois County, regarding a petition for starting a new parish in their own town of Schnellville.
Split into simpler sentences: In the year of 1873, a group of men went to visit Bishop St. Palais while he was confirming children in Dubois County. They went to see him about a petition for starting a new parish in their own town of Schnellville.