St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-01
Rt: Rev. John Baptist Brondel, d. D.,
being the first bishop.

AT THE PRESENT TIME
there are, in the diocese of st. Paul, 1SS
priests, 1919 churches, 55 stations, As &c
cleSiaStical students. religious orders
of men, 10 religious orders of women, 2
hospitals, 8 aSylumS and protectorateS,
9 female academies, Z conferences of st.
Vincent, and a Catholic population of
about 100000. The diocese of st. Cloud
has bishop, 20 priests, ecclesiastical
students, 80 churches, 10 chapels, 40 sta
tons. monastery, IA converts, semi
nary, college (bOys), academy girls,
and Catholic population of 5000.
The diocese of Dakota has l bishop, "a
priests, 20 ecclesiastical churches, 1874
churches, 81 stations, academies, 81
schools, missions, and a Catholic pop
ulatiOn of about 10000. The diocese 81
Helena has 30 priests, ~ churches, 5
hospitals, l college, s academies, pa
rochial schools ecclesiastical students.
and Catholic population of about 90
600. In st. Paul. at the present time,
there are fifteen Catholic churches, di-
Vlded among the different natiOnalitieS
as follows:
ES,lish-Cathedra st. Mary's, St.
Joseph, st. Mlchaels, st. Patrick's, ST..
Johns and st. James.
German-ASSumptiOn Sacred Heart,
st. Francis de Sales, st. Matthew's and
st. Agnes.
French-St. Louis.
POliSh-St. Adelbert'S.
BOhemian-St. StaniSlauS'
In addition to the above there are six
chapels located at st. Joseph's academy,
House of the Good Sheperd, Visitation
convent, House of Little Sisters of Poor,
Orphan asylum and st. Thomas acad-
envy.
Besides the above there are churches
zone each at New Canada, White Bear
Lake and Mounds View.
IN MINNEAPOLIS,
at the present time, there are ten
churches, divided III nationality as fol-
lows:
EngliSh-St. Anthony of Padua, I'M
maculate Conception, Holy Rosary and
st. Stephens.
German-St. Boniface, st. Josephs
and st. EliZabeth's.
FrencI-NOtre Dame.
Polish-HOly Cross.
Bohemian-St. ClOtilde's.
In a period of forty years wilderness
has been converted into the magnificent
rising young city, st. Paul, with pop
ulation of 10000, and Father Gathers
rude log chapel with its few scattered
families for a congregation has given
pldce 10 lllleeH eulllceS WIFI Iully 0U,-
0O0 worshipers.
The materials for the following brief
sketch have been gathered principally
from letters by Father havouX and an
address by Bishop Ireland to the His
torical society. Though believed to be
accurate as far as it goes, it does not
pretend to be full and complete his
tory Of the rise and progress of
CATHOLICITY IN THE NORTHWEST.
In the summer of 1889 Bishop Loras,
of Dubuque, arrived at Fort Smelling in
company with Father Pellamorgues,
now pastor of Davenport, to see what
could be done, if anything, for the
Catholic church in that vast region of
country that has since been known as
Minnesota, The first night after leav-
ing the Fort he rested on the river bank
beneath Dayton's bluff. In the spring
of 1910 Father Galtier was appointed
pastor of the northwestern district of
the diocese of Dubuque, and took pas
sage for the scene of his future duties
on the first boat that assembled the Mis-
sissippi after the opening of navigation.
At st. Peters trading post small house
was donated to him, which he used as a
chapel and as a residence. Alongside
this house he afterwards erected a
building, somewhat more suitable, as