New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1904-02-28
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suffcient money 10 purchaEs anything sui..s,.
and had TO be satisfied % meet vhersvs- -
could IN April. 1ISJ. application was r,s5, !.
the CITY authorities by the French Consuf H.
81 John do CreyecCeur for permission 70 =
the exchange, In Broad-st. then uuoccupiaa :.
temporary place In which % worship T. =
not granted. and the Catholics resolved To g.
ground and erect a church. On June 10 t-S-
the consul and three other persons for7o4
corporation known as "the Trustees % =,
Roman Catholic Church In the CITY ~ "
York.. under thu law FOR the Incorporate 7,
religious societies. which had been passed a -.
trne previously and proceeded to obtain o. 49,.
Tor church During the summer thew So
lease OF i've lots in Barclay-st, exteDdf-y e.
Church-st. on which carpenter shop stood sr,
established temporary church building for -.
Catholics Of New-York City. In August Tri,i--
Church. which owned the Zee. agreed m s.r
them the revsrsion on easy terms. and On a.
tober .. 1IS5. the cornerstone Of a church ma.
lald with appropriate ceremonies Thew ~
10, aDIs; through lack or funds. to proceed with
the Work OF building, so that it was nor urrT
November 4, 1856. that the church was 5sSi
Gated, the Rev. Andrew Nugeut a Canrcst-
oHerlng the first mass IN Il. Father VVhelar 49,
ing retired IN the preceding February m ~
the Rev. William O'Brien succeeded FatEs- w. N.
gent. and continued as pastor for many va7-s
IL was apparent IN 1909 that St Peters VA,
rot adequate for the continually increasing nr,,
Der Of Catholics, and a movement VS. 49,
10 found church IN honor Of the patron ssi-s
OF Ireland. The project was entered mo -
ly. and q subscription list was opened m prv
ground and TO pay for the erection OF a rbr-,E
The site selected was outside the city limits a.
the time. and surrounded BIZ hills ana meadow.
on June :. 1903. the CONVERSIONS was laid =
old St Patricks. IN what is now N0tt-st I'M,
work on the building went on slowly. and II wan
not until 1918 that 10 was ready for divine ser.
vice. On May Of that year IL was dedc arss
with impressive ceremonies. and was considered
the finest church edihce IN the United States
The first ordination OF priest in the CITY took
place In the church IN $50 that Of the Rev
Michael O'GOrman.
In 1927 Christ Church IN Ann-st was pur.
chased and rededicated as n Catholic church
From authentic sources the Catholic population
at this time was about twenty-five thousand
composed mainly OF persons who had emigrated
rom Ireland. though there were enough Of Ger
man extraction to require services in the Ger
man language. The next twelve years saw a
great addition to tie growth Of the Church IN
New-Nork City. as out Of 4 total Of 3431lI
persons arriving az New-YOrk from foreign
countries 1852 were from Ireland alone and
then the Irish vote" began to count iu politics.
which resulted IN the repeal OF tie obnoxious
religious intolerance laws. the historical renem-
branCe OF which has almost been swept away
through the advance OF education and enlisht
eminent
New-York City was made the see cf a Cath
Ole diocese in 1905, and the Rev. Richard Luks
Concanen Of the order OF st. Dominic. waa
COnsecrated bishop at Rome on April y or tnal
wear to preside over IT. The bishop lefr Rome
on June . for LegnOrn. where he hoped To- nnd
a vessel for some port IN the United states me
French were in possession of LeghOrn ana na1
sequestered American vessels because my 30
besn visited by English cruisers. so lnat 10 was
frnpossibia for him % start for his new see. tf
returned TO Rome. and in April lNlo n'idS
another attempt 10 reach the colchies- ne az
rived AZ Naples and succeeded I'm securing
passage on a vessel bound for salem MASS
which was to start on June L. bis Iasspoll
were declared unsatisfactory p! lte 3'a-t =.
rooIfce ar Nsp1as and he was ordered not ~
embark This action depressed him grea,'F' Si-.
caused an attack OF fever. from which ne died
y,,r'r, v-1s arDointad 10 administer the affairs o.
the diocese until IFS successor was anpoll -.-
on November 6. 1914. Bishop ConGlnen ; s s.--
cessOr. the Right Rev John CoEHoliy' w. w.,
secrated at Rome. and arrived pm y -
eighteen DAYS afterward, finding in ny NV
diocese nearly seventeen thousand CathoN-s