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Lettres de missionnaires, d'eveques et de laics a l'eveche de Quebec : [1772-1869]
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Fonds
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CA PCA Acc4426
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Microfilmed 1970 (Creation)
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- Catholic Church. Diocese of Quebec. Bishop
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1 reel of 35 mm microfilm
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Catholic Church. Diocese of Quebec. Bishop
Biographical history
For the first decades of its existence the Catholic Church in Prince Edward Island was part of the Diocese of Quebec and governed by its Bishop. The first division of the See was in 1817 when the province of Nova Scotia was raised to a Vicariate Apostolic. In 1819, at the urging of Bishop Plessis, the Diocese of Quebec was further divided into four areas, one of which comprised New Brunswick, Cape Breton and Prince Edward Island. Episcopal jurisdiction however remained with the Bishop of Quebec. The Rt. Rev. Angus Bernard MacEachern who had already given arduous service for many years as a missionary priest in PEI and Cape Breton was appointed Bishop of Rosen over the new district. On 11 August 1829 Charlottetown was raised to the dignity of an independant Episcopal See with MacEachern as its Bishop. Cape Breton had been annexed to the Nova Scotia see. Following MacEachern's death in 1835 he was succeeded in office by Rev. Bernard Donald MacDonald. In 1842 New Brunswick was made a separate diocese by the creation of an episcopal see in St. John's.
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The fonds consists of letters from bishops, priests, and laypersons to the Bishop of Quebec concerning church matters and the Catholic population of Prince Edward Island. They cover all areas of church involvement from the appointment and activities of clergy, the building of churches, and the provision of a Catholic education to clashes with the government over civil matters such as the performance of marriages.
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Arrangement
An index arranged by date precedes each volume. It includes the author, date. summary of content and destination of the letter. In the arrangement of the present volume, you will note that several numbers have been omitted. This is due to a previous arrangement of documents. The volume is, however, complete and nothing has been left out of the microfilm
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- English
- French
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Letters are in French or English
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NO RESTRICTIONS ON ACCESS
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Reproductions from the microfilm require the written consent of the Archives of the Archdisocese of Quebec
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Associated materials
For further information see The history of the Catholic Church in Prince Edward Island by Rev. John C. MacMillan. 2 vol.
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Microfilm is located in the microfilm cabinets in the Reading Room
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