Archbishop John Carroll
...now Archbishop Carroll, was in charge of organizing the governance of the new hierarchy. For Philadelphia, Carroll recommended Michael Egan, who would be made the city’s first bishop. Carroll would call together a provincial Council of all the new bishops in 1810 to lay out rules to administer their dioceses
Packard, Butler and Partridge Lithograph Collection
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Starting from Scratch: The Story of Msgr. Hawks and St. Joan of Arc Parish
...ready by September 8th. It opened with 182 children. Hawks quickly began planning a larger combined church/school. On November 20, 1921 the ground was formally broken. “The winter was very mild and it was possible for the stone masons to lay the heavy foundations in the early part of January.