Cardinal Dougherty and His Golden Jubilee

...ould leave Philadelphia in 1903 when he was named Bishop of Neuva Segovia, Philippines. He would remain in the Philippines until 1916 when he became the Bishop of Buffalo.[6] Two years later, Dougherty returned to Philadelphia when he was named its 4th Archbishop, following the death of Archbishop Prendergast. He

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Catholic Newspapers in Philadelphia

...iew the records a subscription to Findmypast is required. Issues published between 1833 and 1844 as well as October 1944 and March 1968 can be found for free at the Catholic News Archive. The first ostensibly Catholic newspaper in Philadelphia was The Catholic Herald and Advocate which was first published

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...dmypast.com. The records are indexed and keyword searchable. The search is free; however, to view the records a subscription to Findmypast is required. Back to top Q: What is a finding aid? A: A finding aid is a description of an archival collection, usually containing a history of the person

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Medical Mission Sisters

...taken with the mission as he himself had served as a Mission Bishop in the Philippines years earlier. During a meeting with Dengel in 1925, Dougherty gave her a $500 check and sent her another $5,000 a few weeks later to contribute to the building of a hospital in India.[5]

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