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[Excerpts from three items: [1] A.B. MacEachern to [Angus Macdonald], ...]

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[1829, July]

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MG17-A25

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527

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Fonds du Vatican. Archives de la Sacrée Congrégation de la Propagande

Acta, "S.O.C.G.", "Varia et Addenda", "Lettere" et "Congressi"

[Excerpts from three items: [1] A.B. MacEachern to [Angus Macdonald], ...]
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Date(s):

[1829, July]

Place:

[Rome],

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Excerpts from three items: [1] A.B. MacEachern to [Angus Macdonald], 6 May 1828; [2] MacEachern to [Caprano], [20] October 1828 [see C 185]; [3] Fraser to [Cappellari], 8 [recte 9] October 1828 [see C 188]. The writers report that in Cape Breton Island, Iles-de-la-Madeleine, and New Brunswick there are currently 49,800 Catholics [but following data give a total of c. 38,000 Catholics only] and 12 priests, besides the vicar apostolic [recte vicar general, MacEachern]. As for Cape Breton Island, emigration from Scotland and Great Britain of Celtic-speaking settlers started in 1791; in 1828 there were 15,000 Catholics besides the Indians, four settlements served by four priests, two in Gulf of St. Lawrence [Courteau at Margarie and Chéticamp, Lawlor at Broad Cove], one on Bras d'Or Lake [served by W.B. MacLeod], one in the east [Arichat and L'Ardoise, served by Potvin] where Indians are more numerous.

Of them, two speak Celtic and English, one mostly English, one French, the latter being in charge of the Indians. As for Iles-de-la-Madeleine, there are 800 Catholics, two churches, one priest [P. Bédard]. As for New Brunswick, Catholics are in Saint John (5,500), Saint Andrews (500), Fredericton (few), Baie des Chaleurs and Miramichi (15,000/16,000); one priest [J. Carroll 1798-after 1833] is in Saint John, one [McSweeney] in Saint Andrews, five [Lefèbvre de Bellefeuille is one] at Baie des Chaleurs. The writers add that there are 25,000 Catholics in the vicariate apostolic of Nova Scotia, with nine priests [J. Grant, C.P. Grant, François-Xavier, Vincent de Paul are four], besides the vicar apostolic, Fraser. MNs [in Caprano's handwriting]. B: fol. 104rv.
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Author: Mauro Cappellari, ErCam, cdl., PF Prefect

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MSS1186

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Cross-references: Acta 187-188, SOCG 522-531, Varia 259 340-342, Lettere 215 234 304 317-322 327-329, C 152 185-186 188 300 359. Another C: in Acta 187, in SOCG 523.

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MG17-A25
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