6 - Letter from the Most Rev. Charles Joseph O’Reilly, Bishop of Baker City

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Letter from the Most Rev. Charles Joseph O’Reilly, Bishop of Baker City

2 pp; Manuscript

Letter from the Most Rev. Charles Joseph O’Reilly (1860-1923), Bishop of Baker City, Oregon, to Fr. Fiacre Brophy OSFC and the Holy Trinity community, referring to his recent visit to Cork, and to the impending arrival of the Irish Capuchins in his diocese. O’Reilly wrote: ‘I have heralded your coming, and all are eagerly expecting you. I will give you the choice of several places which promise well, and you will have missions throughout the state to enable you to get the means to purchase property and build’.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition