5 - Mission Personnel, Statistics and Directories

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Mission Personnel, Statistics and Directories

1 file and 20 items; manuscript and typescript

This series includes documents charting the geographic expansion, administrative governance, and personnel assignments of the Irish Capuchin friars in the United States.

The documents include references to the following key foundations:
Early Pacific Northwest (1910): Established initial missions and hospices in Bend and Hermiston, Oregon.
East Coast Presence (1910-1911): Assumed responsibility for Paradise Parish in Abbottstown, Pennsylvania.
California Takeover (1919-1920): Accepted Mendocino, Ukiah, Greenwood, and Fort Bragg missions from the English Capuchin Province.
Southern California Shift (1923-1924): The Irish friars expanded into Watts (Los Angeles) and the historic Santa Inés mission.
Delaware Relocation (1930): Established a foundation in Wilmington after exiting Pennsylvania.
Educational Mission (1947): Founded St. Francis High School and Seminary in La Cañada, Los Angeles.

ISAD(G) 2nd edition