Description
This is an 1897 Hoffmann's Catholic Directory, Almanac and Clergy List for the United States, Canada, and Newfoundland, published by M.H. Wiltzius of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The book measures 7 3/4" X 5 1/2" X 1 3/4" and there are 883 pages. Covers are black leather over flexible boards with gold lettering on spine. The book dates from the time of Pope Leo XIII. It contains information about church hierarchy, parishes, priests, religious orders of both men and women, schools and much more. A fold-out map shows the boundaries of the dioceses in the U.S. A multi-page table follows the spread of the Catholic Church throughout the U.S. There are references to "Indian" and "Negro" mission work. Large sections of ads are at the front and back of the book. For additional contents, see photographs which accompany this listing.
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