Dubuque (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
John Charles Stuart · 1913
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Description
Dubuque is an archdiocese set up on 28 July 1837 and raised to an archbishopric in 1893. A Catholic Encyclopedia entry maps it across northern Iowa, an area of more than eighteen thousand square miles. The city stands picturesquely on the Mississippi beneath bluffs rising three hundred feet, many crowned with Catholic institutions and fine homes. It takes its name from Julien Dubuque, a Canadian who mined lead and traded with the Indians there from 1788 to 1811.
The first white visitors to Iowa were the Jesuit Marquette and the Franciscan Hennepin, and later missionaries followed from the east. The entry draws on lives of Bishop Loras and histories of Iowa Catholics to trace a frontier church grown into an archdiocese. His grave, marked by a cross, now bears a rugged tower of native stone.
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| CREATOR | John Charles Stuart |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 10 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |