John Ireland and the American Catholic Church

• By: Marvin R. O'Connell
• Format: Cloth, xii, 610 pp., 1988, illus., bibliog., index
• Publisher: MHS Press
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• ISBN 0-87351-230-8

"O'Connell presents an excellent biography of the first archbishop of St. Paul, Minnesota, who rose from poverty to become an internationally known clerical figure and friend of presidents. . . . Well written and well researched, this biography brings to life an important figure in American religious history. Recommended."--Library Journal

John Ireland

Praise for John Ireland and the American Catholic Church:

"This long-needed biography is gracefully written and meticulously researched in Roman archives untapped by previous biographers. It is a major contribution to our understanding of Catholicism during a transitional period that no student of American church history can afford to miss."--Western Historical Quarterly