Index: A History of the Catholic Church in the Diocese of Vincennes


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Abarth, Rev Denis OSF, 220

Abell, Rev., 91-93,97,128,253-254,500

Academy of St.John's, 427

Ackermann, Rev Conrad OSB, 221,230,243,318,319, 323,324,558,636

Ackermann, Paul; Early Harrison County Catholics, 339

Acquaroni, Rev., 97

Acton, Marion County Indiana, 346,364,439

Adam, M'lle, 570

Adams, Rev Leo, 481

Adams Township, Ripley County, 385-86

Advocate The Catholic (newspaper); 538

Aesculapius, 213

Agatha Sister OSB-Prioress, 599

Ahlering, H; Early Evansville Catholics, 278

Alerding, Rev. Herman, 221,245,433,434,437,477, 482-84,634; argument for an earlier founding date for Vincennes settlement, 353-54; concluding remarks, 636

Algonquin Indians, 32,43

Allouez, Rev, 22

Alphonse, Rev OSB, 331

Altham, Rev T. SJ, 23

Altherr, John; Early Franklin County Catholics, 390

Alvey, Jack, 496

Alvey, Thomas, 496

Andre, Retired Bishop of Quimper, 106

Andre, Peter, 100

Andres, Rev Martin, 231,243,286,343-44,635

Andrescheck, Rev A. OSF, 437

Angela, Sister, 109

Angers, Seminary of, 560

Annunciation Church, New Albany Indiana, 33

Antoni, Rev Theodore, 229,359,408,409

Antonia, Mother Superior OSF, 589,592-95

Apert, Mr A., 474

Apke, Brother J. OSB, 559

Apostolical Woman; Book on Mother Theodore Geurin, 580

Appendix, 628

Archives at Vincennes, 174

Arkansas; Benedictine Sisters in, 599

Association of Sisters of Providence, official establishment of, 570

Assumption Church, Evansville, 272; cornerstone laid, 271; new church, 276; Rev McDermott's work at, 275

Attica Indiana, 145

Aubert, Fanchon, 603-05

Audran, Rev Ernest, 227,243,337,488,634; footnote on, 73; letter to Bishop Bayley describing reburial of Brute, 159; address at Bishop Hailandiere's funeral, 162; at Vincennes, 201; at Synod, 221,224; Nephew of Hailandiere, 225

Augusta, Marion County, 439

Aurora, Dearborn County, 402,403,633

Austin, Scott County, 372Austria, Princess of, Meets Bishop Brute, 147

Aydeylott, Zachary; Weinzoepfel witness, 523

Ayres, Henry and John; On Weinzoepfel jury



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Bach, Rev, Superior of the Lazarist Fathers, 271

Bachmann, Rev J. OSB, 548-49

Bacquelin Rev Vincent, 185,226,239,351,360,363,367,417-18,421-25, 470,475,491,; Obtains Weinzoepfel's release papers, 537; Death and burial of, 424

Badin, Rev Stephen, 76-77,82,137-38,237,271,338,416,; Attends dedication of Assumption church Evansville, 271; Celebrates Mass in Indianapolis, 421; In St.Louis with Bishop Flaget-1818, 87-88; Visits Vincennes as Vicar General-1810, 77; One of thirty who visited Vincennes, 97-98

Badolet, Mr; In regards to F. Vigo, 99

Baer, Mr; Home of first Mass in Adams Township-Ripley County, 386

Baltimore, Archbishop of (John Carroll), 121

Baltimore, Archdiocese of, 122; Boundries, 80; First Bishop of- 1790, 29

Baltimore, Lord-George Calvert, 23

Baltimore Maryland, 110; Birthplace of Francis Silas Chatard, 211; Cholera epidemic-Brute's work during, 112; Flaget's arrival at, 69; Flaget recalled to, 72; Infirmary at-Chatard's work in, 213; Provincial Councils at, 1-(1829),94; 2-(1834),118,122; 3-(1837),150; and Brute, 110; Sixth council (1847) nominates Bazin to succeed Hailandiere, 187; Seminary at (St.Mary's), 106; Sisters of Charity, 625

Barber, Frater Simon OSB, 558

Bardstown, Bishop of (Flaget), 69

Bardstown College Kentucky, 293,344,518,631

Bardstown, Diocese of, 80,106; Boundries of-1808, 81,121; Boundries of-1836, 263; Directory-1822, 236; Directory- 1834, 237

Bardstown Kentucky, 91,125-26

Barnabo, Cardinal Prefect of Propoganda, 539

Barrett, Michael-at death of Rev Bacquelin, 423

Barrett, Thomas-at death of Rev Bacquelin, 420,423

Bartholomew County Indiana: Columbus, 362-66,634; First Catholics in, 362

Basalide, Sister SP: Superior of Young Ladies Academy Madison, 205

Batesville Ripley County Indiana, 413-14,633

Bauer, Rev. Martin OSF, 221,414

Bavaria, 320,597; King Louis of: gift of painting to Holy Trinity Evansville, 279

Bayley, Bishop James: 101-02,126-27; Letters from Rev Audran on Brute, 159-60; Letters from Brute, 155-56

Bazadoue, 99

Bazin, Bishop Stephen, 251,260,291,450,620; Appoints St.Palais administrator of Seminary, 194; Appoints St.Palais Vicar General, 194; Buried next to Brute, 161; Consecration of, 178,187; Death of, 189; Nomination as Bishop, 187; Ordinations by, 228; Portrait of, 186a; Refusal to let Hailandiere stay in diocese, 503; seeks to build orphan asylum, 617; summons Bessonies to Vincennes, 501; visits France in 1846, 187; vital statistics, 186; Vicar General of Mobile, 186

Beckwith, Rev SJ, 454

Bedford, Lawrence County, 464-65

Belanger, Rev Michael, 229,257

Belle-Prairie, Illinois, 264

Bellier, Rev John SE, 170-71,185,445,491-92

Benedict, Rt.Rev-Abbot of Gethsemane, 554

Benedict, Sisters of St., 208,311,314,323,326; (also see all of Chapter-35)

Benedicta, Sister OSB; First Prioress, 397-98

Benedictine Fathers; Arrival in the US, 547; At Maria Hilf, 331; At St.Joseph Terre Haute, 454; At St.Meinrad, 546ff; Come to Indiana at request of Bp.St.Palais, 206; In Indiana, 208; In Terre Haute, 446; Take charge of seminarians-1866, 552; Take charge of St.James Gibson County, 292; (also see all of Chap-32)

Bennett, Rev Andrew, 203,227,380,384,403,470

Benetz, Brother H. OSB, 559

Benoit, Rev Julian, 167,185,204,208,226,240,266,308,355,493- 95,497,504

Benziger, Mr Alderich, 553

Berberich, Rev Henry, 232

Bergmeyer, Rev Ferdinand OSF, 221,245,431,438,634

Bernard, Rev Alexius OSF, 221,439

Bernet, Mr Fidelis; Early Ripley County Catholics, 387

Berrel, Rev Maurice, 226

Bertrand Rev. (at Detroit), 89

Bessonies, Rev August, 202,220,227,239,245,299,308,308-9,321,336,338-39, 342,344,378,425-27,431,441-42,462,483,485,491,498-99,501-2,504,521,531, 624,634; Arrival in New York, 489; As Deacon, 488; Celebrant at Hailandiere's funeral, 183; First assignment, 493-97; Ordination of, 490; Welcomes Chatard to diocese, 217-19; (also see all of Chap-30)

Bienville; Leader of French expedition against the Chickesaw Indians, 55

Bilger, Brother Casimir OSB, 559

Bilger Rev Charles, 231,242,322,343,635

Billom, France, 69

Bischof, Rev Peter, 230,461,474

Black Oak Ridge (Daviess County), 251; Flaget's visit to in 1829, 93

Blanc, Rev Anthony (Archbishop of New Orleans), At New Orleans, 122,251; Pastor at Vincennes-1818, 89,91,97,100; Welcomes Sisters of Providence to New Orleans, 583; concerning Rev Weinzoepfel, 533

Blecklinger, Rev John, 339

Blenkinsop, Mr; Invites Brute to stay, 151

Bloomington, Monroe County Indiana, 256,461-62,464,633Boehm, Rev Pius OSB, 221,229,243,314,330,557,635

Boehringer, Mr; Donates land in Batesville, 413

Book, Rev John, 229,243,326,327,631,635

Book Rev William, 221

Boone County Indiana, 29

Booneville, Warrick County Indiana, 301,512, 630,631

Bordeaux, France, 69,95

Boston Massachusetts, 42

Boston, Diocese of, 80,121,123

Bourbons; and Hailandiere, 164

Boushie Mr. Charles; Early Richmond Catholics, 469

Bouvier, Bishop of Mans, 570

Bowe, Mr.D; early Jeffersonville Catholics, 336

Bowe, Thomas; early Jeffersonville Catholics, 335

Box's Creek, 490

Boyer, Rev; Superior of Seminary of St.Sulpice, 106

Bradford, Harrison County Indiana, 343,346-47,385,634

Brandt, Rev Leonard, 221,228,249,286,292,357-60,428-30

Brassart, Rev John, 229,242,257,308-9,367,410-11,426,442,484,634

Brawner, Mrs; Visited by Brute, 109

Brazil, Clay County Indiana, 465-66,634

Breunig, Brother Joseph OSB, 552

Brightwood (Indianapolis); St.Francis De Sales Parish, 441-42

Brittany, France, 556,60

Brokamp, Mr. Joseph; early Richmond Catholics, 469

Brommelhaus, H; On St.Joseph Cemetery Association-Evansville, 28

Brooklyn New York, 574-75,612-13; Bishop of, 612

Brookville, Franklin County Indiana, 383,391-93,471,63

Brouillet, Peter, 100

Brown, Elijah, 362

Brown, Hudson, 521

Brownsburg, Hendricks County Indiana, 442-43,473,634

Bruggemann, Rev Bernard, 221,230,244,345,347,380-81,634

Brunet, Rev Benedict OSB, 221,228,312,323,330,466,552,557

Bruner, Mrs; At Weinzoepfel trial, 523

Bruning, Rev B., 315

Bruns, Rev Innocent OSF, 230

Brute, Bishop Simon, 29,97,121,237,247,251-52,258,264,268-69,275,338, 350,381-83,417,421,446,448, 452,454,487,489-90,497; Appointed president of St.Mary's Baltimore, 107; Appointed to faculty at Rennes, 106; Arrival in Vincennes, 95,128; Arrival in the US, 106; At St.Joseph on Maryland's Eastern Shore, 107; Attends medical school, 103; Biography of, 101; Childhood years, 102; Comments on Colonel Vigo, 98-99; Consecration of, 127; Considers mission work in China, 106; Contributes to building of Evansville church, 268; Contributes to "Miscellany", 114; Correspondence with important people, 113; Correspondence with Leopoldine Association, 124; Death of, 269,488; Death of his Mother, 111; Description of the Diocese in 1834, 129; Description of Vincennes Catholics, 130; Discourse on by Rev John McCaffrey, 102; Early education of, 103; Enters the seminary, 104; Goes to America, 106; Graduates from medical school-1803, 104; Influence on Hailandiere, 181; Letters to Shaw at Madison, 151; Meets St.Palais in France, 191; Ordination of, 106; Proposed as Bishop, 122; Re­burial of in 1840, 159-61; Receives Minor Orders, 105; Receives Papal Bulls, 122; Recommended for Vincennes See, 94,122; Relative in France, 257; Re-names St.Mary's Daviess County, 252; Returns to Emmittsburg-1818, 108; Returns to France for library, 107; Search for more priests in France, 165; Seeks religious for Diocese, 571; Teaches at St.Mary's in Baltimore, 106; Typical day, 108-10; Visit to France-1836, 485-86; Visit to Mount St.Mary's, 107; Visit to Rome and Pope, 148; Visit to emigrants, 150; Visit to Shelby County Indiana, 417; Visit to Terre Haute-1835, 452; Vital statistics on, 101; Walks from Emmittsburg to Baltimore, 110; Work among cholera victims in Baltimore, 112; Work described, 111; Work in his Mother's printing shop, 104

Brute, Madame'; Mother of Bishop Simon, 101

Buchmeier, Rev Ambrose OSF, 587,591-92

Buck Creek, Harrison County Indiana, 348-49

Buena Vista, Harrison County Indiana, 348-49

Buena Vista, Jennings County Indiana, 368-70,634; first Catholic families in, 369

Bulls establishing the Diocese of Vincennes, 122; Making Hailandiere Bishop (1839), 168

Bultmann, Rev William, 221,230,242,280,283,631,634

Buming, Rev Bernard OSB, 230

Burke, Mr. John; Early Jeffersonville Catholics, 335

Burke, Mr. Thomas; Early Union County Catholics, 478

Burkhardt, Rev Alexander OSB, 232,243,558,634

Burkhardt, Rev Henry; Biography of, 462-64

Burkhardt, Rev Leopold, 221,231,241,253,255,256,462,465,636

Buschor, Rev Silvan OSB, 221,232,558

Buteux, Rev Stanislaus, 185,264-65,445,453,457

Butler Family, 395

Butsch, Mr. Valentine; at death of Bacquelin, 423

Buttermann, Rev Eugene OSF, 230

Byerly, Mr, 575

Byrne, Rev. Michael, 269-70



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Cadillac, La Motte, 35

Cahokia, 59,61,64,67,78

Cahors, Bishop of, 486

California, 20

Calvert, George (Lord Baltimore), 23

Cambridge City, Wayne County, 334,437,474-78,481-82,484,634

Campbell, Mr B.U; Letters from Brute, 155-56

Campbell, John R. 521

Canal, Wabash and Erie; Deydier's work, 266

Cannelton, Perry County, 316-19,329,355,500-01,548,634

Carbon, Clay County, 466

Cardenas, Bishop Luis; First Bishop of New Orleans, 122Cargus, John, 523

Carius Rev Anthony, 203,227,356-57,360,403

Carlos, W.E.; Oldest Catholic family in Brownsville, 480

Carmelites, 486

Carolina, 47

Carrell, Bishop George SJ, of Covington, 37

Carroll, Archbishop John, 29,68-69,72,79-81,107,121-22,125,378; Consecration of, 79

Carroll, Charles of Carrollton, 113

Carron, Abbe'; Brute's confessor, 101

Cassidy, John; And Cassidy's Settlement, 494,500

Cat's River; Near Vincennes, 132

Cathedral at Vincennes; St.Francis Xavier, 129,133

Catholic Advocate, 311,538

Catholic Directory, 233,236,380,382,384,413

Catholic Missions, 58

Catholic Publication Society, 580

Catholic Telegraph, 133

Catholic Young Men's Society of Baltimore, 541

Cauthorn, Mr H; Welcomes Bishop Chatard to Vincennes, 217

Caven, John, Mayor of Indianapolis; Welcomes Chatard, 218

Cedar Grove, Franklin County, 394

Celestine, Dubois County, 315,322,371,634

Central Catholic Advocate Newspaper, 311,538

Centreville, Spencer County, 250,327,472-73

Chabrat, Bishop Guy J., 82,89,92,97; Coadjutor of Bardstown, 122-23,126

Champomier, Rev, 97; As a seminarian, 92

Chandler, Mr; Prosecutor of Weinzoepfel trial, 517,521,525- 526,529

Chapelle, Rev de la SJ, 564

Chapel of the Seven Dolors, 314

Charaguis Indians, 73

Charity, Sisters of (Nazareth Kentucky), 126

Charity, Sisters of, 625-27

Charleston, Diocese of, 113,119,123,505

Chartier, Rev Etienne, 351

Chartier, Rev William, 359

Chasse, Rev John SE, 185,201,217,221,227,239,254,261,286,292,437,447, 449-50,457,491,502; Biography of, 447-51; Greets Chatard at Cincinnati, 217

Chatard, Francis Silas, (Bishop 1878-1918) 29,180,183,281,283,298,302,320,329,343-44, 348,371,380-81,398,409,425,427-28,431,433-35,441-42,447,463,475,482-83, 555-56,596,631-34; And Pope Pius IX, 215; Arrival in Indianapolis, 217; Blesses St.Boniface in Evansville, 283; Blesses St.Joseph Indianapolis, 435; Brothers and Sisters, 212; Consecration of, 215-16; Education of, 213; First pastoral letter, 216; Moves to St.John Indianapolis, 441; Named rector of North American College Rome, 213; Opens St.Francis DeSales Indianapolis, 441; Ordinations by, 231-32; Ordination of, 213; Pastoral of 1879, 224; Presence at Hailandiere's re-burial, 225; Statement upon arrival at Indianapolis, 219; Visit to US seeking funds for North American College, 214; Vital statistics on, 211; (also see all of Chapter-18)

Chatard, Ferdinand, 211; Medical studies, 212; Work at Georgetown College, 12

Chatard, Pierre, 211-12

Chatard, Sister Juliana, 212

Chatard, Thomas, 212

Chesapeake Bay Maryland, 24

Chesnet, Zepherin, 77

Cheverus, Bishop John, 107,113,123; Letters to Brute, 120

Chicago Illinois, 129,252,461,491; As part of the Diocese of Vincennes, 193; Brute's description of the congregation, 137; Established as a seperate diocese in 1844, 176; Problems at, 171; Rapid growth of, 176; St.Palais arrival at, 192,152; St.Palais departure from in 1844, 193

Chickakos Indians, 138,39,140,142,143

Chickesaw Indians, 54,55

Christen, Rev Ulrich OSB, 286,306,313,331,547-50

Chrysostom, Rev; Spiritual advisor to Benedictine Sisters, 598 (See Foffa)

Church in America, 18

Churches; Number in Indiana in 1849, 206

Cincinnati; Archdiocese of and the Sisters of St.Francis, 596; Archbishop of (Purcell), 188; Catholic Telegraph, 133-34; Diocese of, 123; Franciscans take charge of Oldenburg, 594; Fourth Provincial Council in 1882, 224; Third Provincial Council in 1861, 551

Clancy, Doctor, 119

Clara, Sister M. OSB; a founding member of the Ferdinand community, 598

Clark County Indiana, 381,385,634-35; Henryville, 372; Jeffersonville, 335-38; St.John's, 345-46; St.Joseph Hill, 344

Clark, George Rogers, 25,26,61,62,64,67,98

Clark, William; Justice of Indiana Supreme Court, 75

Clarke, Mr and Mrs; Early Perry County Catholics, 500

Clarke, Rev Michael, 185,203,227,239

Clay County Indiana; Brazil, 465-66,634; Carbon, 466; Knightsville, 466

Clemens, Mr P; Founding member of St.Michael Cannelton, 317

Clement, Rev Julius, 460,462,464,632

Clergy, List of; In 1849, 201-205; At Second Synod in 1878, 220-23

Cobb, T.R.; Welcomes Chatard to Vincennes, 217

Cobbett, 116

Cody, Barney; Testifies at Weinzoepfel trial, 523

Coelestin, Rt.Rev Abbot of Einsiedeln, 455

Collier, Rev Michael, 232,634

Collins, Kate; teacher at Rushville, 481

Columbus, Bartholomew County, 362-67,371,461,463,585,634

Columbus Ohio, 438

Comburg France, and Hailandiere, 162,181

Comparet; Early French trader, 33Comstock, George; Presents painting to St.Bartholomew, Columbus, 362

Concanen, Bishop Luke of New York, 123

Conclusions, Alerding's, 636

Conintet, Rev Francis CSC, 185,204

Connersville, Fayette County, 359,395,471,473- 475,478,480,482,586,634

Conrad, Rev Clement, 221,231-32,242,300,331,629-32,635

Contin, Rev John, 227-28,248,257,297,312,324,355,472

Contournat France; Birthplace of Flaget, 69

Conwell, Bishop Henry of Philadelphia, 123

Coquillard; Early French Trader, 33

Coomes, Rev Charles, 238

Corbe, Rev John, 167,184,204,237,240,292,397,445-46,448,490; Meets Sisters of Providence in Vincennes, 576; Superior of Seminary at Vincennes, 173

Corbiere, Mr; Minister for King Louis XVIII and friend of Hailandiere, 163

Cornell, Mrs Mary; Early Shelby County settlers, 415

Corrections to Alerding's book, 632-33

Corydon Indiana, 28,501

Coste, Ann Jacqueline, 601

Couille, Bishop of Orleans, 180

Courjault, Rev Tussanus, 185,239,248,251

Covington, Diocese of, 145,378,596-98; OSF Sisters in, 596

Cramer, Andrew; Trustee of first Indianapolis Church (Holy Cross), 422

Crawford County Indiana, 342-43

Crawfordsville, Crawford County, 460

Cross Roads McKenzie Settlement (Dover), 379

Crusart, Louis; Early Dearborn County Catholics, 403

Cumberland Indiana, 203,473

Cunningham, John K; Early Bartholomew County Catholics, 362

Curl, John A; Witness at Weinzoepfel trial, 523

Curran, Rev Charles, 232,245,426,441-42,635

Curran, Rev Daniel, 221,231,245,410,426,440-41,634

Cypress Dale, Vanderburg County, 299

Czackart, Rev (Redemptorist), 288,290,293



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D'Arco, Rev J., 221,246,479,634

Dahmen, Rev, 90,97

Dakota Territory, 555-56; OSB Sisters work in, 599

Dale, Robert Congressman, 499

Dannenhofer, Rev Aloysius, 221,230,287,381,407

Danville, Hendricks County, 439

Daphoux Rev 110

Dark Hallow Settlement, 465

Dartaguettes; Leader of expedition against the

Chickesaw Indians, 55

Daughters of Charity Sisters, 208

David, Bishop John, 84,95,126,147David, Mr Andrew, 368

Daviess County Indiana, 89,192,201,251,256,304,354,451-52,635- 36; St.Simon's Washington, 490

Davis, Mr; Prosecutor of Rev Weinzoepfel, 506,508,511,517,534

Dayton Mr, 33

De la Roche; Bishop of Versailles, 106

Deacon, Mr Anthony; Early Bartholomew County Catholics, 362

Dearborn County Indiana, 375-76; Aurora, 402-03; Dover, 379-81; Lawrenceburg, 403-05; New Alsace, 381-82; St.Joseph, 384-85; Yorkville, 381

Decatur County; Greensburg, 410; Millhousen, 395-99; St.Maurice, 414; St.Paul, 411

Decker, Christian; Testifies at Weinzoepfel trial, 523

Deig, Elizabeth, 295

Deining, Mr Henry, 547

DeKalb County Illinois; and Rev Chasse, 451

De la Roche, Bishop of Versailles, 106

Delaune, Rev Julian, 184,239,259,352,360,537

Delisle, Rev E., 204

Derby, Perry County Indiana, 309-10,499,501

DeSeille, Rev Louis, 184,237-38; And the Chickakos Indians, 139-42; Brute's description of, 137

Detroit, 26,31,60,62,137; Diocese of, 124-25; Bertrand and Janvier at, 89; Establishment of, 35

Deydier, Rev Anthony, 184,202,226,239,257,264-69, 271-74,277,286,288-90,292,294,296,432,497-98,502, 507,521,531,539,542; At Bazin consecration, 188; Biography of, 275; Invites Bishop Teanson to Evansville, 271; On behalf of Weinzoepfel, 274; Vital statistics on, 275; Work in Evansville, 267-69,273; Visit to East coast seeking funds, 268

DeBelmont, Bishop of St.Fleur, 105

DeLangie, Rev Francis, 221

DeVilas, Rev Vincent, 476;484

DeVincennes, Sieur; Brute's mention of, 134

Dickmann, Rev Joseph, 221,229,243,255,344,635

Dickneite, Rev Rainerius, 439

Diestel, Rev Hermann John, 221,229,242,286,295,297,636

Diffenderfer Family; Baptised by Bede O'Connor, 337

Dilger, Rev Boniface OSB, 229,313-14; As Frater, 552

Dill, Maggie; First orphan, 618

Dillon Family; Early Bartholomew County settlers, 362

Diocese of Bardstown; 1822 Directory, 236-37; 1834 Directory, 237

Diocese of Boston-1834, 123

Diocese of Buffalo, 352

Diocese of Charleston-1834, 123

Diocese of Chatham, 348

Diocese of Cincinnati-1834, 123

Diocese of Detroit-1834, 124

Diocese of Mobile-1834, 124

Diocese of Newark, 366

Diocese of New Orleans-1834, 122

Diocese of New York-1834, 123Diocese of Philadelphia-1834, 123

Diocese of Richmond-1834, 123

Diocese of St.Louis-1834, 123

Diocese of Vincennes; 1837 Directory, 237-38; 1844 Directory, 238-40; 1883 Directory, 241,243-46; Statistics of 1834, 122

Dion, Rev John, 203,221,241,308,317,319,321-22, 339-40,342- 43,346,634; Biography of, 257-58

Directory, Catholic of 1844, 240; of 1883, 241

Directory, Catholic; Excerpts from; concerning Bardstown & Vincennes, 236-46

Districts in the Diocese of Vincennes; Evansville, 242,263; Illinois, 240; Indianapolis, 245,415; Madison, 243,350; New Albany, 243,333; Oldenburg, 244,375; Richmond, 246,469; St.Meinrad, 242,304; Terre Haute, 242,444; Vincennes, 241,247

Dixon Mr; Defense lawyer for Weinzoepfel, 520-21,526-27

DiMaria, Rev SJ, 454

Doane Rev George; Canvassing for North American College, 214

Doebbner Rev Casper, 334,458

Doherty, Rev Edward, 231

Domfront, College of; Rev Dujarie attends, 560

Dominicans, 19; In Indiana, 29

Dover, Dearborn County Indiana, 379-81,634

Doyle, Rev John W., 221,231,241,253,255,257,636

Doyle, Rev Philip, 221,228,308,336-37,370-71,464

Doyle, Rev William, 202,221,227-28,260-61,312,317,336,342, 355,367,395,406,418,420,460,471,474, 476,478,482

Drakes Hotel, Indianapolis, 422

Drewes, Mr Edward, 281

Dubois, Bishop John, 107,123,463

Dubois County Indiana, 192,304,498; Celestine, 315; Ferdinand, 313-14; Henryville, 330; Huntingburg, 30; Schnellville, 33; Saint Anthony, 322-24

Dubois, Rt Rev Bishop of Galveston, 463

Dubourg, Bishop William Louis, 87-88,113; Letters to Brute, 120; Recalls Jeanjean from Vincennes, 89; Talks with Flaget about Vincennes diocese, 94

Duclaux; One of the directors of Seminary of St.Sulpice, 106

Ducoudray, Rev Louis, 185,239-40,259,488

Ducroux, Rev Philip, 308

Duddenhausen Rev Julius, 221,229,242,280-81,380,404,634

Dujarie, Rev James, 560-69

Dumerle, Rev Charles, 226

Dupanloup, Felix; Bishop of Orleans, 164,180

Dupaquiet, Mr John, 321


Dupontavice, Rev Hippolyte, 185,202,254,259,353-55,373,451,491-92,501-02,631; As Deacon arrival in US, 488; Recalled from Chicago, 176

Durbin Rev Elisha J., 97,263,286,296,500,518, 520-21,531,533,535

DuBelloy; Cardinal of Paris, 105

DuJaunay Rev SJ, 96

DuVernay Rev Julian SJ, 58,96DuVoisin; Bishop of Nantes, 106

Dwenger, Bishop of Fort Wayne, 209

Dwire, Brother I. OSB, 559

Dyonisius, Rev OSF, 336



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Early, William; early Franklin County Catholics, 395

Eaton Ohio, 480

Ebner, Rev Claude OSB, 221,230,558

Ecceleston, Archbishop Samuel, 122

Edgar County Illinois, 132,136

Edinburgh, Johnson County Indiana, 364,367,371,473

Edwardsport Indiana, 482

Egan, Bishop Michael, 123

Egan, Mr Denis; Early Union County Catholics, 478

Eichstadt, Bavaria, 59

Einsiedeln Abbey, 206,306,455-56,546-48,550,553

Elder, Archbishop Henry, of Cincinnati, 225

Elder, Mr Arnold; Contriutor to church at Derby, 500

Elder, Rev George, 416

Elder, Guy; and Brute, 108-10

Elison, Rev Conrad OMC, 221,458

Elk County Pennsylvania, 597

Embry, Judge; At trial of Weinzoepfel, 520-21,529,530,536

Emery Rev J. SS, 98,106

Emmittsburg Maryland, 94,102,107-09,125,165,212; Home of US Sisters of Charity, 627

Engeln, Rev William, 185,203,227,249,383-84, 389,391,470

England, Bishop John, 113,124; Conditions in diocese, 119; Explains opposition to Brute, 118,119; First meeting with Flaget in Baltimore, 94; Letters to Brute, 114, 115-16,117,118

England (Great Britain), 59-60

Englert, Rev Peter OSF, 413

Enochsburg, Franklin County Indiana, 288,341,397,399-401,414,634

Enock, Bishop of Rennes, 106

Erie County Pennsylvania, 597

Eshenbach, Philip; Early Franklin County Catholics, 394

Essenmacher, Mr Peter; Early Richmond Catholics, 469

Eudes, Rev; Founder of Sisters of Good Shepherd, 622

Eudist Fathers, 491-92; Hailandiere persuades them to come to Vincennes, 170

Evansville, Vanderburgh County Indiana, 92,241,497,509,531,545,629,634; Evansville District; Congregations in 1883, 242; Arrival of Sisters of Providence at, 576; Beginning of Assumption Church, 272; Building of first church, 268; Cemetery Association Members, 284; Establishment of St.Mary's Hospital, 625; First Catholics in, 263-69; Holy Trinity Church, 277-81; Little Sisters of the Poor at, 616; St.Boniface, 282-83; St.Joseph Cemetery Association, 283-84; St.Mary's, 281-82; Weinzoepfel sent to, 171Evansville Journal Newspaper, 515-18; Text of anti Catholic pamphlet, 543-44

Ewars, Rev Bernard, 221,230,242,300,374,634

Ewing, Mr, President of the Society of Antiquarians; Brute's mention of, 99

Exel, Rev Charles, 287,628



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Fahle, Rev Arsenius OSF, 221,381,437

Faller, Rev Edward, 204,221,227,243,318- 20,329,334,339,342,344,354,355, 458,634; Brother of, 489

Falley, Rev Augustine OSB, 221,231-32,242, 312,558,634

Farrell Family; Early Columbus Catholics, 362

Fayette County Indiana; Connersville, 473-75,634

Fayettville Indiana; Brute passes through, 145

Federle, Nicholas; Donates land for St.Nicholas Ripley County, 387

Feigen, Rev Adam, 232,244,409,635

Felix, G; Early Franklin County Catholics, 394

Fenwick, Bishop Benedict of Boston, 123

Fenwick, Bishop Edward of Cincinnati, 95,123

Ferdinand, Dubois County Indiana, 305,313-14,330-31,497- 98,548,550,552,597, 632,634

Fergus, Mrs Robert William, 284,616,625-26

Ferneding, Rev Joseph, 129,238,346,350,356, 376-77,379- 84,387,391,395,403,407,417,469; Report on Indiana missions in 1837, 376

Ferrari, Rev A, 89,90,97

Ferris, Eliza (Marean), 212

Ferriter, Mr James; Early Indianapolis Catholics, 420

Ficker, Rev John Matthew, 229,292,301

Fillmore, Putnam County, 461

Fink, Bishop of Leavenworth; At Martin Marty consecration, 555

Fintan, Rev Abbot; (See Mundwiler), 313,324,329,331,433,454

First Jesuit in Indiana, 30

Fischer, Mr Joseph; Accompanies Deydier on Canal, 266

Fischer, Rev Joseph Francis, 185,227,240,312,342,356,488

Fitzgibbons, Thomas; Early Johnson County Catholics, 367

Fitzpatrick, Rev Patrick Richard, 221,229,241,262, 355,426,431,484,635

Fitzwilliams, Mr; Weinzoepfel's visit to, 509

Flaget, Bishop Benedict Joseph, 29,41,69,77, 106,122-23,125-26,128,236,251,253-54,333,341,382, 416,533,538; Appointed Bishop of Bardstown, 81; Arrival in U.S., 69; Arrival in Vincennes as pastor, 64; Biography of by Bishop Spalding, 54; Brute's mention of Flaget's first meeting with Francis Vigo, 99; Consecration of, 81; Description of his work at Vincennes, 70-71; Description of his visit to Vincennes in 1819, 91-92; Fifth visit to Vincennes-1823, 97; First meeting with Bishop England, 94; First visit to Vincennes as Bishop, 82-83; First Mass of Bishop at New Albany, 333; Fourth visit to Vincennes-1819, 97; Hailandiere's visit after resignation, 179; In Vincennes-1792, 97; Letters from Brute, 155; Ordination as Sulpician, 69; Recalled to Baltimore, 72,80; Recommended as Bishop of Bardstown, 80; Recruitment in France, 106; Second visit to Vincennes, 85-86; Seventh visit to Vincennes-1832, 97; Sixth visit to Vincennes-1829, 93; Third visit to Vincennes-1818, 97; Visit to St.Louis-1818, 87-88; Visit to St.Mary's Daviess County, 253; Visits Vincennes and Rev Anthony Blanc, 91-92; With Roasti in St.Louis-1832, 95; Vital statistics on, 69

Fleischmann, Rev Joseph A, 221,230,244,337,393-95,634

Fleischmann, Rev Meinrad, 221,229,244,337,393-94,474,634; First graduate of St.Meinrad College, 553

Floyd County, 276; Floyds Knobs, 341-42,634; New Albany, 333- 334

Floyd Knobs, Floyd County Indiana, 341-42,634

Foffa, Rev Chrysostome OSB, 221,282,311-14,317-18,327,330,549- 550,552,557,630

Fogarty, Michael; Early Johnson County Catholics, 367

Foley, Bishop Thomas of Chicago; At St.Palais funeral, 209

Forbin-Janson, Charles, 169,271

Fort Knox, 75

Fortville, Hancock County, 439,473

Fort Wayne Indiana 31,33,35,36,144,146; Claims of 1705 settlement, 49; Establishement of Diocese in 1857, 206; Germans object to orphanage in, 199; Notre Dame in diocese, 170

Fouche, Rev; At Vincennes, 97

Fountain City Indiana, 473

Fountain County Indiana, 29

Four Corners; See Buena Vista, 368

Fox, David, 227

Franchi, Cardinal; Consecrates Chatard, 215

Francis, Mr J.; Early Bedford Catholics, 464

Franciscan Fathers, 19; At Indianapolis, 208,245; At Oldenburg, 208,379,545; At Hamburg Indiana, 411; At St.Meinrad Parish, 310; In the Diocese of Vincennes, 29

Franciscan Sisters, 208,298,317,320,345,378,388, 393,398,401,403-4,406-7,409,412,414,418,420,430, 440,466,471,481; [Also see all of Chapter-34]

Francois, Rev Claude, 238,421.493

Franklin County Indiana, 375,376; Brookville, 391-93; Cedar Grove, 394; Enochsburg, 399-401; Hamburg, 411-12; Laurel, 395; Oldenburg, 376-77; St.Mary of the Rocks, 389; St.Peter, 382-83; St.Philomena, 390; St.Rose, 439

Freeh, Dr Michael; Early Shelbyvile Catholics, 419

Freeman's Journal, 448

French traders in Indiana, 33

French Polytechnic School, 103

French Revolution; And Brute, 102

Frenchtown, Harrison County Indiana, 342

Friedinger, Rev Frederick, 319,324,327,388

Frowin, Rev OSB, 430

Fulda, Spencer County Indiana, 250,305,311-13,550,553,634; Benedictine Sisters at, 599

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Gabriel, Rev John, 221,228,244,345,347,381,385, 390,408,635

Gaffney, Rev Matthew, 362

Gagnon, Rev, 60

Gallagher, Mrs John; Boarded Rev Bacquelin, 422

Gallweiler, Rev Nicholas, 287,458

Gardiner Mr; with Brute, 110

Garnier, Rev; One of the Directors of the Seminary of St. Sulpice, 106

Gast, Mr Benedict; Early Booneville Catholics, 630

Gaston, Judge; Correspondence with Brute, 113

Gaugel, Rev Francis X. OSF, 230

Gehring, Rev Anthony OMC, 243,338,634

Georgetown College; And Ferdinand Chatard, 120

Gerber, Rev Benno OSB, 221,229,312,314,324; As Frater, 552; As Prior, 557

German missions; and Rev Joseph Ferneding, 129

German Catholics in Vincennes, 249

German Church at Cannelton, 316

Germans; Arrival of in the Diocese, 167; Hailandiere in Europe for priests to serve, 168

Germon, Rev SJ; Letter from Rev Marest to, 46

Gibault, Rev Pierre, 25,60-64,74,96; Comments of Governor St.Clair on Gibault, 67; Departure from Vincennes, 68; Letter to Governor St.Clair requesting land, 64-67

Gibson County, 250,269,273,359,371,520,536,634-35; Haubstadt Indiana, 299-300; Obertsville Indiana, 302-03; Princeton Indiana, 301-02; St.James, 290-93

Gibson, Governor John, 27

Gigos, Mary; Early Ripley County Catholics, 408

Gillig, Rev John P, 221,228,243,345-47,372,386,389- 390,397,410,413,418-19,635

Gillig, Rev Matthias, 222,229,244,297,386,388,635

Gillig, Rev Stephen, 229,355

Ginnsz, Rev Gustave, 222,229,241,253,257,261,297,337,342- 343,345,347,633,636

Girolt, Rev Francis, 222,231,244,390,628-29,635

Girouardiere, Madame' de la, 563

Glacken; visited by Brute, 109

Glauber, Brother N. OSB, 559

Gleason, Mr Patrick; Early Union County Catholics, 478

Glendale, Daviess County Indiana, St.Patricks, 259-61

Good, Mary; Testifies at Weinzoepfel tiral, 523

Good Shepherd House, 623

Good Shepherd Sisters, 208,622-23; Established in Diocese of Vincennes 624

Goodrich and Tuttle's History of Indiana, 49

Gorg, Chr.; Early Harrison County Catholics, 339

Gottbehoede, Rev Lucas OSF, 379

Gouesse, Rev Francis, 204,227,365,367,426

Goupil, Rev SJ, 22

Governor of Indiana; requests for Weinzoepfel's release, 535Graf, Brother G. OSB, 552

Graff, Doctor; Testifies at Weinzoepfel trial, 523

Granger, Rev A., 204

Grassi, Rev SJ; President of Georgetown College, 113,120

Greencastle, Putnam County Indiana, 460-61,634

Greenfield Indiana; St.Michael, 439

Greensburg, Decatur County Indiana, 410,634

Greenwood; Mission of Edinburgh, 367

Grimke, Mr, 115

Gruwe, Rev Luke OSB, 232,558

Gueguen, Rev John, 185,203,222,227,240,248,253,255,257,276,292, 334,418,425,450-52,472,488,635; Biography of, 451-52; Recalled from Chicago, 176

Gueguen, Rev Louis, 222,228,241,259,342,345,634

Guerin, Mother Theodore SP, 170,184,492,572-75,580,582,584- 586,617-19

Guienne, Rev Francis Xavier de, 59

Guillet, Rev Urban, 76,97

Gundermann, Rev Peter OSF, 230

Guthneck, Rev Michael, 222,231-32,242,318,634

Gutmann, Rev Matthew OSB, 229

Gwinn, John M.; Early Bartholomew Catholics, 362



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Haag Family; Early Jennings County Catholics, 369

Hackettstown New Jersey, 366

Haeusler, Brother Meinrad OSB, 552

Hafertepe, Rev A OSF, 222

Hagerstown, Wayne County, 472,475,478

Hailandiere, Bishop Celestine, 54,238,258,260, 269,271,272,277,353,355, 377,380,395,417,432,445,448,450-51,470,488,490-93,498,514,519,533,539, 541-42; Accompanies Brute to America, 165; Aid to Church at Evansville, 269; Alerding's praise of, 180-83; Allows mission church near Evansville, 274; And Highland, 619; Appointed Cadjutor, 487; Appointed Bishop, 168; As priest of the Diocese, 237,248,265,486; As Judge at Redon, 163; Assignment to Vincennes, 167; Assistance to Brute, 166; Assists at Bazin Consecration, 178,187; At Brute's reburial, 161; Blesses St.Mary of the Woods, 445; Burial in France, 162; Consecration of 168-69; Death of, 162,180; Decides to stay after offering to resign-1845, 177; Dissatisfaction with, 177; Enters the seminary, 164; Meets Sisters of Providence at Madison, 576; Memorial service at St.John's Indianapolis after death, 183; Not wanting to leave the Diocese, 502; Ordinations by, 227; Organizational skills, 174; Portrait of, 163; Purchases property, 175; Petitions to move See, 176,216; Raising money in Europe, 169; Remains are brought back to Vincennes, 225; Resignation of, 187,501; Secures second lawyer for Weinzoepfel, 519; Seeks German speaking priests in Europe, 168; Seeks more priests in France, 487; Seeks Sisters for Diocese, 571; Vital statistics on, 162; Winter in New Orleans after resignation, 179; Work at Vincennes, 166

Halbfas, Rev Vincent OSF, 437

Hall, Doctor; Antiquarian Society, 99

Hamburg, Franklin County, 411-12,634

Hamilton County Indiana, 29

Hamilton, Lt.Governor of Detroit, 25-26,62

Hamilton, Samuel, 420

Hamion, Rev Joseph, 184,227,488

Hanft, Mr Andrew; Early Gibson County Catholics, 291

Harrison County; Bradford, 346-47; Frenchtown, 342-43; Lanesville, 338-41; New Middletown, 347-48

Harrison, William Henry; Governor of Northwest Territory, 27,82

Harrison Township, 547

Hart, Billy; Early Franklin County Catholics, 393

Hartung, Rev M; Chaplain of the Little Sisters of the Poor, 615

Haubstadt, Gibson County, 293,299,300,302-03,634; Name origin, 299

Havana Archdiocese of; Boundries, 80

Haverbeck, Rev Louis OSF, 413,594

Haymond Post Office, Franklin County, 389

Hecht, Professor; At St.Palais Funeral, 209

Heck, Rev Michael, 222,229,242,287-88,401,409,636

Heidemann, Rev Louis OMC, 222

Heinrich Brothers; Assist Weinzoepfel, 506, 508,511

Heinrich, William and Mrs Rose, 523

Heitmann, Rev John OSF, 232

Helfercih, Rev Maurus OSB, 222,229,312,314,323,552,557

Helfrich, Mr Adam; Early Evansville Catholics, 282-83

Helm Captain; Commandant of Vincennes-1778, 62

Hendricks County, Brownsburg, 442-43

Hennibury, Mr Patrick; Early Union County Catholics, 480

Henriot, Theodore; Early Harrison County Catholics, 342

Henry County, 251,472,474,635; Knightstown, 483-84; New Castle, 482-83

Henryville, Dubois County, 330,367,372,552

Herman, H; Early Evansville Catholics, 278

Hermann; Ship that brought first Benedictines, 547

Hetzelberger (Hitzelberger), Rev, 127,128

Heusler, Frater Basil OSB, 558

Hickey, Rev, 108,110,156

Highland House; Diocesan seminary, 620

Highland Orphanage for Boys, 197; Moves to Highland, 619

Highland, Knox County, 257-58,502-03,619,620,634

Highland, Rev P, 254,460

Hilbert, Rev James, 242,320,636

Hildeshein, Brother Caspar OSB, 559

Hill, Rev OSD; Of the Diocese of Cincinnati, 96

Hirschauer, Mr Peter, 417

History; Alerding on sources, 235

History; Hailandiere and Brute's attention to, 174

Hitzelberger, (Hetzelberger) Rev, 127-28

Hobi, Brother F.OSB, 559

Hobi, Rev Isadore OSB, 222,242,307,310,312-13,549,551-52,556- 557,631,635

Hoffmann, Rev Michael OSF, 230

Holtel, Rev Nicholas OSF, 414

Holthaus, Rev Bernardine OSF, 413

Holy Cross Brothers, 170,248,545; Hailandiere persuades them to come to Vincennes, 170

Holy Cross Priests, 205,539

Holy Cross Church (St.John's),Indianapolis, 421,425

Holy Family Chapel at Little Providence, 565

Holy Family Church, Oldenburg, 411

Holy Guardian Angels Church, Cedar Grove, 394

Holy See, 79,81,94

Holy Trinity Church; Edinburgh, 367; Evansville, 277-78,280- 284,293,404,477; New Albany, 333-34

Hommes, Rev Peter, 232,242,328-29,635

Huber, Brother Balthasar OSB, 559

Hubert, Mr John; Early Harrison County Catholics, 339

Hueser, Rev Herman, 397-98,408

Hufschmid, Brother A OSB, 559

Hug, Rev Henry OSB, 222,229,301,310,312,314,323- 324,326,552,557,630

Hughes Bishop John of New York, 611; Hailandiere arranges for publication on Brute, 179

Hughes, Mr; Pays Weinzoepfel's bail, 510-11

Hughes Family; Early Bartholomew County Catholics, 362

Hund, Rev H OSB, 557

Hundt Rev Ferdinand, 222,229,244,319,324,327,382,397,402,408,471

Hundt, Rev Jerome OSB, 222,229

Hunnel, William; Testifies at Weinzoepfel trial, 523

Huntingburg, Dubois County, 307,330,634

Huth, Rev Lawrence OSB, 232,558

Hyland, Brother Basil OSB, 559

Hyndman John; Weinzoepfel jury foreman 521,529



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Illinois, 27,40,47,49,55,59-61,78,84,87,88,122,136,150,166,586

Illinois Indians, 23

Illinois; As part of the Diocese of Vincennes, 23

Illinois; Congregations in, 240

Illustrations; Chatard, Frontspiece; Brute, 100; Hailandiere, 162; Bazin, 186; St.Palais, 190

Immigrants bypassing Vincennes, 176

Incurables, House of at Beauge, 563

Indian Kentucky, St.Anthony, 374

Indiana; Catholic Directory-1834, 237

Indiana Civil History, facts of, 25

Indiana Statehood, 28

Indiana Territory, 26-27

Indiana; Possible third See in southern Indiana, 216

Indianapolis Indiana, 241,420-24,634; Directory of 1883, 245; Lack of growth prevents See from moving, 176; Chatard's arrival at, 217-18; Chatard moves to, 216; First Church, 421; First Mass said in 1835; 420 Holy Cross Church (St.John's), 421, 425; Little Sisters of the Poor, 615; Proposal to move See to, 176. Purchase of losts by Hailandiere, 491,492,437,439; Propose to move See to, 176; Sacred Heart, 437-39,545; Seminary at St.Joseph Church, 434; Seminary mad ito a hospital, 435; St.Bridgets, 439-41 St.John's, 425-28,545; St.Joseph, 434-37; St.Mary, 428-31; St.Patrick, 431-34,545; St.Peter (St.Patrick), 432; St.Vincent Infirmary, 625; Trustees of the first church (Holy Cross), 422

Indians; Baptism of, 57; Mentioned in records, 63

Infallibility, St.Palais stand on, 207

Ireland, Catholics from, 252

Irishmen, Defend Weinzoepfel, 518

Issy, France, 497; Seminary of, 485



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Jackson County, Seymour, 371,635

Jackson's Settlement; and Bessonies, 495

Jackson Township, Ripley County, 407

Jair, Rev Otto OSF, 335

Janvier, Rev, 89

Jasper, Dubois County, 304,549-50,634; Priests after Rev Kundeck, 306; St.Joseph parish, 306

Jaunay, Rev Pierre, 59

Jeanjean, Rev, 89-90,97

Jeausion, Rev M, Relative of Brute, 257

Jefferson County, Madison, 350-51; North Madison, 373-74

Jefferson Thomas; Secretary of State, 67

Jeffersonville, Clark County, 335-38,504,545,634

Jennings County, 520; Buena Vista, 368-70,634; North Vernon, 372-73,635; St.Anne, 359-61,635

Jennings, Jonathan; First Governor, 28

Jennings Mr P; Teacher at St.Joseph Indianapolis, 435

Jesuits, 19,29,43,45; In Maine, 42; Influence on History, 36; Mission of St. Saviour Maine-1602, 21; Mission of St.Francis Xavier on the Wabash River, 134; Last visit to Vincennes (Duvernay), 58; Persecution of, 39; Referred to by Indians as 'Black Robes', 44; Work in Indiana, 40

Jogues, Rev Isaac, 22; Death of, 39

Johnson County, Edinburgh, 367

Jones Brothers; Weinzoepfel's Lawyers, 510; Defense summary of, 524-26

(St.)Joseph, Sisters of, 438

Juchereau, Sieur, 53-54

Jugan, Jeanne; And the Little Sisters of the Poor, 603






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Kaelin, Rev Adelrich, 232,633

Kane County Illinois, 451

Kannopel, Mr Anthony; Early Harrison County Catholics, 347

Kaskaskia Illinois, 37,46-49,51,61-62,73,78,81,88,98

Kasper, Mr Nicholas, Trustee of St.Michael Cannelton, 317

Kaufmann (Kauffman), Rev Joseph, 286,319,323-24, 389

Keifer, August; Early Mount Vernon Catholics, 296

Kekionga, 32,34

Kelly, Bishop Patrick of Richmond, 123

Kelly, Rev John B., 222,231,243,334,477,483-84,635

Kemper, Rev William, 222,244,384,401,409,636

Kendall, George; Weinzoepfel juror, 521

Kennedy, Widow; Early Jeffersonville Catholics, 336

Kenrick, Francis Patrick, Archbishop of Baltimore, 111,213; Letter from Brute, 130

Kenrick, Peter Richard, Bishop of St.Louis, 503

Kentucky, 76,81,88-89,92,95,121,132,147,518,520,539,632

Kessing, Rev Henry, 222,229,410,462,464-65,632

Ketterer, Brother Philip OSB, 559

Key, Joseph, 548; Judge, Father of Joseph, 548

Killian, Mr Vitus; Early Rockport Catholics, 326

Kimmel, John; Early Dearborn County Catholics, 403

King, John; Weinzoepfel juror, 521

Kinney, Peter; Early Bartholomew County Catholics, 362

Kintrup, Rev Bernard, 222,229,262,302,324-25,330,347,370, 408,467,630

Kirkman, Sheriff; at Weinzoepfel trial, 521

Kirsch Family; Early Jennings County Catholics, 369

Klein, Rev Ignatius, 222,243,334,387,396,402,404,408,63

Klein, Mr Joseph; First teacher at St.Nicholas, Ripley County, 388

Knightstown, Henry County, 483-84

Knightsville, Clay County; St.Patrick, 466

Knobs The, 504; Flagets's visit of 1829, 93

Knox County Indiana, 201,247-48,259,633-34; Highland, 257-58

Knox, Fort; Irish Catholics at, 75

Koch, Rev Anselm OSF, 402,404

Koering, Rev Henry, 228,383-84,391

Koesters, Rev Alexander, 222,231,242,301-02,315,347,408,

628-31,635

Kohl, Mr Martin; Early Posey County Catholics, 285

Kotterer, Rev Pius OMC, 338,458

Kraus, Brother M. OSB, 559

Kreusch, Rev Peter, 360,369,387,396,402,408

Kroeger, Rev John OMC, 457

Kundeck, Rev Joseph, 185,202,239,278,305-06,311-12,325,339,356-

57,493-94,498,501-02,540,546, 549,550,580; Appointed Vicar General, 305

Kutassi (Kutassy), Rev Francis, 277-80,289, 293,433,630



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Laconia, Harrison County, 348-49

Lafayette Indiana, 59,364,460

Lafont, Rev Annet, 612

Lake Michigan, 136

Lalande, Rev SJ, 22

Lalumiere, Rev Simon Petit, 97,128,131,136,145,185,204,237- 40,248,251-52, 254,259,363,416-17,445,457,489; Biography of, 453-54; Only priest assigned to new Diocese, 95

Lambing, Rev; History of the Sisters of Good Shepherd, 624

Lamorinie, Rev John Baptist, 59

Lanesville, Harrison County, 334,338-42,349,354,482,634

Lang, Michael; Early Lawrenceburg Catholics, 403

(de)Langie, Rev F., 343,347-49

LaPailleur, Rev; Directed Little Sisters of the Poor 603,611,602,605

Laplante, Mr J.B.; Trustee of St.Francis Xavier, 99-100

Larkin, Rev P. SJ, 533

Laroque, Bishop Joseph, 348

LaSalle, Rev, 34

Laselle, Mr.; Trustee of St.Francis Xavier, 100

Laugel, Brother A.OSB, 559

Laughlin Bishop, of Brooklyn, 612

Laurel, Franklin County, 395,474

Lausman, C; Early Jeffersonville Catholics, 336

Laux, Mr Joseph, 421

Law, Judge, 38,45,49,52,64,265,519; Colonial History of Vincennes, 36,41; Donation of land, 265

Law Mr, Second Weinzoepfel lawyer, 519

Lawrence County, Bedford, 464-65; Mitchell, 262

Lawrenceburg, Dearborn County, 281,380,388,403-05,634; First Catholics, 403

Laws, George; Early Shelby County Catholics, 416

Lazarist Fathers, 485

Leavenworth, Floyd County, 501

Leavenworth, Kansas, 555

Leblanc, Rev J, 253

Lechner, Rev A, 345,347

Lecor, Aimee; Second Superior of the Sisters of Providence, 566,569-72

Lefler, Elvire Sister (of St.Xavier), 170

Lefranc, Rev N, 239

Le Gro Indiana, 432

Lelievre, Rev Ernest; Seeks introduction of Little Sisters of the Poor into the US, 612

Leo 13th, Pope; Jubilee of, 93; Names Chatard Bishop, 215

Leonardy, Pierre; Fort Vincennes soldier, 58

Leopold, Perry County, 308-09,342,463,466,500-02,504,634; August Bessonies establishment of, 498-99

Leopoldine Association; Brute's letter to, 124-35,146,499

Lessen, Rev Joseph OMC, 222,338,457

Leute, Rev Alphonse OSB, 222,230,243,310,323-25,558,635

Levadoux, Rev Michael SS, 97-98Lewis, Mrs; First Evansville Church, 267

Lexington, Scott County Indiana, 373

Ley, Brother G. OSB, 559

LeBlanc, Rev J, 253

Liberty, Union County, 478-80,634

Linck, Francis; Early Evansville Catholics, 264-66

Link, Mr; Posts bail for Weinzoepfel, 510-11,513

Linn, Charles; Early Evansville Catholics, 266

Lipps, Rev Gabriel OSF, 222,230,412

Little Blue River, 497

Little Oil Indiana; Bessonies builds church at, 500

Little Providence; First house of Sisters of Providence, 562- 65,570,572; Growth of, 566; Corporate existence, 569

Little Sisters of the Poor, 208; Adopt name, 606; Arrival in US-1868, 612-13; As beggars, 605; First house in US- Brooklyn, 612; Houses in 1883, 614-15; Status in 1846, 606; Work in Brooklyn, 613; Work of, 608-11; (Also see all of Chapeter-36)

Lockhart, Mr Prosecuting Attorney of Weinzoepfel, 529,535,536

Loescher, Rev Charles, 230,279,629

Logan, Rev Thomas X., 222,231,245,443,459-61,633

Logansport Indiana, 144,493; Rev St.Palais assigned to, 193

Londergan Family; Early Franklin County Catholics, 395

Long, Caroline; Testifies at Weinzoepfel trial, 523

Loogootee, Martin County, 192,253,634; St.John's, 259

Louis, Chief; Indian Convert, 74

Louis the 14th, 626

Louis the 18th; Exile of, 206

Louisiana, 55,59,80,84,121,611

Louisville Kentucky, 82,91,125-26,336,461,489,505,537-38,631; Bishop Flaget, 69; Flaget's visit to, 86; Hailandiere's visit to, 179; Rev Abell becomes pastor at, 93

Lubbermann, Rev Boniface OSB, 222,230,558

Lubbermann, Rev Francis, 231,242,280-81,433,635

Lucas, Mr Joseph; Early Shelbyville Catholics, 419

Lucas, Rev Peter SE, 227

Luers, Bishop John, 206,296,313-14; Blesses Ferdinand, 314

Luhrsmann, Rev Gerhard, 229

Luitz, Rev Clement OMC, 245,338,458,636

Lutz, Rev SJ, 454

Lynch, Michael; Early Edinburgh Catholics, 367

Lyons, Mr and Mrs; Early Tell City Catholics, 501



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Macke, Rev John, 231,246,302,481,482,635

Madison District of the Diocese-1883, 241 243-44

Madison, Jefferson County, 350-51,545,634; And St.Palais, 188,194; Brute's letter to Shaw at, 151; Sisters of Providence arrive at, 576; St.Mary, 356-59; St.Michael, 351-55

Mahoney Family; Early Bartholomew County Catholics, 362

Mainault, Rev Theophilus, 204Maine; Jesuit mission of St.Saviour, 21,42

Maler, Rev Bede OSB, 558

Mallet, Ambr.; Trustee of St.Francis Xavier, 100

Mallet, Pierre, 63-64

Maloney, Rev Daniel, 202,227,335,353,363-64,367, 369,418,425,428- 29,483

Malter, Rev Jerome OSB, 222

Manitou, 50-51,53

Manny, Mr Theobald; Early Jeffersonville Catholics, 336

Mans, France; Diocese of, 170

Marean, Eliza Anna; Mother of Chatard, 211

Marean, Silas; Grandfather of Chatard, 212

Marean, Thomas, 212

Marechal, Rev Ambrose SS, 107

Marendt, Rev Michael, 228,261,316-19,324-25, 327-29,355

Marendt, Mr Xavier, 317

Marest, Rev Gabriel SJ, 38,47,49,50,54,56, 46,48,81

Maria, Rev di SJ-(See DiMaria), 454

Mariahilf, Spencer County, 331,634

Marie Augustine; One of the founders of Little Sisters of the Poor, 602,604

Marie Josette; First Vincennes sacramental entry-(see Trattier), 56

Marie Therese; One of the founders of Little Sisters of the Poor, 602,604

Marion County, Indianapolis, 346,420,439,539

Marivault, Rev Theophilus CSC, 185

Marquette, Rev Jaques SJ, 22; Discovers the Mississippi, 37; Jared Sparks' life of, 52

Martin County Indiana, 254; Loogootee St.John's, 259; St.Martin's, 259

Martin, Mr Wesley; Early Franklin County Catholics, 411

Martin, Rev August, 184,238,248,260,313,488, 490-91,539,542

Martinovic, Rev Edward, 357,364-65,367,369,410, 418,461

Martinsville, St.Martin, 439

Marty, Rev Martin OSB, 220,312-14,324,326-29,331, 446,454,551- 52,554,598,630-31; Appointed Prior in 1865, 551; Appointed Abbott, 553; Bishop of Dakota, 555

Mary Joseph, Sister SP; At Jasper Indiana, 205

Mary Cecilia, Sister, 582,584,586

Mary Magdalen, Sister SP; At Fort Wayne, 305

Mary, Mother Superior, 570-72 (see Aimee Lecor)

Maryland, 19,23; Carroll Family in, 80; University of and Chatard, 213

Marzetti, Rev D. OMC, 222,457

Mascoutin Indians, 52-53

Masquelet, Rev L., 240,377

Matthias Rev; Of Teutopolis Illinois, 307,310,331

Mattingly, Mr William; Early Rockport Catholics, 326

Maugin Rev; Correction to name, 632

Maumee River, 32,144

Maute, Rev Fidelis OSB, 222,229,242,306-07,35,552,557,634

Maxam, James; Weinzoepfel juror, 521

McBarron, Rev Eugene, 222,230,242,276,433, 447,452,634McCabe, Mr John; Early Bartholomew County Catholics, 362

McCabe, Rev John, 222,231,245,459,628-31,636

McCaffrey, Rev John, 104,150; Discourse on Brute, 157-58; President of Mount St.Mary's Seminary, 102

McCarthy, Rev Meinrad OSB, 222,228,446,466-68, 552,557,633

McCarthy, Thomas; Early Columbus Catholics, 362

McCloskey, William, Bishop of Louisville, 213 225

McCloskey, Cardinal of New York, 214

McClure, Joseph; Weinzoepfel juror, 521

McDermott, Rev John, 201,254,280,418,425,432

McDermott, Rev Patrick, 204,222,224,227,275-76, 297,299,432,629

McDonald, Doctor; Aid to Weinzoepfel, 512

McEvoy, Rev M. OMC, 222,245.457,636

McGarr, Thomas; Early Bartholomew County Catholics, 362

McGill, Rev; Editor of the Catholic Advocate, 538

McGrayel, Michael; Early Edinburgh Catholics, 367

McHenry County Illinois, 451

McKenzie Settlement; Dover, Dearborn County, 379

McKinney, Mrs; Early Rushville Catholics, 480

McLoughlin, Rev Thomas, 231,241,248,633

McMullen, Doctor; Donates land to Napoleon church, 407

McMullen, Rev Denis, 222,229,246,367,426,442,472,473,476,481,636

McNelis, Mrs P.; Teacher at St.Joseph Indianapolis, 436

Meier, Rev Dominic OSF, 230

Meier, Jacob; Early Lawrenceburgh Catholics, 403

Meile, Rev Rudolf OSB, 230

Meinkmann, Rev N., 185,239

Meister, Rev Joseph, 315,322-23

Melchoir, Rev August, 229

Melchoir, Rev Nicholas, 228,275

Melle, George, 483

Menard, Peter; Protege of Vigo, 99

Merckl, Rev Joseph, 222,230,242,280,292-93,299, 301,433,630,635

Merl, Rev John, 228,286-87,295,319,471,482

Mermet, Rev., 51-54,56

Merz, Rev. Aegidius Joseph, 222,228,241,249-50, 472,482,633

Merz, Rev Michael August, 370

Meurin, Rev Sebastian Louis SJ, 56,57,59,60,96; Last sacramental entry, 57; Named Vicar General of Quebec, 58

Meyer, Jacob; Early Franklin County Catholics, 394

Miami Indians, 50

Michael, Rev Andrew, 222,228,244,319,324,328, 337,372,635

Michaela, Sister OSF; Succeeds Sister Antonia, 595

Michigan, 35,88,121,586

Middletown Indiana, 250

Milburn, David; Weinzoepfel juror, 521

Miles, Bishop of Nashville, 195

Miles Settlement, 253,259

Military Park, Indianapolis, 421

Millhousen, Decatur County, 395-99,635

Minnesota, 480,555

Miscellany, 114-16

Missi, Rev John, 222,228,244,360,372-73,635

Missions; Near Evansville, 274Mississippi River, 23,37,40,46,47,52-54,59,61,75,77, 80,81,84,88,121,144,583

Mobile Alabama; Diocese of, 124,186

Moczigemba, Rev Leopold OMC, 338,457

Moenning, Rev Francis OSF, 437

Moeschall, Rev Aeg, 384

Moitrier, Rev Francis, 472

Mollevaut, Rev SS, 168

Monally Rev; Served with Brute in Maryland, 107

Mongin, Rev Charles, 460-62,464

Monkedick, Henry and Mary; Early Millhousen Catholics, 398

Monroe County, Bloomington, 253,256,461-62,633

Monte Cassino; St.Meinrad, 55

Montezuma, Parke County, 467

Montgomery, Daviess County, 635

Montgomery Rev Stephen; Of Cincinnati, 96

Moormann Mr J; Early Richmond Catholics, 469

Morel, Rev Gallus OSB, 547

Morgan, Doctor; Testifies in Weinzoepfel case, 523

Morgan County, 346,364,439

Morris, Ripley County, 387,405-07,635

Moschall Rev Aegidius, 339,340

Moster, Rev Matthew OSB, 232

Mougin, Rev John, 222,224,253,259,334,337,354

Mount Erin, St.John, 368

Mount Liberty, 367

Mount Pleasant Indiana; Flaget's visit to in 1823, 93

Mount St.Mary Seminary Emmittsburg Maryland, 107,121,125,213

Mount St.Mary Cincinnati, 428,475

Mount Vernon, Posey County, 635

Mousset, Rev Francis, 223,230,248,309,434,466,484

Mueller, Rev Frederick, 324,630

Mueller, Rev OP, 360

Mullen, James; Early Edinburgh Catholics, 367

Mullen, Rev J. OSA, 360

Mullen, Rev N, 240,445

Mullen, Rev Timothy, 185

Muller, Mr John; Early Harrison County Catholics, 338

Muller, Rev F, 352

Muller Rev Louis 238

Mundwiler, Rev Fintan OSB, 220,310,313,324,446,448,551-52,557; Appointed Prior, 554; Appointed Abbott, 556

Munschina, Rev Alphonse, 185,202,223,227,239,243, 334,340,342,356,360,369,372,377,387,396,407-08,488,635

Murphy, Rev Patrick, 202,227,253,425,461,464,

Murphy, Rev Thomas, 418



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Nancy France; Bishop Forbin Teanson of, 271

Nantes, Bishop DuVoisin of, 106

Napoleon, Ripley County, 341,385,407-09,626,635

Napoleon Bonaparte; Offers archbishopric to St.Palais, 207Nashville Tennessee; Diocese of, 263,480

Natchez, Diocese of, 421

Natchitoches, Bishop of, 487

Nazareth Kentucky; Sisters of Charity, 146

Nazareth Sisters of, 263

Nebraska, Jennings County, 373

Negley, Dr George, 423

Nerinckx, Rev, 76,97,126

Neubauer, Rev F. OMC, 457

Neuber, Rev Joseph, 315,382

Neuhaus, Mr; Aids Weinzoepfel, 512

New Albany, Floyd County, 91,241,333-34,338,341,443,461,477,635; District in 1883, 243; Flaget's visit to, 93

New Alsace, Dearborn County, 380-84,391,395,469,475,515,590,635

Newark, Warrick County, 512

New Boston, Spencer County, 311,330

New Castle, Henry County, 250,472,474,482-83,635

New Harmony Indiana, 298

Newland, Benjamin; Early Bedford Catholics, 464

New Middletown, Harrison County, 347-48,635

New Orleans, 47,59,87,89,90,98-100,503,533,583,608,611; Bishop Anthony Blanc of, 251; Diocese of, 121,123

Newton, John P; Early Shelby County Catholics, 415

Newton Stewart, Orange County, 501

New York, 489,507,573,575-76,587,611-13,615; Bishop of greets Sisters of Providence, 574; Brute's arrival in 1836, 148; Diocese of, 80,121,123; Iroquois in, 22

Newark, Warrick County, 512

Newburg, Warrick County, 630

Newland, Dr. Benjamin, 464

Newton Family in Shelby County, 415

Neyron, Rev Louis, 185,203,239,276,333-34,338-39, 341- 42,346,461,464

Niblack Judge; Welcomes Chatard to Vincennes, 217

Niehaus, Rev Pius OSF, 230,635

Nies, M; Early Evansville Catholics, 278

Nonnenmacher, Rev A, 389-90

North American College, Rome, 21

North American Review; and the foundation of Vincennes, 52

North Carolina, 113

North Madison, Jefferson County, 373-74,632,634

North Vernon, Jennings County, 372-73,635

Northwest Territory, 64

Notre Dame, 170,205

Nozot Rev; Superior of Lazarist Fathers, 485

Nurre, Joseph; Early Indianapolis Catholics, 429

Nurre, B; Early Evansville Catholics, 278-79

Nurre, Rev Leonard OSF, 245,414,633






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O'Byrne, Rev Patrick, 238

O'Connell Mr; Aids Weinzoepfel, 512,516

O'Connell Misses; Teachers at St.Joseph Indianapolis, 436

O'Connell, Mr Joseph; Early Union County Catholics, 478

O'Connell, Rev Philip, 227-28

O'Connor, Mr John, 421

O'Connor, Mr M., 435

O'Connor, Mr Thomas; Early Shelby County Catholics, 419

O'Connor, Rev Bede OSB, 276,282,286,306-07,312-19,324,326,336- 37,357,430,438,454-57,483, 547-53,630; Appointed Chancellor, 553; Biography of, 455-57

O'Donaghue, Rev Denis, 220,223,231,245,426,428,433,443,631,634

O'Donaghue, Rev Timothy, 223,231,241,254,467,635

O'Donovan, Rev Dennis, 223,442-43,461

O'Flanagan, Rev Michael, 227

O'Hara Family; Early Richmond Catholics, 469

O'Neill, Rev Hugh, 245,434,634

O'Reilly Mr Douglas; Early Indianapolis Catholic, 420,423

O'Reilly, Rev Joseph, 228,460-61,464,476,482,484,631

O'Rourke, Rev Michael, 185,227,239,380,383-84, 396,403,469,475

Oak Forest, Franklin County, 390

Oberhausen Mr. M; Early Rockport Catholics, 326

Obertsville, Gibson County, 302-03,371

Odin, Jean, Archbishop of New Orleans, 611; Vicar Apostolic of Texas, 20

Oesterling, Rev Lawrence OFM, 360-61,396,400-01,414 (see Oosterling)

Ohio River, 47,53

Oil Creek Indiana, 499

Oldenburg, Franklin County, 208,241,244-45,339,341,344,375- 79,383,400,406,411,414,440,515,545,587-89,592-93,596,635; Academy at, 595; Fire of 1857 and rebuilding, 590-91

Olinger, Brother Bernard OSB, 559; Brother Aloysius, 559

Olivier, Rev Donatian, 75-78,83-84,97; Death of, 78; Greets Flaget, 82; Work in Vincennes, 77

Oosterling, Rev Lawrence OSF, 360-61,396,400-01,414;(also see Oesterling, Osterling)

Oppermann, Rev Charles, 185,227,239,249,277,285,288,294,338, 339,342,356,377,381,383,387,396

Orange County, 501

Ordinations; By Bishop Brute, 226; By Bishop Hailandiere,