| Catholic New York City Contributor(s): Panchyk, Richard (Author), Egan, Edward Cardinal (Foreword by) |
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ISBN: 0738565512 ISBN-13: 9780738565514 Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC) OUR PRICE: $22.49 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: September 2009 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - State & Local - Middle Atlantic (dc, De, Md, Nj, Ny, Pa) - Religion | Christianity - History |
| Dewey: 974.7 |
| LCCN: 2009922697 |
| Series: Images of America (Arcadia Publishing) |
| Physical Information: 0.7" H x 6.5" W x 9.2" (0.65 lbs) 128 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Catholic - Religious Orientation - Christian - Locality - New York, N.Y. - Geographic Orientation - New York |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Catholic New York City celebrates the religious and cultural life f one of the largest Catholic populations in the world. The first Catholic church was founded in the 1780s, and the diocese was subsequently founded in 1808, when there were only a few priests in the entire state. The 1879 completion of the country s best-known Catholic church, St. Patrick s Cathedral, was a crowning moment in New York City s Catholic history. Between 1850 and 1900, the Catholic population of New York City grew from 200,000 to more than 1.2 million due to a tremendous influx of Irish, German, Italian, Polish, and other European immigrants. Throughout the last 200 years, the city has been home to a wide range of fascinating Catholic personalities, places, and events." |
Contributor Bio(s): Panchyk, Richard: - Richard Panchyk is the author of 15 books, including German New York City. He has studied 19th-century immigration to New York City for the past 20 years. Using photographs culled from his extensive collection of images and from the Library of Congress, he offers a closer look at the many facets of Catholic life in New York City. Edward Cardinal Egan, former archbishop of New York, provides the foreword. |