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Dew Mary Anne, Detroit, Michigan, to Bishop Peter Paul Lefevere, Detroit, Michigan, 1865 August 7

 Item
Identifier: CDET III-2-k

Scope and Contents

Lefevere has excommunicated John W.A.S. Cullen of Detroit and his mother Julia E. Cullen and his sister Marianne E. Cullen of Ann Arbor, relatives of Father Thomas Cullen, deceased pastor of St. Thomas' Church, Ann Arbor for retaining certain church artifacts which Father Cullen's will had left to that church. Before a notary public, these heirs protest their innocence, and ask that the censure be lifted. The attached exhibits no enclosure include Father Cullen's will, annual reports, in conformity with the 10th canon of the Diocese as to the churches in his charge, St. Thomas, Ann Arbor, St. Bridget's, Northfield, St. John's, Ypsilanti, Freedom Mission and Green Oak Mission for the years 1857, 1860, 1862. In 1862 an insurance policy for St. Bridget's was taken out in the name of the Bishop of Detroit. Exhibit A is a statement of Rev. Edward Van Paemel, pastor ad interim. :: III-2-k A.D.S. 17pp. 4to.

Dates

  • Creation: 1865 August 7

Language of Materials

English.

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Repository Details

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