Benedict Joseph Spalding Papers
Scope and Content
Correspondence addressed to Benedict Joseph Spalding (1811-1868) by bishops Guy Ignatius Chabrat, Benedict Joseph Flaget, Francis X. Gartland, Peter R. Kenrick, Richard P. Miles, Martin John Spalding and Peter J. Lavialle; by priests including Francis Chambige, William E. Clark, Joseph Haseltine, and James M. Lancaster; by religious including Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Sisters of Loretto, Jesuits, a Trappist, and a Dominican; and by lay people including L.W. Powell (Governor of Kentucky) and members of the Spalding family.
Also available on microfilm.
Dates
- Creation: 1827-1867
Creator
Language of Materials
English.
Background
Catholic priest. Agent of St. Joseph's College in Bardstown, Kentucky (1839-1840), assistant at Mount Merino Seminary in the Diocese of Bardstown (1841-1844), pastor of St. Joseph's Church in Bardstown (1845-1849), and Vicar General of the Diocese of Louisville, where he served at the Cathedral of the Assumption (1852-1868), as Councillor of the Diocese (1859-1865), and as Administrator of the Diocese (1865-1868).
Extent
10 linear inches
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Estate of Francis P. Clark.
Subject
- Catholic Church. Diocese of Bardstown (KY) (Organization)
- Catholic Church. Diocese of Louisville (KY) (Organization)
- Sisters of Loretto (Organization)
- Sisters of Charity of Nazareth, Kentucky (Organization)
- Jesuits (Organization)
- Trappists (Organization)
- Dominicans (Organization)
- Chabrat, Guy Ignatius, 1787-1868 (Person)
- Flaget, Benedict Joseph, 1763-1850 (Person)
- Gartland, Francis Xavier, 1808-1854 (Person)
- Kenrick, Peter Richard, 1806-1896 (Person)
- Miles, Richard P., 1791-1860 (Person)
- Spalding, M. J. (Martin John), 1810-1872 (Person)
- Lavialle, Peter Joseph, 1819-1867 (Person)
- Chambige, Francis (Person)
- Clark, William E. (Person)
- Haseltine, Joseph (Person)
- Lancaster, James M. (Person)
- Powell, L.W. (Person)
- Spalding Family (Family)
- Title
- Benedict Joseph Spalding Papers
- Subtitle
- Guide
- Author
- University of Notre Dame Archives
- Date
- 2005
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Repository Details
Part of the University of Notre Dame Archives Repository