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 CHAPTER XXXV RELIGIOUS HISTORY— Continued Catholics — Methodists: Quarterly Meetings, Circuits and Districts — Baptists: As- sociations — Evangelical Lutherans — Protestant Episcopal Churches — Congregation- alists — German Evangelical and German Methodist Churches — New School Presby- terians — Cumberland Presbyterian Churches — Christians (Disciples op Christ) — Southeast Missouri Presbyterian Churches — Presbyterlanism in 1854-64 — 1864-1874 — Division in Presbytery — Decade from 1884 to 1894 — History Since 1894. In a former chapter we have discussed the beginning of religions work within the bounds of Southeast Missouri by those re- ligious denominations which entered this part of the state prior to its admission to the Un- ion. We now have to continue the story of the development of the work in these churches, and the beginning of the work of other denominations which entered the state in the period we have under consideration. Our attention is given first of all to the development of the work of the Catholic church, the oldest of the religious organiza- tions within the state. It will be recalled that Bishop Dubourg, who was appointed to the diocese of New Orleans, which included Upper Louisiana, in 1815, brought with him on his return from Rome, a number of zeal- ous, earnest priests and students, who came to take up and carry on the work of the church in this state. The most famous of these who accompanied the bishop were Father De Andreis and Father Rosati, both of whom, as was the bishop himself, were mem- bers of the Congregation of the Mission. Fa- ther De Andreis became vicar general of the diocese with headquarters in St. Louis, and assisted in the organization of St. Mary's Seminary at Perryville. Later, the work of cariying on this seminary was entrusted to Father Rosati. Among the men associated with these whom we have mentioned, in their work of evangelization, were : Father J. il. Odin and Father John Timon. Father Odin became the first bishop of Galveston and later archbishop of New Orleans. Father Timon, who was ordained in 1825, was assigned to the work in Perr.y and Cape Girardeau coun- ties. He often preached in the courthouse at Jackson, and it was through his efforts that a mission was established in the town of Cape Girardeau. When this mission had been established, and it became necessary to purchase property on which to erect build- ings to carry on the work, a tract of laud just soutli of the town was purchased from a man named Daugherty ; it was bought in the name of the Vineentian Fathers. It is the tract of on which St. Vincent's church and St. Vin- cent's College in Cape Girardeau now stand. At first the services were held in Daugherty 's house, later a store-house was purchased and 448