STUDIES IN AMERICAN CHURCH HISTORY

EDITED BY

PETER GUILDAY AND JOHN TRACY ELLIS
VOLUME XXXVII

THE MOST REVEREND

FRANCIS PATRICK KENRICK
THIRD BISHOP OF PHILADELPHIA
1830-1851

BY

HUGH J. NOLAN

OF THE

ARCHDIOCESE OF PHILADELPHIA

A DISSERTATION

SUBMITTED TO THE FACULTY OF THE GRADUATE SCHOOL OF ARTS
AND SCIENCES OF THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF AMERICA

IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS

FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

This dissertation was conducted under the direction of
John Tracy Ellis as major professor and was approved
by Peter Guilday and Richard J. Purcell as readers.

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