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Show THE INTERMOUNTAIN CATHOLIC- - 15 CHAPTER X THE REVEREND PATRICK J. DOWLING In the early seventies of the nineteenth century, before railroad communication was made with Montana, there was a place called Corinne which was the shipping point of Utah Montana. At that time it was one .of Utahs liveliest and most thrifty cities. for Idaho-anThere were many Catholic families living there and they appealed to Archbishop Alemany for a priest. To meet the wishes of these Catholic residents of the place, the Archbishop, in 1872, sent the Reverend Patrick J. Dowling to Corinne as resident pastor. This was the first place in Utah outside of Salt Lake City to have a resident priest. Soon after the opening of the Utah Northern Railway, Corinne was partially aban-- ' doned. Many of the Catholics left the town and the congregation dwindled to a few families. As a consequence, early in 1873, Father Dowling returned to San Francisco. He died on January 14th, 1894. d CHAPTER XI THE REVEREND LAWRENCE SCANLAN On the 14th of August, 1873, the successor of Father Walsh as pastor of Salt Lake arrived in the person of the Reverend Lawrence Scanlan. Little did he know on the day he assumed charge of the largest parish in the U nited States that he was to remain there and labor until his death, nearly forty-tw- o years later, and that he would wear the mitre of a Bishop of Holy Church. Yet such was the case and so great were the accomplishments of this man of God that even today the name of Lawrence Scanlan is held in the highest veneration and is synonymous with the growth of Catholicity in the Diocese of Salt Lake. Lawrence Scanlan was bom in Tipperary County, Ireland, on October 3rd, 1843. He made his classical studied in Thurles and, having completed them, in 1863 entered All Hallows College, Dublin, to study for the Holy Priesthood. He finished his theological studies and successfully passed his examinations and was ordained a priest on June 24th, 1868. Selecting the far distant California for his field of labors,' the young priest returned to his home in Tipperary to spend a few days with his parents and visit his relatives and friends On July 19th o f that year he sailed to take up his duties in before bidding them good-bythe Archdiocese of San Francisco. On his arrival he was appointed to the old St. Patricks Church on Market Street, San Francisco. At the completion of the new St. Patricks on Mission Street, Father Scanlan was -- e. When hungry think Salt Lake Stamp Company of MANUFACTURERS OF TIME SAVERS BUTTER - KRUST i Rubber Steel Stamps, Stencils, Seals, Badges, Signs, Desk and & Door Plates. Stock Marking Devices, Metal and High Grade Specialties Machine Werk. 65 West Broadway Salt Lake City, Utah |