St. Louis Cathedral Marianite Sisters of Holy Cross Duverje House St. Bartholomew Church School for Catholic Girls of Algiers St. Mary’s Cemetery Holy Name of Mary Church Pythian Home Holy Name of Mary School Presbytery (Rectory) Drexel School A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW St. Anthony’s Chapel Our Lady of Holy Cross College OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN Knights of Columbus Holy Name of Mary Convent ALGIERS TDC Hall St. Joseph’s Chapel Touro-Shakspear Home St. Joseph’s School This document was compiled from information gathered from numerous sources such as: booklets, St. Joseph’s Sisters Convent newspaper, internet, and reference books as well as information furnished by the St. Julian Eymard Church St. Holy Name of Mary Church Julian Eymard School Priests of Holy Name of Mary and St. Julian and much more. Compiled and presented by: Lynn E. Parker, Jr. A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS DATE DATE SUBJECT INFORMATION SOURCE PRE 1829 1829 ST. LOUIS PERE ANTOINE - PASTOR OF ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL ROWED 1,2 CATHEDRAL ACROSS THE RIVER TO HOLD SERVICES IN ALGIERS UNTIL HIS DEATH IN 1829 ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL 1794 1 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS ST. LOUIS CATHEDRAL 1849 1841 MARIANITE FOUNDED 2 SISTERS OF HOLY CROSS PRE 1848 1848 ST. LOUIS ALGIERS RESIDENTS CROSS RIVER FOR MASS 1 CATHEDRAL PRE 1848 1848 DUVERJE HOME MASS HELD OCASIONLLY BECAUSE THERE WAS NO 1 CHURCH IN ALGIERS 2 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS DUVERJE HOME 1848 4/12/1853 ST. FATHER OGE' - SECULAR PRIEST - NATIVE OF 1 BARTHOLOMEW PREUSCHDROFF, ALSACE, FRANCE CHURCH 1848 ST. BUILT UNDER BISHOP BLANC (CONFLICT IN NAME) 3 BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 3 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 5/22/1848 ST. FIRST DOCUMENTED BAPTISM PERFORMED BY FATHER 1 BARTHOLOMEW OGE' AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 12/19/1848 12/19/1848 ST. ARCH BISHOP BLENK ACCEPTS PROPERTY DONATION 1 BARTHOLOMEW ACROSS FROM DUVERJE HOME ON VILLERE ST. (MORGAN) CHURCH FROM 4 DUVERJE SISTERS. PROPERTY WAS DESIGNATED FOR CHURCH & CEMETERY. TO BE CALLED "ST. BARTHOLOMEW" IN MEMORY OF THE HEAD OF DUVERJE FAMILY AND IT SHOULD REVERT BACK TO THE FAMILY IF NOT USED FOR ITS INTENDED PURPOSE. 4 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS 12/24/1848 ST. ARCHBISHOP BLENK BLESSES THE NEW CHURCH. 1 BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 1849 ST. CHURCH BUILT ON MORGAN STREET UNDER ARCHBISHOP 2 BARTHOLOMEW ANTHONY BLANC ADMINISTRATION.(CONFLICTING DATE & CHURCH SPELLING) 1/18/1853 ST. LAST RECORDED BAPTISM PERFORMED BY FATHER OGE'. 1 BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 4/12/1853 ST. FATHER OGE' PASSED AWAY 1 BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 4/15/1853 6/1854 ST. FATHER J. ONTENDRICK - SECULAR PRIEST 1 BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 6/15/1853 9/30/1853 ST. ESTIMATED 10,000 PEOPLE IN NEW ORLEANS DIE FROM 1 BARTHOLOMEW YELLOW FEVER AT 28 YEARS OLD CHURCH 1854 7/22/1855 ST. FATHER ETIENNE HENRIOT - SECULAR PRIEST - DIES FROM 1 BARTHOLOMEW ANOTHER YELLOW FEVER EPIDEMIC CHURCH 5 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS 1855 ST. YELLOW FEVER STRIKES AGAIN 1 BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 1855 5/31/1859 ST. FATHER GUERARD - SECULAR PRIEST 1 BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 11/18/1855 SCHOOL FOR 1 LOT AT ALIX & SEGUIN PURCHASED FROM V. 1 CATHOLIC GIRLS DARENSBURG FOR $300 FOR THE ERECTION OF SCHOOL OF ALGIERS BUILDINGS FOR CATHOLIC GIRLS OF ALGIERS AT A COST OF $1,900. 2/25/1856 SCHOOL FOR 2 LOTS CORNER OF ALIX & SEGUIN STREETS PURCHASED 1 CATHOLIC GIRLS FOR $700 FROM DUVERJE-OLIVIER FAMILY FOR SCHOOL OF ALGIERS BUILDING. 1857 1871 SCHOOL FOR INSTRUCTION OF GIRLS ONLY WAS UNDERTAKEN BY THE 1, 2 CATHOLIC GIRLS SISTERS OF THE THIRD ORDER OF MOUNT CARMEL. OF ALGIERS MOTHER MADELINE SEELY FIRST SUPERIOR OF THIS COMMUNITY OF NUNS. THEIR INTEREST WAS EVENTUALLY SOLD TO THE MARIST FATHERS.. FATHER GOGGAN'S INTEREST WAS TO TEACH BOTH GIRLS & BOYS. 6/1/1859 9/30/1859 ST. FATHER S. GUINAND PERFORMED BAPTISM & MARRIAGES 1 BARTHOLOMEW AT ST. BARTHOLOMEW. CHURCH 6 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS 11/1/1859 ST. FATHER LAMY - SECULAR PRIEST 1 BARTHOLOMEW CHURCH 1861 ST. BISHOP ODIN HAD BEEN MADE ARCHBISHOP OF NEW 3 BARTHOLOMEW ORLEANS. CHURCH 9/8/1864 ST. ARCH BISHOP JEAN MARIE ODIN OFFERS THE SOCIETY OF 1 BARTHOLOMEW MARY THE PARISH OF ALGIERS CHURCH 1864 ST. FATHER JEAN F. DENIS NAMED PASTOR OF THE NEW 1 BARTHOLOMEW PARISH OF ST. MARY ALONG WITH ASSISTANT PASTORS CHURCH FATHERS GAUTHERIN AND BINSFELD. 6/1865 ST. MARIST TAKE OVER THE ADMINISTRATION OF THE PARISH 1, 3 BARTHOLOMEW OF ALGIERS. CHURCH 6/4/1865 ST. FATHER LAMY PERFORMS HIS LAST BAPTISM IN ALGIERS 1 BARTHOLOMEW BEFORE THE ARRIVAL OF THE MARISTS CHURCH 7/24/1866 ST. FATHER DENIS PURCHASES NINE LOTS FROM MRS. J. B. 1 BARTHOLOMEW OLIVIER (ALICE DUVERJE) FOR $5,400. THESE LOTS FORM CHURCH AN "L" AT THE CORNER OF ALIX AND VERRET STREETS. 7 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS 1866 ST. FATHER DENIS PURCHASES PROPERTY FROM MRS. 1 BARTHOLOMEW ROBELOT (HELENE DUVERJE) FOR $630. THIS PROPERTY CHURCH LATER CONVERTED INTO ST. MARY'S CEMETERY. (SEE PIC ST. MARY’S CEMETERY 1870 HOLY NAME OF SOME WORK ON THE NEW CHURCH BEGINS. 1 MARY CHURCH 11/24/1870 HOLY NAME OF FATHER DENIS DIES AT THE AGE OF 57. 1 MARY CHURCH 1871 HOLY NAME OF ERECTED THROUGH EFFORTS OF FATHER HENRY 2 MARY CHURCH BELLANGER 1871 SCHOOL FOR SCHOOL MOVED TO LOTS PURCHASED ON CORNER OF 1 CATHOLIC GIRLS OLIVIER AND ELIZA STREETS OF ALGIERS 8 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS 1872 ST. OLD CHURCH BUILDING DISMANTLED. ARCH BISHOP 1 BARTHOLOMEW PERCHE' TRIED TO RETAIN THE RIGHTS TO THE CHURCH PROPERTY. THE DEVERJE FAMILY TOOK THE CASE TO COURT AND WAS AWARDED THE PROPERTY BACK. 5/1873 HOLY NAME OF CHURCH DEDICATED 1, 2, 3 MARY CHURCH 9 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS 5/18/1879 HOLY NAME OF FATHER BELLANGER DIES IN FRANCE 3 MARY CHURCH 6/27/1882 SCHOOL FOR THE THREE LOTS ON ALIX ST. WERE SOLD BY THE SISTERS 1 CATHOLIC GIRLS OF MOUNT CARMEL. THE ORIGINAL BUILDING THAT WAS OF ALGIERS THE CONVENT WAS MOVED TO 513 SEGUIN ST. HOLY NAME OF FATHER GEORGE BRADY PURCHASES TH"WAY OF THE 3 MARY CHURCH CROSS" AT A COST OF $2,000. 1882 HOLY NAME OF NEW ORGAN INSTALLED IN CHURCH 3 MARY CHURCH 1883 ST. CHURCH PROPERTY WAS SOLD AT A PUBLIC AUCTION FOR 1, 2 BARTHOLOMEW $1,725. CHURCH 1884 HOLY NAME OF FATHER BRADY DIES 3 MARY CHURCH 1884 HOLY NAME OF FATHER ANTHONY POMPALLIER BECOMES PASTOR 3 MARY CHURCH 6/17/1885 HOLY NAME OF FATHERS JOYCE & LARKIN ARE ORDAINED AT HOLY NAME 3 MARY CHURCH OF MARY BY ARCHBISHOP LERAY 8/15/1886 HOLY NAME OF FATHER POMPALLIER DIES 3 MARY CHURCH 10 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS 1886 1888 HOLY NAME OF FATHER J. B. CHATAIGNIER, PASTOR 3 MARY CHURCH 1888 HOLY NAME OF FATHER JAMES GOGGAN NAMED PASTOR. FATHER 2, 3 MARY CHURCH GOGGAN WAS INSTRUMENTAL IN HAVING THE KNIGHTS OF PYTHIAS CONDEMNED BY ROME. PYTHIAN HOME 11 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS 5/14/1891 HOLY NAME OF ABOUT 3:30 AM THE SISTERS AWOKE TO THE CRY OF 2 MARY SCHOOL "FIRE". FLAMES WERE BURSTING FROM THE ROOF OF THE BOYS' SCHOOL. THE ENTIRE BUILDING, CONSISTING OF AN EXHIBITION HALL, A BILLIARD ROOM AND CLUB ROOM ON THE FIRST FLOOR AND CLASSROOMS ON THE SECOND FLOOR WAS ONE MASS OF FLAMES. EVERYTHING WAS DESTROYED. BOYS’ SCHOOL “BROWN HOUSE” 9/10/1891 HOLY NAME OF SISTER MARY OF ST. CATHERINE (GOODWIN), ONE OF THE 2 MARY SCHOOL FIRST MISSIONERS, DIES 10/26/1891 HOLY NAME OF FATHER FRANCIS JANSSENS BLESSES THE NEW BOYS' 2 MARY SCHOOL SCHOOL 12 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS 1892 HOLY NAME OF A CLASS FOR COLORED CHILDREN WAS ADDED UNDER THE 2 MARY SCHOOL SUPERVISION OF SISTER MARY OF ST. FERDINAND (McCRACKEN) 1893 HOLY NAME OF FATHER GOGGAN RESIGNS BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH 3 MARY CHURCH AND IS SUCCEEDED BY FATHER JOSEPH ROMAN. 1893 1899 HOLY NAME OF SISTER MARY OF ST. RAPHAEL (O'DONOVAN) REPLACES 2 MARY SCHOOL SISTER MARY OF ST. GEORGIA (LAROSE) 1893 1898 DREXEL SCHOOL SCHOOL FOR COLORED CHILDREN OPENS, UNDER FATHER 2, 3 JOSEPH ROMAN, A SHORT DISTANCE FROM THE ONE FORMALY USED. COST $1,000 WHICH WAS OBTAINED FROM MOTHER DREXEL 6/27/1895 DREXEL SCHOOL FIRST ACADEMIC GRADUATION HELD. 2 10/20/1895 DREXEL SCHOOL SCHOOL OPEN TO SHELTER PERSONS AFFECTED BY THE 2 ALGIERS FIRE IN ORDER TO DISTRIBUTE FOOD, CLOTHING AND HOUSEHOLD UTENSILS FURNISHED BY A FIRE RELIEF COMMITTEE 1896 HOLY NAME OF FATHER ROMAN RESIGNS BECAUSE OF POOR HEALTH AND 3 MARY CHURCH IS REPLACED BY FATHER JAMES H. BLENK 13 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS 8/10/1897 RECTORY THE NEW PRESBYTERY WILL SOON BE UNDERWAY. THE 5 (PRESBYTORY) TWO STORY STRUCTURE WILL BE BY FAR THE FINEST PIECE OF ARCHITECTURE IN ALGIERS. IT WILL CONSIST OF TWO STORIES. THE FIRST STORY WILL CONTAIN THE PARLORS, SITTING ROOM, LIBRARY AND ARCH BISHOP’S BEDROOM, AND A KITCHEN. THE SECOND STORY WILL HOUSE 3 BEDROOMS FOR THE PRIESTS, A TOILET AND BATHROOOM. 9/15/1897 11/15/1897 ALL SCHOOLS MALIGNANT FEVER SPREADS THROUGHOUT THE CITY. 2 TWO PRIESTS STRICKENED AND THE RECTORY WAS QUARINTINED. 1898 HOLY NAME OF CONSTRUCTED 3 MARY RECTORY 14 A CHRONOLOGICAL REVIEW OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN ALGIERS RECTORY 1898 DREXEL SCHOOL SCHOOL CLOSED DUE TO LACK OF ENROLLMENT AFTER 2 SISTER MARY OF ST.