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There are many Catholic immigrants traveling to America.
Ethnic Parishes
Waves of Migration
In fact, most of these immigrants were from Ireland. Many other immigrants came from Germany, Italy, and Eastern Europe.
In the 1830’s there was a widespread of anti-Catholic bigotry.
The Eastern Catholic Churches
Anti-Catholicism on the Rise
Groups called nativists cause a lot of conflict and thought immigrants wanted to take over the U.S.
Anti-Catholic prejudice had declined, but Catholics still experienced bigotry even into the twentieth century.
Prejudices Wane
A First Bishop for the Church in America
During the civil war, Catholics fought on the confederate side and the union side.
Catholic immigrants wanted to practice their o faith just as they had learned it in their native language.
Germans, for example, often resented English-speaking priests and established their own parishes with German pastors.
Immigrants from Eastern Europe began to arrive. They brought their faith to their new land.
Theses churches have always celebrated their own liturgical customs with their own bishops.
We should elect a bishop of the church in America.
Hello, I’m Bishop Carroll the first bishop in America. My goal was to maintain the support of American Catholics and take firm control of church governance.
We should elect a bishop of the church in America.

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