EARLY RITUALISM IN AMERICA. REMINISCENCES OF EDGAR P. WADHAMS FIRST BISHIPOF OGDENSBURG

Third edition (stated). 12mo. 197pp. With a preface by Right Rev. H. Gabriels, Bishop of Ogdenburg. Frontispiece portrait of Wadhams plus eight full-page black and white captioned photos. Appendix: The Wadhams Family in England and America. Green cloth with gilt letters on the spine. Very minor wear to extremities with nothing rubbed through, top and bottom of spine tender, gilt still bright, gift inscription on front pastedown [Frances S. Franciscus | from | Bishop J.H. Conroy], else very good to near fine with no internal markings. No dust jacket. Edgar Philip Prindle Wadhams (1817 1891) was the first bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg, New York. He was a deacon in the Episcopal Church, who later converted to Roman Catholicism. He was rector of the cathedral and Vicar-General of Albany, when called to organize Northern New York into a new diocese. Under his able and energetic leadership, the number of clergy, schools, and people of the diocese were greatly expanded. Clarence Augustus Walworth (1820 1900) was an American attorney, writer, ordained Roman Catholic priest and missionary. He was a well regarded writer who published numerous works related to the Roman Catholic Church. NOTE: This is not a reprint or print-on-demand. …