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BISHOP OF ANTWERP, CORNELLIS

 Person

Found in 1 Collection or Record:

Founders:Corresp, Cornelis, Bp of Antwerp and Neale, 1797, 10/9/1797

 File — Box 4: Series Series 5; Series Series 6; Series Series 7, Folder: 4
Identifier: Series 5
Scope and Contents

Written from Rome (in Latin), the Bishop speaks of the "holy virgins whom you led" as a "most acceptable colony for God...to the ends of the earth and to islands almost of the Pacific." Refers to other correspondence, some lost. Refers to bad times; asks of N is to tell everything of the "new-born church." A copy, given by Archdiocese of Baltimore Archives.

Dates: 10/9/1797