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Provincials Fr. Nagot is recognized as the founder of the Society of St. Sulpice in the United States. He was superior of the first group of Sulpicians who were sent to the United States in 1791 to open the nation’s first Roman Catholic seminary, St. Mary's in Baltimore. He remained at St. Mary's until his death in 1816 and was noted among his contemporaries for his deep piety and mystical qualities. This collection contains both official and personal papers, including account books, canonical documents, correspondence, memoirs, naturalization papers, manuscripts, records relating to Bohemia Manor and Pigeon Hill, and photocopies from other archives pertaining to Nagot's life in France. See also Sulpician letterbooks 2 and 4 for official copies of outgoing correspondence, as well as photocopies of correspondence on deposit in the Sulpician Archives in Paris.
Fr. Tessier was a member of the first group of Sulpicians sent to the United States in 1791. He was Professor of Theology at St. Mary's Seminary before being named Superior. He also worked closely with members of the San Domingan black refugee population, assisting in the formation of a worship community that met at St. Mary's and in conducting catechism classes. Fr. Tessier was noted for being a fastidious chronicler of the Sulpician community in Baltimore. He helped guide the seminary through the financially difficult early years. This collection contains both official and personal papers, including correspondence, account books and journals, diaries, and theological writings. See also Sulpician letterbooks 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6 for official copies of outgoing correspondence, as well as photocopies of correspondence on deposit in the Sulpician Archives in Paris.
Fr. Deluol served as Professor of Theology, Philosophy, Sacred Scripture, and Hebrew, as well as Treasurer, before being named Superior of St. Mary's, a position he held for 20 years. He held the confidence of the Archbishops of Baltimore and played an active role in the seven Provincial Councils held between 1829-1849. He also served as Superior General of the Sisters of Charity and negotiated their alliance with the Daughters of Charity in France. Fr. Deluol was recalled to France in 1849, where he lived out the remainder of his life. He was noted for the American innovations he promoted within Baltimore's Sulpician community. This collection contains both official and personal papers, including account books, notebooks, correspondence, diaries, and biographical information. See also Sulpician letterbooks 1, 3, 4, and 6 for official copies of outgoing correspondence, as well as photocopies of correspondence on deposit in the Sulpician Archives in Paris.
Fr. Lhomme served on the faculty and administration of St. Mary's College before being appointed of St. Mary's Seminary. He oversaw the closing of the college in 1852 and redirected the community's energy towards the development of the newly opened Sulpician minor seminary, St. Charles College. This collection contains both official and personal papers, including the Superior's diary, accounts, appointments, canonical documents, correspondence, deeds, diary, journals, naturalization papers, petitions, portrait images, and theological manuscripts. See also Sulpician letterbooks 4 and 5 for official copies of outgoing correspondence, as well as photocopies of correspondence on deposit in the Sulpician Archives in Paris.
Rev. Dubreul was sent to Baltimore in 1850, where he was named Vice President of St. Mary's College and served on its faculty. After the college closed he was transferred to St. Mary's Seminary where he was appointed Treasurer and taught Pastoral Theology and Canon Law. In 1860 he was named Superior, a position he held for the next 18 years, seeing the community through the Civil War and Reconstruction. He held the confidence of the Archbishops of Baltimore and served as Vicar General under Abp. Bayley and Abp. Gibbons. This collection contains both official and personal papers, including appointments, circular letters, conference papers, death notice, diary, faculties, last will and testament, portrait images, and subject index to one of Abp. Maréchal's letterbooks. See also photocopies of correspondence on deposit in the Sulpician Archives in Paris.
Rev. Magnien volunteered to serve in Baltimore, after hearing Fr. Dubreul give a series of talks while a student in Orleans. He was sent to Baltimore in 1869, where he taught Liturgy, Scripture, and Dogma at St. Mary's Seminary. In 1878 he was chosen to succeed Rev. Dubreul. The U.S. Sulpicians experienced tremendous growth under his superiorship, opening seminaries in Boston, New York, and San Francisco and the founding of the first U.S. Solitude. He held the confidence of Abp. Gibbons, serving as his secretary and theologian. Like his predecessor Rev. Deluol, Rev. Magnien was a vigorous Americanizer, who was eventually to become caught up in the Americanist controversy. This collection contains both official and personal papers, including canonical documents, correspondence, diary, faculties, reports, photographs, and publications. See also photocopies of correspondence on deposit in the Sulpician Archives in Paris.
Rev. Dyer has the distinction of being both the first native-born American to be appointed Superior of the U.S. Sulpician community and the first U.S. Provincial. He attended St. Charles College and St. Mary's Seminary. He was sent to Paris to complete his training, where he entered the Sulpicians. He returned to Baltimore in 1884 where he taught on the seminary faculty until 1896 when he was appointed Superior of St. Joseph Seminary, Dunwoodie. He was named to succeed Fr. Magnien in 1902. Fr. Dyer saw the U.S. community through the difficult years following the Americanist and Modernist controversies, which saw their withdrawal from the seminaries they had founded in Boston and New York, as well as the destruction of St. Charles College through fire in 1911.This collection contains both official and personal papers, including public addresses, class notes, correspondence, diary, educational matters, family records, legal documents, liturgical notes, meditations, photographs, publications, and theological writings. Of special interest to researchers are the records relating to Fr. Dyer's role in the establishment of the Catholic Education Association and National Catholic Welfare Conference, as well as his role as secretary for the national office of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and the Commission for Catholic Missions among the Colored People and the Indians. See also photocopies of correspondence on deposit in the Sulpician Archives in Paris.
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