IRISH CATHOLICS AND FRENCH CREOLES: ETHNIC STRUGGLES WITHIN THE CATHOLIC CHURCH IN NEW ORLEANS, 1835-1920.

Deals with the ethnic struggles between Irish Catholics and French Creoles in New Orleans, Louisiana from 1835-1920. Reasons behind the backward state of Catholicism in the area; Antagonism on the Irish orientation of United States Catholicism; Characteristics of Creole Catholicism; Efforts in solv...

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Published in:	Catholic Historical Review Vol. 87; no. 1; pp. 34 - 55
Main Author:	Doorley, Michael
Format:	Article
Published:	Catholic University of America Press Jan2001
Subjects:	Catholic Church Creoles Race relations History United States history Louisiana New Orleans (La.) United States
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