Foley, Patrick,  1933- <br/><br/>
Missionary bishop  Jean-Marie Odin in Galveston and New Orleans /  [electronic resource] : 
Patrick Foley ; with a foreword by Gilbert R. Cruz. 
 - 1st ed. 
 - College Station :  Texas A&M University Press,  2013 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 206 p.)  ill. 
 - Centennial series of the Association of Former Students ;  no. 118 .
 - Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ;  no. 118. .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>From France he came -- At the Barrens -- Missouri and Arkansas: a prelude to Texas -- Odin and the emerging American Vincentian presence -- The call to Texas -- Send us some priests -- On the shoulders of Odin -- A vice prefect apostolic arrives -- The mission beyond San Antonio -- He is to be vicar apostolic -- A missionary still -- The search for priests and nuns -- Back from Europe -- Bishop of Galveston -- Adieu, Texas -- New Orleans, the Civil War and Reconstruction, then home. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>1603449949 (electronic bk.) 9781603449946 (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Odin, Jean Marie, 1801-1870. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--Bishops--Texas--Biography.<br/>Catholic Church--History.--Texas
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bishops--Texas--Biography.<br/>BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious<br/>RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Texas--Church history.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX4705.O3385  / F65 2013 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>282.092  B