Missionary bishop Jean-Marie Odin in Galveston and New Orleans - Foley, Patrick, 1933- (College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2013)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Keywords: Odin, Jean Marie, -- 1801-1870.; Catholic Church -- Texas -- Bishops -- Biography; Bishops -- Texas -- Biography; Texas -- Church history; Catholic Church -- Texas -- History; BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY / Religious; RELIGION / Christianity / Catholic; Electronic books