Missionary Bishop: Jean-Marie Odin in Galveston and New Orleans

Contents

contents Foreword xi Preface xv 1. From France He Came 1 2. At the Barrens 13 3. Missouri and Arkansas: A Prelude to Texas 25 4. Odin and the Emerging American Vincentian Presence 33 5. The Call to Texas 43 6. Send Us Some Priests 52 7. On the Shoulders of Odin 59 8. A Vice Prefect Apostolic Arrives 70 9. The Mission beyond San Antonio 83 10. He Is to Be Vicar Apostolic 95 11. A Missionary Still 103 12. The Search for Priests and Nuns 112 13. Back from Europe 126 14. Bishop of Galveston 132 15. Adieu, Texas 147 16. New Orleans, the Civil War and Reconstruction, Then Home 155 Notes 169 Bibliography 189 Index 195 ...