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- 1910-1924 (Creation)
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11 items; manuscript and typescript
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Baptismal name: Edward Bowe
Religious name: Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap.
Date of birth: 19 Sept. 1856
Place of birth: Tullaroan, County Kilkenny
Name of father: Thomas Bowe (b. 3 Nov. 1816)
Name of mother: Ellen Bowe (née Maher) (b. 1815)
Date of reception into the Capuchin Order: 8 Apr. 1877
Date of first profession: 21 Apr. 1878
Date of final profession: 8 Sept. 1881
Date of ordination (as priest): 27 Aug. 1882
Leadership positions: Provincial Minister: 1901-4, 1907-10, 1916-9, 1922-5; Provincial Definitor (Councillor): 1887-90, 1890-3, 1893-6, 1895-8, 1898-1901, 1913-6; Custos: 1904, 1910, 1919, 1925
Date of death: 25 Nov. 1926
Place of death: Church Street Friary, Dublin
Place of burial: Glasnevin Cemetery, Dublin
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This subseries comprises a small collection of the correspondence of Fr. Peter Bowe OFM Cap. (1856-1926), who served multiple terms as the Provincial Minister of the Irish Capuchins. The letters in this subseries chart the expansion of the Irish Capuchin mission in the United States, beginning in Oregon in 1910 and moving into California by the early 1920s. As Provincial Minister, Fr. Peter Bowe was instrumental in managing personnel, securing property, and establishing educational and religious foundations during this period of rapid growth in the American mission.