Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/1/4/38
Title
Memorandum on Paradise Parish, Diocese of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
Date(s)
- c.1928 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 p.; typescript
Context area
Name of creator
(31 May 1875-20 April 1963)
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Copy of a memorandum outlining the terms of an agreement for the Irish Province of the Franciscan Capuchin Fathers to take over the perpetual administration of Paradise Parish and its associated missions. The Capuchin Order is granted the ‘Jus Ususfructus’ (right of use) of the Paradise Rectory, Church, Cemetery, and the Spring Grove Mission, including two acres of land, in perpetuity. The Order also agrees to assume the current debt of approximately $5,875 on the Paradise Rectory.