Identity area
Reference code
IE CA WA/5/4
Title
Note re jurisdictional dispute between the Irish Friars and the Pennsylvania Capuchin Province
Date(s)
- c.1931 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 p.; manuscript
Context area
Name of creator
(1615-2023)
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Scope and content
A note regarding a jurisdictional dispute between the Irish Capuchins and the local Pennsylvania Province regarding the mission in Abbottstown. It is stated that a decree from the General Definitorium (Gen. Def.) dated 19 February 1926, ordered the Irish Capuchins to leave the place and hand the hospice over to the Province of Pennsylvania. The reason given was that it was ‘situated in the territory of the latter province’.