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St Bonaventure's

Built as a 28x63 frame church by Rev John Vincent O'Reilly in 1847, addition built in 1858, confirmation held in 1847, '54, '56 and '58.¹ Established as a pastorate in 1874 with missions at Meshoppen, Tunkhannock, and Laceyville.² By 1940 a mission of St Joachim's, Meshoppen3

 



Notes

1. Earley, James B, Envisioning Faith: A Pictorial History of the Diocese of Scranton, United States: 1993, p20; quoting an unsigned 1963 Catholic Light article on the journal of Philadelphia Bishop, St John Neumann.
2. Gallagher, Rev John P; A Century of History: The Diocese of Scranton 1868-1968, Scranton: The Diocese of Scranton, 1968, pp147, 155
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