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Author McGowan, Mark George, 1959-

Title Michael Power : the struggle to build the Catholic Church on the Canadian frontier / Mark G. McGowan.

Publication Info. Montréal [Ont.] : McGill-Queen's University Press, [2005]
©2005

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 378 pages) : illustrations, maps, portraits.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Series McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 40
McGill-Queen's studies in the history of religion ; 40.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Summary "From his role in the devotional revolutions of the nineteenth century to tending the Irish famine migrants in the fever sheds of Toronto, Michael Power's extraordinary life provides glimpses into the role of the Church during the most important events in early Canadian history. Writing with insight, Mark McGowan untangles the man from the myth." "Setting his account against the dramatic backdrop of pre-Confederation Canada, McGowan traces the challenges Power faced as a young priest helping to establish and sustain the Catholic Church in the newly settled areas of the continent. Appointed first bishop of Toronto in 1841, Power became an ardent proponent of the Ultramontane reforms and disciplines that were to revitalize the Roman Catholic Church. McGowan explores the way in which Power established frameworks for Catholic institutions, schools, and religious life that are still relevant to English Canada today."--Jacket.
Contents ""Contents""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""INTRODUCTION: Eulogy for a Bishop""; ""1 Land and Sea""; ""2 Forming the Heart, the Spirit, and the Body""; ""3 Saddlebag Christianity""; ""4 ""Clip the Gowns of the Clergy""""; ""5 The Ultramontane Revolution""; ""6 At the Edge of Civilization""; ""7 The Fifth Age""; ""8 Virtually a Canadian""; ""9 The Year of the Irish""; ""CONCLUSION: Seeking Stability""; ""APPENDIX 1 Toronto Diocesan Regulations, 1842""; ""APPENDIX 2 The Prisoners from Ste-Martine, 1838""; ""APPENDIX 3 Population of the Diocese of Toronto, 1842�48""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Notes""
""Index""""A""; ""B""; ""C""; ""D""; ""E""; ""F""; ""G""; ""H""; ""I""; ""J""; ""K""; ""L""; ""M""; ""N""; ""O""; ""P""; ""Q""; ""R""; ""S""; ""T""; ""U""; ""V""; ""W""
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Subject Power, Michael, 1804-1847.
Power, Michael, 1804-1847.
Catholic Church -- Bishops -- Biography.
Catholic Church.
Chronological Term 19th century
Subject Bishops.
History.
Canada.
Genre/Form Biographies.
Subject Catholic Church -- Canada -- History -- 19th century.
Power, Michael, 1804-1847.
Catholic Church.
Église catholique.
Power, Michael, 1804-1847.
Église catholique -- Évêques -- Biographies.
Église catholique -- Canada -- Histoire -- 19e siècle.
Bishops -- Ontario -- Toronto -- Biography.
Ontario -- Toronto.
Chronological Term 1800 - 1899
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Biographies.
Other Form: Print version: McGowan, Mark George, 1959- Michael Power. Montréal ; Ithaca : McGill-Queen's University Press, ©2005 (DLC) 2006497749
ISBN 9780773572966 (electronic book)
0773572961 (electronic book)
0773529144
9780773529144
9780773532489 (paperback)
077353248X (paperback)