Reverend Mathias C. Lenihan was born at Dubuque, Iowa, on October 6, 1854. Ordained priest at Grand seminary, Montreal, Canada, in 1870. Diocese of Great Falls, created May 8, 1904. Catholic Bishop in Montana - See Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls, Anaconda Standard, April 19, 1908. See History of Montana by Raymer. Bishop Lenihan broke the ground for St. Patrick's Church on the morning of Nov. 10, 1905 - See Catholic Church Here Began in 1883, Billings Gazette, July 30, 1933. Rev. Mathias C. Lenihan, 89, titular archbishop of Prelove, Italy, died August 19, 1943, in Dubuque, Iowa.
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Date Digitized
2007-02-14
Relation
See Roman Catholic Diocese of Great Falls, Anaconda Standard, April 19, 1908. See History of Montana by Raymer. See Catholic Church Here Began in 1883, Billings Gazette, July 30, 1933.
