Foley, Patrick,  1933- <br/><br/>
Missionary bishop  Jean-Marie Odin in Galveston and New Orleans / 
Patrick Foley ; with a foreword by Gilbert R. Cruz. 
 - first edition. 
 - College Station :  Texas A&M University Press,  (c)2013. 
 - 1 online resource (xvi, 206 pages)  illustrations. 
 - Centennial series of the Association of Former Students ;  no. 118 .
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographies and index. 
<br/><br/>From France he came --  At the Barrens --  Missouri and Arkansas: a prelude to Texas --  Odin and the emerging American Vincentian presence --  The call to Texas --  Send us some priests --  On the shoulders of Odin --  A vice prefect apostolic arrives --  The mission beyond San Antonio --  He is to be vicar apostolic --  A missionary still --  The search for priests and nuns --  Back from Europe --  Bishop of Galveston --  Adieu, Texas --  New Orleans, the Civil War and Reconstruction, then home. 
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<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781603449946 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Personal Names: </label><br/>Odin, Jean Marie, 1801-1870. 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Corporate Names: </label><br/>Catholic Church--Bishops--Texas--Biography.<br/>Catholic Church--History.--Texas
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Bishops--Texas--Biography.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic Books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BX4705  / .M577 2013