02064cam a2200373 4500 758772190 TxAuBib 20130206120000.0 121029s2013||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 2012044072 9781603448246 cloth : alk. paper 1603448241 cloth : alk. paper 9781603449946 e-book 1603449949 e-book TXA/DLC TXA TxGR TxAuBib Foley, Patrick, 1933- Missionary bishop [Book] : Jean-Marie Odin in Galveston and New Orleans / Patrick Foley ; with a foreword by Gilbert R. Cruz. 1st ed. College Station : Texas A&M University Press, 2013. xvi, 206 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; 118 Centennial series of the Association of Former Students ; ; 118 Includes bibliographical references and index. 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. 20130206. Odin, Jean Marie 1801-1870. Catholic Church Texas Bishops Biography. Catholic Church Texas History. Bishops Texas Biography. Texas Church history. Centennial series of the Association of Former Students, Texas A&M University ; 118. Centennial series of the Association of Former Students ; ; 118. RV8