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Book Title: History Of Athens And Clarke County

St. Joseph's Catholic Church

   IN 1873 Rt. Reverend Bishop Gross, Bishop of Savannah, Georgia, came to
Athens to obtain a suitable site for a Catholic church. While here he was the
guest of the late Doctor Bloomfield. Father O'Brien, of Washington, Ga., had
been coming here at times to say mass for the few Catholics who were residing
here. The Bishop finally bought the present location upon which stands the
building formerly used as the first law department of the University of
Georgia,—the law office of Thomas R. R. Cobb and ex-Chief Justice Lumpkin. This
building was used as a Catholic church until 1913, when the present beautiful
structure was dedicated.

   Priests came from Sharon, Washington, Augusta and Atlanta to attend the
Catholics until 1910, when Father Clark, the present pastor, was appointed by
Rt. Reverend Bishop Benjamin Kelly as the first resident priest.

  From a "mustard seed" this congregation has had a gradual growth until it now
numbers 175 souls.


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