The Catholic Telegraph

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The Catholic Telegraph is a newspaper published by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati, which covers the Cincinnati metropolitan area, the greater Dayton area and other communities in the southwest region of Ohio, with a total diocesan population of approximately 500,000. The Telegraph is described on its official website as the oldest continuously-published Catholic diocesan newspaper in the United States.

[edit] History

The Telegraph was established in October 1831 by Bishop Edward Fenwick, O.P., the Archdiocese's first bishop. The paper's use of the word "telegraph" predated the invention of the communication device by over a decade. As one of the first Catholic newspapers in the nation, the Telegraph was sold in cities throughout the country's middle section, including Louisville, Kentucky, Baltimore, Maryland, Washington, D.C., St. Louis, Missouri, and Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[1]

Under Archbishop John Baptist Purcell, the Telegraph took a strong abolitionist stance, in contrast to other Catholic newspapers.[2]

[edit] References

  1. ^ "The end of the Civil War brings no end to the violence", The Catholic Telegraph, Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Retrieved on 2007-10-21. 
  2. ^ "The Civil War era", The Catholic Telegraph, Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Retrieved on 2007-10-21. 

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