Conversion of Isaac Thomas Hecker to Roman Catholicism
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Title
Conversion of Isaac Thomas Hecker to Roman Catholicism
Subject
Contributor
Mullen, Lincoln
Conversion Item Type Metadata
Type of conversion
Conversion between religion
Ritual
Baptism (provisional)
Date of conversion
1844-08-02
Place
Description
Isaac Hecker was baptized on August 2, 1844, by Bishop John McCloskey at St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York. The next day he confessed his sins, and on May 18, 1845, he was confirmed by McCloskey.
Bibliography
Isaac Hecker to Orestes A. Brownson, August 2, 1844, in Joseph F. Gower and Richard M, Leliaert, eds., The Brownson-Hecker Correspondence (Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1979), 109-110.
Citation
“Conversion of Isaac Thomas Hecker to Roman Catholicism,” The American Converts Database, accessed July 22, 2014, http://americanconverts.org/items/show/4.
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