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St.
Thomas the Apostle Church - History
Parish
Firsts & Milestones
• Cornerstone Laid - June
22, 1887
• Church Consecrated - September
23, 1888
• Parish Established - September
3, 1890
• Population in 1890 - 90 Families
53 at Little
Meadows, 28 in Warren, 9 in New York State
• Bishop of Scranton in 1890 -
Rt. Rev. William O'Hara, D.D.
• Founding Pastor - Rev.
John J. Lally, Pastor at St. Francis Xavier in Friendsville
• First Resident Pastor -
Rev. P. J. Colligan
• First Baptism - Francis Clark,
September 21, 1890
• First Wedding - John Boland
and Bridget Ringrose at Warren on April 23, 1891
• First Funeral - Jerimiah
Ring, died October 20, 1890, age 77, Buried in Friendsville
• First Confirmation - October
26, 1891, by Right Rev. William O'Hara. Class of 59 members including
the following whose family names still appeared in the parish census of
1989: Patrick Hickey, John Neville, William Hartigan, Agnes Lynch,
Ellen Neville, Nan Lynch, Catherine Hartigan, and Juliaette Hickey.
Source of above information - "St.
Thomas the Apostle Parish, Little Meadows, Pa., 100th Anniversary Celebration"
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