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Jan 1, 1492
Columbus Discovers the New World
In search of God, Glory, and Gold -
Jan 1, 1504
First Diocese in the New World
Diocese of Santo Domingo established -
Jan 1, 1542
Spanish Explorers Reach California
Started new missions -
Act of Toleration
Granted freedom of religion in Maryland -
St. Kateri Tekakwitha Born
First Native American from North America to be canonized -
Jean Baptiste Point de Sable
Chicago's first non-native, long-term settler -
John Carroll
John Carroll elected as first bishop in the United States -
Pope Gregory XVI Condemned Slave Trade
Many American Catholics stillm possessed slaves; Catholics fought on both sides of the Civil War -
Paulist Order
Pope Pius IX gave permission to begin the Paulist Order. The goal was to Catholize Protestant America. -
Chicago Becomes an Archdiocese
Symbol of respect and recognition of importance -
National Catholic War Council
Organized mobilized relief during World War I -
Internation Eucharistic Congress
Chicago is the first to host -
Death of Mundelein
The Archdiocese of Chicago is still an influencial center of Catholic life in America -
John F. Kennedy
Won presidency as first Catholic president -
St. Elizabeth Seton
Became the first native-born United States saint