BUILT ON A ROCK

Archdiocese of Kingston, Kingston, ON, 1976.  Hard cover, 409 pages including Appendices and Index.  Very good to near fine; blue cloth with gilt on front and spine; binding sound.  Dust jacket with a bit of edge wear and a few tiny age spots; bit of soil on rear flap fold.  Map end papers; interior clean and unmarked with black & white photos.  ‘… the epic of the beginning and development of English-speaking Canada’s oldest Roman Catholic diocese.  Founded on January 27, 1826, by a division of the Diocese of Quebec, it was the first Roman Catholic diocese to be established under British civil authority after the Reformation. … Part I is the story of the Diocese as a unit … Part II is concerned with the contributions made by the religious communities of men and women … Part III includes a brief history of each parish, in the order of its establishment, with a photograph of each church.’  (from front flap)