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The Courant reported that the Catholic Diocese of Hartford was about to become two separate dioceses, one for Connecticut and one for Rhode Island.
The Courant relied on a report in the Providence Journal for this article.
On July 22, 1871, the Courant reported that Francis McFarland had bought a residence at Collins and Woodland.
On August 6, 1872, the Courant would report that Francis McFarland had purchased a property on Farmington Avenue for a new cathedral.
According to the article, Catholics in Hartford had learned about the proposed division of the diocese, and consequently they had “set about to procure a suitable residence for Bishop McFarland,” which resulted in the purchase of “$20,000 wort of property … for the episcopal residence and other purposes.”
“Though the diocese was known as the diocese of Hartford, yet ever since its formation, the episcopal residence has been located in Providence, but Hartford, properly, was the seat of the diocese, and while the bishop has resided in Providence, the vicar-general of the diocese, next in rank to the bishop ahs been residing in Hartford.”
Unattributed. “The Roman Catholic Diocese of Hartford,” Hartford Daily Courant, page 2.
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