Adapting in Eden: Oregon's Catholic Minority, 1838-1986

by Lillian A. Pereyra, Patricia Brandt, Lillian A Pereyra

Adapting in Eden presents the history of the first 150 years of the Oregon archdiocese. Begun in 1838 by European and North American missionaries, the archdiocese once included the entire northwest from the Rockies to Alaska. The authors tell the story of how that vast and improbable archdiocese came into being, then gradually shrank in geographic size and increased in membership and complexity.

Although a minority, Catholics played...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0874222532
• ISBN13: 9780874222531
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Washington State University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.85 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 6.1" x 9.0"