The former elements of the Catholic population, Irish, French and German, must for permanency rely on their own fecundity. There are a reasonable number of conversions annually, but a new immigration of Poles, Italians, Hungarians, Greeks, Maronites, and others, largely threatens to modify the Catholic body.
Roman Catholic bishop (1838–1921)
Henry Gabriels (6 October 1838 – 23 April 1921) was a Belgian prelate of the Catholic Church who served as the bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg.
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