It was only after the formal creation of the diocese of Syracuse by Pope Leo XIII in November 20. 1886. after the appointment of the Right Reverend Patrick A. Ludden in December of that year. that any real consideration was given to the establishment of a Catholic newspaper. Although the last of seven dioceses into which the State was divided. this diocese included the vast territory first proselytized by men such as the Jesuit Fathers le Moyne. Chaumonot. Dablon. le Mercier. the de Lambervilles. and de lHuc. In this vast historical setting and faced with the logistical problem of coordinating the works of widely separated parishes and with the everburgeoning congregations of Catholic immigrants. the diocese soon sanctioned the formation of the Catholic Sun. Thus. James K.
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