South Carolina. is in association with Father James Wallace who in the early 1800s became Professor of Mathematics and Astronomy at the newlyformed South Carolina College. It is said that during his tenure Fr. Wallace celebrated Mass for the small but growing community of Catholics in the Midlands. (He is buried in St. Peters churchyard.) In 1820 the Diocese of Charleston was established. It included all of South Carolina. North Carolina. and Georgia. Early in 1821 the newlyappointed Bishop John England sent Father Dennis Corkery to pastor and attend the welfare of a group of Irish immigrants working on the Columbia Canal. This was the beginning of St. Peters Parish.
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