Chapter 8 Timeline

By caitlinstephens
  • Jan 1, 1492

    Columbus Discovers the New World

    In search of God, Glory, and Gold
  • Jan 1, 1504

    First Diocese in the New World

    Diocese of Santo Domingo established
  • Jan 1, 1542

    Spanish Explorers Reach California

    Started new missions

  • Act of Toleration

    Granted freedom of religion in Maryland

  • St. Kateri Tekakwitha Born

    First Native American from North America to be canonized

  • Jean Baptiste Point de Sable

    Chicago's first non-native, long-term settler

  • John Carroll

    John Carroll elected as first bishop in the United States

  • Pope Gregory XVI Condemned Slave Trade

    Many American Catholics stillm possessed slaves; Catholics fought on both sides of the Civil War

  • Paulist Order

    Pope Pius IX gave permission to begin the Paulist Order. The goal was to Catholize Protestant America.

  • Chicago Becomes an Archdiocese

    Symbol of respect and recognition of importance

  • National Catholic War Council

    Organized mobilized relief during World War I

  • Internation Eucharistic Congress

    Chicago is the first to host

  • Death of Mundelein

    The Archdiocese of Chicago is still an influencial center of Catholic life in America

  • John F. Kennedy

    Won presidency as first Catholic president

  • St. Elizabeth Seton

    Became the first native-born United States saint