Premier See A History of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 1789-1994

When John Carroll became bishop of Baltimore in 1789, his diocese encompassed what was then the United States, from the Chesapeake to the Mississippi, from the Canadian border to the Gulf of Mexico. For almost a century and a half, the archbishop of Baltimore remained the virtual leader of his church in the new republic. In The Premier See, Thomas W. Spalding chronicles the growth, tensions, and politics of the archdiocese that helped shape the history of American Catholicism.Spalding, Thomas W. is the author of 'Premier See A History of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 1789-1994' with ISBN 9780801852152 and ISBN 0801852153.