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First Knights of Columbus council in Texas established in El Paso
On this day in 1902, the first council of the Knights of Columbus in Texas
was founded in El Paso. The Order of the Knights of Columbus, a fraternal
and service organization of Catholic men, was founded in Connecticut in
1882. By 2002, the Texas State Council comprised 643 local councils. In
the early 1920s the Texas State Council of the Knights of Columbus formed
a historical commission to oversee the publication of a history of
Catholicism in Texas from its beginnings under the Spanish flag. Documents
collected for that purpose grew into the Catholic Archives of Texas at
Austin. This and other collections were used for the writing of Our
Catholic Heritage in Texas, by Carlos E. Castañeda.
- Links to Related Handbook of Texas Online Articles
- KNIGHTS OF COLUMBUS
- CATHOLIC CHURCH
- CATHOLIC ARCHIVES OF TEXAS
- CASTANEDA, CARLOS EDUARDO
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