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By Cosmos Mariner, September 3, 2022
St. Mary's School for Girls, 1866 (right pannel)
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1 ► Minnesota, Rice County, Faribault — Bishop Whipple & St. Mary's School for Girls —
On Central Avenue North at 2nd Street Northeast, on the right when traveling north on Central Avenue North.
Bishop Whipple Bishop Whipple was elected in 1859 as the state’s first Episcopal Bishop. Enlarging Rev. Breck’s idea to have a religious university, Whipple is credited with building the Episcopal Cathedral, the Seabury Divinity . . . — — Map (db m211996) HM
2 ► Minnesota, Rice County, Faribault — Bishop Henry B. Whipple —
On 3rd Avenue Northwest just north of 5th Street Northwest, on the right when traveling north.
The Right Rev. Henry Benjamin Whipple was 37 years old when he was consecrated the first Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Minnesota on October 13, 1859. He spent the next 42 years establishing Episcopal parishes and missions throughout Minnesota. . . . — — Map (db m211997) HM
3 ► Minnesota, Rice County, Faribault — The Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour —
On 6th St NW, on the right when traveling east.
One of the earliest missionary centers of the Episcopal Church in Minnesota and believed to be the first Episcopal cathedral built in the United States, the Cathedral of Our Merciful Saviour is also a monument to Henry Benjamin Whipple. Elected . . . — — Map (db m82807) HM
 
 
  
  
 
 
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