History of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati, 1821-1921

The author was Reverend John Lamott, Professor of Church History at Mount St. Mary Seminary in Cincinnati. His approach to this history was to cover the subject in three parts; starting with a chronological narrative that begins with early Church leaders in Ohio. He followed that with a geographical portion that covers the boundaries of the Cincinnati diocese, showing how it was divided and re-divided into four dioceses, with Cincinnati becoming in 1850 an archdiocese. The last part is an institutional history, stressing the role of the Church in promoting education. There is a very substantial bibliography in the front containing many books on Ohio and Cincinnati history as well as Church history.