Lawrence Scanlan was born to Paddy and Kitty Scanlan in the townland of Ballytarsna in the Parish of Boherlahan near Cashel, County Tipperary, Ireland. He was baptised and christened on 29 September 1843. Scanlan attended the All Hallows missionary seminary in Dublin and was ordained a priest in 1868. He first labored in California and then entered Utah in 1873 to become the missionary rector. He served as Utah's first Catholic leader for over thirty years and his accomplishment were numerous. One of his most remembered was building the Cathedral of the Madeleine in downtown Salt Lake City. Bishop Scanlan died in 1915 and was interred in that cathedral.
The Lawrence Scanlan papers (1835-1922) are contained on two microfilm reels located in the Manuscripts Division microfilm case. Included on the microfilm are correspondence and annual reports between the Society for the Propagation of the Faith in Paris and various dioceses throughout the United States which received funds from the Society. Also included are materials relating to the Diocese of Salt Lake City such as correspondence and annual reports which detail church growth and tell of events within the diocese and relations with Mormons. All of these materials are in French, with the exception of that pertaining directly to the Diocese of Salt Lake City.
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Processed by Antonette Chambers in 1984.