Célestin René Laurent Guynemer de la Hailandière was a French prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. He served as Bishop of Vincennes from 1839 to 1847. He is perhaps best known for donating the land f
Bishop de la Hailandiere
Edward Sorin
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Edward Frederick Sorin, C.S.C. was a French-born American Catholic priest of the Congregation of Holy Cross and the founder of the University of Notre Dame in Notre Dame, Indiana and of St. Edward's U
Célestin Guynemer de la Hailandière
…serving as co-consecrators. In 1840 Hailandière attended the Fourth Provincial Council in Baltimore. In 1842, Bishop Hailandière offered land to Father Edouard Sorin of the Congregation of Holy Cross, on condition that he build a college in two years. Fr. Sorin arrived on the site with eight Holy Cross brothers from…
Sorin in 1890
Statue of Sorin on the Campus of the University of Notre Dame
Sorin Hall
Sorin in a souvenir photo from the Golden Jubilee of Notre Dame.