2o6 ANDREW J. SHIPMAN MEMORIAL 



Szatmar, Szilagy, Fogaras, Bihar, and Temes. The Greek 

 Catholics among them number about 45,000, and they are 

 scattered through the United States from the Atlantic to the 

 Pacific. The chief places where the Rumanian Greek Catho- 

 lics are settled are Cleveland, Youngstown, Columbus, New- 

 ark, and Cincinnati, Ohio ; Sharon, Erie, Pittsburgh, Windber, 

 and Scalp Level, Pennsylvania ; Aurora, Indianapolis, Indi- 

 ana Harbor, and Terre Haute, Indiana ; Trenton, New Jer- 

 sey ; St. Louis, Missouri ; and New York City. They are all 

 quite poor and are generally found, like all recent immigrants, 

 in the humblest and poorest walks of life. They lack suffi- 

 cient missionary priests of their own rite, and at present many 

 additional priests would be welcome. The Rev. Dr. Epami- 

 nondas Lucaciu was the first Greek Catholic Rumanian priest 

 to come to this country. He was sent here in 1904 by the 

 Greek Catholic Bishop of Lugos, at the request of the late 

 Bishop Horstmann of Cleveland, who was asked for a priest 

 of their own rite by the Rumanians settled in Cleveland. 

 When he came, he set about forming a congregation and 

 building a church for his people of the Greek Rite. His en- 

 ergy and ability among his countrymen led to the erection 

 and dedication, on 21 October, 1906, of the church of St. 

 Helena in Cleveland — the first Rumanian Greek Catholic 

 church in America. His zeal also led to the formation of 

 congregations in other localities, which he visited regularly. 

 In 1908 the second Rumanian church was built and dedicated 

 at Scalp Level, Pennsylvania, which serves as the central 

 point for missionary work among the Rumanians of Penn- 

 sylvania. In 1909 the third Rumanian church was completed 

 and dedicated at Aurora, Illinois, and it serves in its turn 

 as the centre of Greek Catholic work among the Rumanians 

 of the Western States. A fourth has just been constructed 

 at Youngstown, Ohio. There are now ( 1909) four Rumanian 

 Greek Catholic priests in the United States, and more are 

 shortly expected to arrive. Greek Catholic congregations have 

 been formed in many localities, and they are regularly visited 

 by the Greek Catholic priests who are here, and regular 

 parishes will be formed and churches erected as soon as pos- 

 sible. A Rumanian Greek chapel is now in course of forma- 

 tion in New York City and awaits a priest from Transyl- 

 vania. While they have a small Catholic church paper, "Cato- 



