The Diary of Bishop Frederic Baraga

<p>The diary of Bishop Frederic Baraga: first bishop of Marquette Michigan translated by Joseph Gregorich and Rev. Paul Prud'homme; edited and annotated by Regis M. Walling and N. Daniel Rupp. Translated from the original diary which was chiefly written in German with passages in English French Slovene Chippewa Latin and Italian. </p><p>On July 27 1852 when Father Frederic Baraga heard the first indication of his nomination to the Bishop of Upper Michigan he began to keep a journal or diary. It was intended exclusively as a private document for his own reference. The three volumes cover the time between July 27 1852 and July 16 1863. In Bishop Baraga's Eulogy his friend and administrator Rev. Edward Jacker stated an additional journal existed with evidence that Bishop Baraga wrote in the journal which he kept for many years just before he left for the Second Plenary Council in Baltimore in October 1866. That volume was lost as are any additional volumes.</p>