Old St. Mary's of Lancaster, Pa. : The Jesuit Period,1741-1785 Edgar A. Musser THE BISHOPS WHO GOVERNED THE CHURCH IN COLONIAL AMERICA The Catholic Church throughout the world is—under the Sovereign Pontiff—governed by bishops and archbishops, so that in almost every part of the earth it is under

. Fishel, Jr., "Repercussions of Reconstruction: The Northern Negro, 1870-1883", Civil War History, XIV (Dec., 1968), 334-335. 2I have used a number of terms to identify the geographical subdivisions of Lancaster County in the 1850's that a reader might find confusing. Under the Pennsylvania Constitution

in Pennsylvania, known as Lancaster County, has developed into the "Garden Spot of Amer- ica."' Lancastrians, whether native or adopted, pride themselves on a past steeped on heroic actions and of their forefathers' participa- tion and contributions in the shaping and guiding of not only their county

. These two men, although never actually elected to the office of bishop, carried the title through the rest of their lives and are so called in Methodist history. Therefore on Asbury's second visit to Lancaster County he was factually a bishop of the church. On this visit he made some calls on ministers