Ep. 1.54: Kenrick as Co-adjutor Bishop

As Bishop Peter Richard Kenrick arrives in St. Louis in 1841, he faces a quiet welcome and a mountain of challenges—including cathedral debt, shifting demographics, and language tensions. Known for his fierce intellect and bold leadership, Kenrick begins expanding parishes and schools, laying the groundwork for a new era in the “Rome of the West.”

*Saint Louis: The Story of Catholic Evangelization of America's Heartland originally aired on Covenant Network Catholic Radio. These podcast episodes are being released in anticipation of the Bicentennial Celebrations of the founding of the Archdiocese of St. Louis as the Diocese of St. Louis on July 18, 1826.