American Catholic Historical Association
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The American Catholic Historical Association was founded by Peter Guilday
in Cleveland, Ohio
, in December, 1919 as a national society that would bring together scholars interested in the history of the Catholic Church or in Catholic aspects of secular history. It aims to promote a deeper and more widespread knowledge of the history of the Catholic Church and the advancemeent of historical scholarship. The Association has always enjoyed the support of Catholic universities, colleges, and seminaries and has endeavored, in turn, to make itself especially helpful to their teachers and students.
It welcomes non-Catholics among its members and has elected many of them to its committees, its Executive Council, and even its presidency. There are approximately 1,100 members.
The Association adopted as its official organ the Catholic Historical Review
, which had been appearing quarterly since April, 1915.
The Association holds a general meeting each year on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday following New Year's Day. It meets in a different city each year but always jointly with the American Historical Association, with which it is affiliated, and with other historical societies.
The Association is the recognized Catholic voice in the historical profession in the United States. It is one of the three societies that make up the American National Commission of the International Commission for Comparative Church History.
Its office is on the campus of The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C.
Peter Guilday
Monsignor Peter Keenan Guilday US Catholic priest and historian, born in Chester, Pennsylvania of Irish parents. He studied for the priesthood at St. Charles Borromeo Seminry, Overbrook PA...
in Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland, Ohio
Cleveland is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and is the county seat of Cuyahoga County, the most populous county in the state. The city is located in northeastern Ohio on the southern shore of Lake Erie, approximately west of the Pennsylvania border...
, in December, 1919 as a national society that would bring together scholars interested in the history of the Catholic Church or in Catholic aspects of secular history. It aims to promote a deeper and more widespread knowledge of the history of the Catholic Church and the advancemeent of historical scholarship. The Association has always enjoyed the support of Catholic universities, colleges, and seminaries and has endeavored, in turn, to make itself especially helpful to their teachers and students.
It welcomes non-Catholics among its members and has elected many of them to its committees, its Executive Council, and even its presidency. There are approximately 1,100 members.
The Association adopted as its official organ the Catholic Historical Review
Catholic Historical Review
The Catholic Historical Review is the official organ of the American Catholic Historical Association. It was founded at The Catholic University of America in 1915 and is published by The Catholic University of America Press. The journal publishes articles and book reviews received in all areas of...
, which had been appearing quarterly since April, 1915.
The Association holds a general meeting each year on the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday following New Year's Day. It meets in a different city each year but always jointly with the American Historical Association, with which it is affiliated, and with other historical societies.
The Association is the recognized Catholic voice in the historical profession in the United States. It is one of the three societies that make up the American National Commission of the International Commission for Comparative Church History.
Its office is on the campus of The Catholic University of America Washington, D.C.