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American Board of Catholic Missions
The
American Board
of
Catholic Missions
was a
Catholic missionary
society
organised by the
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops
.
Organized at
Cincinnati, Ohio
,
1920
, by a committee appointed by the bishops of the
Catholic Church
to
consolidate
various missionary
activities
of the
United States
under the
Catholic hierarchy
in
the United
States
and
coordinate
them with
Catholic missions
of other
countries
under
general jurisdiction
of an international board selected by the
Vatican
.
The
Catholic Home Missions
was an
initiative
of the board.