''Le Propagateur Catholique'' ("The Catholic Propagator") was a 19th-century American,

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newspaper. It was founded in 1842 at the newspaper of the

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by Archbishop Napoléon-Joseph Perché.About this Newspaper: Le Propagateur catholique.

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. The first editor was

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. ''Le Propagateur'' was published until 1888.

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