The ''Western New York Catholic'', (formerly ''Magnificat'', ''Catholic Union and Echo'',
''Catholic Union and Times'' and The Catholic Union) is a monthly (formerly weekly) newspaper published by the
Roman Catholic
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*Roman people, the people of ancient Rome
*'' Epistle to the Romans'', shortened to ''Romans'', a lette ...
Diocese of Buffalo, New York
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from 1872.
History
Rev. Dr. Louis A. Lambert and Bishop
Stephen V. Ryan
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founded ''The Catholic Union'' in 1872 in
Waterloo
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* Battle of Waterloo, a battle on 18 June 1815 in which Napoleon met his final defeat
* Waterloo, Belgium, where the battle took place.
Waterloo may also refer to:
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Antarctica
*King George Island (S ...
, New York.
It became ''The Catholic Union and Times'' after a merger
in 1881. Editors included
Katherine Eleanor Conway
Katherine Eleanor Conway (pen name, Mercedes; September 6, 1853 - January 2, 1927) was an American journalist, editor, and poet. A devout Catholic, she supported women's education but opposed suffrage. Hailing from the U.S. state of New York (sta ...
and Irish-American community leader and priest Patrick Cronin (1836-1905).
In August 1939, another merger with ''The Catholic Echo'' created the ''Catholic Union and Echo''.
Horace Frommelt was an editor, and Father William P. Solleder a
managing director
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, in the early 1940s, and the paper took an
anti-war stance. Bishop
James McNulty sought a name change in 1963, and a public naming contest resulted in the title ''Magnificat'' being adopted. In March 1966, the body of then editor, Reverend Monsignor Francis J. O'Connor, was found floating in
Scajaquada Creek
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The creek lends its name to the Scaj ...
with facial bruises.
The publication became known as the Western New York Catholic'' in 1981.
References
External links
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First Issue Newspapers.com, subscription needed
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1872 establishments in New York (state)
Catholic newspapers published in the United States
Newspapers published in Buffalo, New York
Monthly newspapers