Alaska's First Council, Namesake

Written By T Estrada

Archbishop Charles John Seghers, the "Apostle of Alaska" was killed while on a missionary journey in the northland. The state’s first council, Archbishop Seghers Council 1760 in Juneau, is named in his honor.

Source: The Catholic Advance August 13, 1954 (Wichita, Sedgwick, Kansas)

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