Description: Information on the background to the founding of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, written by J.C. Worsley O.S.B. and A.P. Wilson, O.S.B., 2nd October 1861, p.1.
Rescript, issued by the Vatican, for the foundation of the church with a facsimile of the signature of Pope Pius IX, 6th September 1861, p4. See Image Ref. 41154.