Includes index. Reprint. Originally published: Louisville, Ky. : C.A. Rogers, 1884.

Kentucky: geographical position, soil characteristics, mineral wealth -- Catholic emigration to Kentucky, the Pottinger's Creek settlement -- The Hardin's Creek settlement -- Settlements in and near Bardstown -- The Cartwright's Creek settlement -- The Scott County Catholic settlement -- The settlement on the Rolling Fork -- The Cox's Creek settlement -- Breckinridge County settlement -- The first Catholic missionaries -- Father Badin again alone -- Rev. Charles Nerinckx -- The Trappists in Kentucky -- The Dominicans in Kentucky -- The Diocese of Bardstown -- Rev. John B. David ; The Seminary of St. Thomas -- Convents and schools for girls ; The Sisterhood of Loretto -- The Sisters of Charity of Nazareth -- The Dominican Convent of St. Catharine of Sienna -- The Cathedral of St. Joseph, Bardstown -- St. Joseph's College -- St. Mary's College -- The Mission of Louisville -- Rev. and Rt. Rev. Ignatius A. Reynolds -- Rev. and Rt. Rev. John McGill -- The Mission of Lexington -- Rt. Rev. Benedict Josephy Flaget -- Rev. and Rt. Rev. John B. David -- Rev. and Rt. Rev. Guy Ignatius Chabrat -- Revs. W.E. Clark and John B. Hutchins -- The Mission of Union County -- The Bishopric of Bardstown, 1819-1840 -- The Jesuits in Kentucky ; St. Mary's College -- The Diocese of Louisville ; The last days of Bishop Flaget -- The Convent of the Good Shepherd -- The missions of Hardin and Meade counties -- The Mission of Grayson County -- The Mission of Daviess County -- The Jesuits at St. Joseph's College, 1848-1868 -- Rev. S.T. Badin, his later years -- Rt. Rev. Martin John Spalding -- Very Rev. B.J. Spalding, administrator -- Rt. Rev. P.J. Lavialle -- Catholicity in southern Kentucky -- Rev. Robert A. Abell, 1834-1873 -- St. Thomas' Seminary ; Very Rev. F. Chambige -- The churches of Louisville -- The Diocese of Covington -- The charitable institutions of the State -- Preston Park Seminary ; Houses of study ; Other schools -- Appendix : Writings of early missionaries ; Churches not heretofore noticed ; Centennial religious and educational statistics of Kentucky, 1785-1885.