: a member of the Roman Catholic Congregation of the Missionary Priests of St. Paul the Apostle founded by I. T. Hecker in the U.S. in 1858
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Donations have almost completely dried up, and the Paulist Fathers, a Roman Catholic order of priests who have run the cathedral for well over a century, owe $250,000 in insurance payments to the Archdiocese of San Francisco.
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Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2021
Matthias Gafni, San Francisco Chronicle, 12 Feb. 2021
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“Paulist.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Paulist. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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