In a message dated 4/22/03 3:31:32 PM Central Daylight Time, bequ@cox.net writes: << Looking for the names of Catholic parishes in city of Peoria around 1860 >> From History of Peoria County, Illinois - 1902 there is a history of Roman Catholic Churches in Peoria. There was a church in Kickapoo Twp early as 1840. There were three Catholic Churches in the City of Peoria by 1868....The Cathedral and St. Joseph's and St. Patrick's. Lyde