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William Matthews was ordained as the first Catholic priest born in British America.
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American Catholic priest
William Matthews, occasionally spelled Mathews, was an American who became the fifth Roman Catholic priest ordained in the United States and the first such person born in British America. Born in the colonial Province of Maryland, he was briefly a novice in the Society of Jesus.…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
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British territories in North America (1585–1783)
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