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Beutgen, Peter John

missionary, author, was born Oct. 7, 1861, in Tecumseh, Canada. He graduated from the normal school in Canada; studied law and was admitted to the bar in the United States in 1886. He afterward studied theology at the Louvin university, Belgium; and was ordained priest. He became a missionary in Oregon and Texas; built the most westerly church in the United States at Cape Blanco, and two other churches in Oregon. He built the Ursulian convent in Laredo, and St. Peter's church in the same place. He was the first professor of Mt. Angel college, Oregon; and the founder of the school for boys in Laredo, Texas. He is a great linguist; and speaks seven languages. He is the author of Our Lady of Guadalupe; and has contributed extensively to current periodicals.