San Antonio, TX, United States
Central Catholic High School. This school originated at a time when San Antonio lacked a boys' school of any kind. Bishop Jean-Marie Odin obtained teachers in France from the Society of Mary: Nicholas Koenig, Jean-Baptiste Laignauz, and Xavier Mauclerc. Andrew Edel, another Marianist from Ohio, was
principal; San Antonio Layman Timothy O'Neal also joined the Staff. The school opened Aug. 26, 1852, in two rooms over a livery stable near San Fernando Cathedral. During the winter the brothers erect
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