Peter Whelan

Father Peter Whelan (1802 – February 6, 1871) was an Irish -born Catholic priest who was a chaplain for both Confederate troops and Union prisoners of war during the American Civil War . Whelan previously served as a missionary in North Carolina and pastor of Georgia's first Catholic parish, and twice served as administrator of the entire Diocese of Savannah .

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