DescriptionThe first Catholic parish in Billings was named St. Joachim. It was established in 1887. Father Francis Van Clarenbeck (of Holland) was the pastor of St. Joachim in the late 1890s and early 1900s. During Father Van Clarenbeck's ministry in Montana, starting in 1893, he built a large steeple on St. Joachim's.TypeImageCreatorUnknownGenrephotographsDate1891SubjectChurches--1880-1900.Contributing InstitutionBillings Public LibraryGeographic CoverageBillings, MontanaDigital CollectionBillings - Images of PlacesDigital Formatimage/jpgDigitization SpecificationEpson 1640 XL scanner. 8 x 10 image at 300 dpi, 8 bit greyscale. Master Image size - 18,000 kb.Date Digitized2015copyrightNoC-US