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[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_M._Finotti Joseph M. Finotti (1817-1879) -- Jesuit priest

Born in Ferrara (Italy), Finotti joined the Jesuits in 1833. In 1845 He was one of the recruits whom Fr. Ryder brought from Europe to work in the Maryland Province. In 1852 he left the Society of Jesus and went to Boston. For many years he held the position of literary editor of The Pilot, while acting as pastor of Brookline and later of Arlington, MA and in Colorado. He published numerous popular books, including his Bibliographica Catholica Americana. The work was intended to be a catalogue of all the Catholic books published in the United States, with notices of their authors, and epitomes of their contents. The first part, which brings the list down to 1820 inclusive, was published in 1872; the second volume, which was to include the works of Catholic writers from 1821 to 1875, was never finished, though much of the material for it had been gathered. Died at Central City, CO.