AHC: Maryland actually majority Catholic in colonial times.

raharris1973

Gone Fishin'
A much more aggressive campaign by the Calvert family seeking out smaller Catholic gentry proprietors and Catholic indentured workers by thoroughly combing northern England, the Scottish Highlands, and Ireland for candidates to come to the colony.
 
Clandango

Clandango

ordinarylittleme said:
If it was actually majorly Catholic it will pose a big threat to Elizabeth when she succeeds the throne
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I suppose we should think about if it is majority Catholic or not, as well as what it’s colonial borders would be. They did have claims further north as well as for Delaware, both which would have big effects on Pennsylvania. It might not even exist, at least not in the same place. Would all the big government officials there be Catholic? Would they get Bishops appointed by Rome or would England have a say in it? It would be interesting to see how the colony reacts to the various Protestant denominations, especially the Dissenters. Presumably there will not be a bunch of monasteries or churchlands here so the Catholic hierarchy have less political sway, though tithes will be an issue if people try to make them mandatory. Especially if they already have mandatory tithes, going to the Church of England. Maybe they give this area the title of Church of Maryland or something, like how England, Ireland, and Scotland officially all had different churches?
 

Aphrodite

Banned
Wendell said:
Prevent/delay the loss of control of the colony by the Calverts/Lords Baltimore?
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The Calvert family ruled Maryland until the American Revolution. The last Lord Baltimore died in1771 and his illegitimate son Hartford then inherited the colony
 

funnyhat

ordinarylittleme said:
If it was actually majorly Catholic it will pose a big threat to Elizabeth when she succeeds the throne
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It was founded after her death. England had no successful colonies during her reign (the Roanoke colony failed).

If she did have a Catholic colony in the Americas, she may have been more tolerant of it than she was with Ireland. Ireland being Catholic was a problem because it could be a base for a Spanish invasion of England. An American colony would not pose the same existential threat. It also would be harder to project her power across the ocean.
 
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Lothal

Lothal

Southern Maryland, the first area settled was and more importantly still is majority Catholic enough that the Washington metro area has its own archbishop. The settlement of Delmarva which is overwhelmingly Methodist made the state majority protestant.
 
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