JOE PAGETTA

Essays, Arts, Culture & Faith
Image of a priest in white cassock with words Reeves in lower right corner and "cor. Union and College Sts." on the right side

Fr. James Aloysius “Luigi/Louis” Orengo, c. 1870 in Nashville.

I am currently working on a book about Fr. James Aloysius “Luigi/Louis” Orengo, O.P., an Italian Dominican missionary priest who served Middle and West Tennessee for 25 years from 1848-1873. It is scheduled to be published by Vanderbilt University Press in 2026.