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The five editors were Charles G. Herbermann, Reverend Edward A. Pace, Conde B. Pallen, Reverend Thomas J. Shahan, and Reverend John J. Wynne, S.J. They began assembling the encyclopedia in 1905 and also served as directors of its publisher, the Robert Appleton Company.
The first volume of the Catholic Encyclopedia appeared in March 1907. The last three of its fifteen volumes were published in 1912, with the final volume following in 1913.
Kevin Knight, a 26-year-old resident of Denver, Colorado, decided in 1993 to republish the Catholic Encyclopedia on the internet. He founded the website New Advent, which went online in 1995, with transcription work finishing in 1997.
Nativist protesters claimed that keeping the Catholic Encyclopedia on public library shelves violated the constitutional separation of church and state. The dispute led to a court appeal in Belleville, New Jersey, which succeeded.
The New Catholic Encyclopedia is the successor to the Catholic Encyclopedia. The Catholic University of America published it in 1967 after revising the material during the 1960s, and released a revised second edition in 2002.
The Robert Appleton Company, incorporated in New York City in February 1905, published the Catholic Encyclopedia. In 1912 the company renamed itself The Encyclopedia Press.