The Carey Bible was the first Catholic Bible printed in the United States. Mathew Carey (1760–1839) was born in Dublin and worked as a printer before immigrating to Philadelphia in 1784. Catholics made up only 1% of the population in the United States at this time and sometimes faced severe prejudice. Carey first published his Bible in 1790, using the Douay-Rheims translation of the Vulgate. He intended it to not only support the Catholic community, but also to combat Protestant claims that Catholics were indifferent to Bible study and the devotional life. Carey published a second edition in 1805. This is the New Testament portion, which he published separately before the second edition was complete.