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country as far as Bonheur (a stretch of SOO miles). At its erection the Diocese of Sault Sainte Marie had a fixeti population of 2G,0G4 Cathohcs. 20,090 of whom were French Canadians, the rest being of different nationalities. There were besides 5000 Catholic In- dians. To-day (1911) the Cathohcs number 37,S75, including 24,470 French Canadians. The diocese has 50 churches, 3 hosjjitals, 30 parishes, and 50 mis- sions. The school system is the same as that of the Province of Ontario (see Ontario). The Daughters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (from Buffalo) direct the Indian industrial school and the boarding- school at Wikwemikong. The Sisters of Saint Joseph, besides many other schools, have at Fort William a boarding-school for the Indians and the whites, and a hospital and boarding school at Port Arthur. The Grey Nuns (from Ottaw^a) have charge of the tw^o hospitals of Sudbury and of Sault Sainte Marie, and also a few schools. The Daughters of Wisdom direct the schools of Blind River and Sturgeon Falls. Right Rev. David Joseph Scollard, the first bishop, was born at Ennismore, Ontario, 4 Nov., 1862, and was ordained priest on 21 December, 1890. He was curate at the cathedral of Peterborough until his ap- pointment to the rectory of North Bay (1896), and wa.s con.secrated bishop at Peterborough on 24 Feb., 1905. He resides temporarily at North Bay.

Jesuit Relations, 1640-1071 ; Jones, Huronia (published by the Bureau of Archives, Toronto, 1907); Rezek, Hist, of the Dioc. of Sault Ste. Marie and Marquette (Houghton, Michigan, 1906); Congres d'Education des Canadiens-Fran^ais d'Ontario (Ottawa, 1910); Missiones catholica (Rome, 1907).

Arthur Melancon.

Sault Saint Louis. See Caughnawaga.

Savannah, Diocese of (Savanensis), comprises the State of Georgia and was created as such by Pius IX, 1850. The first bishop, Rev. F. X. Gartland, V. G. of Philadelphia, was consecrated 10 September, 1850; died 20 September, 1854; succeeded bj' Rev. John Barry of Augusta, who was consecrated 2 Au- gust, 1857, and died 21 November, 1859. Rev. Au- gustus Verot, Vicar-Apostolic of Florida, was ap- pointed to succeed Bishop Barry but resigned in 1870 and returned to Florida where he died 10 June, 1876. Rt. Rev. Ignatius Persico, then in the Diocese of Charleston, was transferred to Savannah, 11 March, 1870, resigning two years after through ill health. On 27 April, 1873, Rev. William H. Gross, C.SS.R., was con.secrated but transferred to the Archiepiscopal See of Oregon City in 1885, and was succeeded by the Rt. Rev. Thomas A. Becker, who was transferred from the See of Wilmington, 16 May, 1886. He died 27 July, 1899, and was succeeded by the present in- cumbent Very Rev. B. J. Keiley. Bishop Keiley was bom in 1847; went to school at Petersburg, Va.; entered the Confederate .service in 1864; went to St. Charles College, EUicott City, Md., for a brief period in 1868; went to Rome in 1869; was ordained priest 31 December, 1873; appointed pastor of New Castle, Delaware, 24 September, 1873; transferred to rector- ship of pro-cathedral, Wihnington, Delaware, August, 1880. On the transfer of Bishop Becker to Savannah in May, 1886, he obtained permission from Rome to go to that diocese, where he was made pastor of Im- maculate Cfjnception Church and vicar-general 3 December, 1886. Called to Savannah, 12 July, 1896, he was mafle rector of the cathedral, appointed Bishop of Savannah, 19 April, 1900, and consecrated by Cardinal Gibbons, 3 June, 1900, in St. Peter's Cathe- dral, Piif;hmond. The Bisliop of Savannah is a cor- poration i¥)\(i and title U) church property rests in him. A majority of the secular priests are of Irish descent, with a few German and French. There is no diocesan seminary; students are sent to St. Ber- nard's, Rochester, Dunwoodie, N. Y., and Belmont, N. C. The present cathedral, that of St. John the Baptist, waa finished during the administration of the

present bishop upon the ruins of the one completed by Bishoj) Gross, destroyed by fire 6 February, 1898. The cornerstone of the first church of St. John the Baptist was laid 30 May, 1800. There are acad- emies in Savannah, Macon, Augusta, Columbus, and Washington under the care of the Sisters of St. Joseph and Sisters of Mercy; clay colleges for boys: in Augusta, under the Jesuit Fathers; in Savannah, under the Benedictine Fathers, and in Atlanta under the Marist Fathers. There is an orphanage for girls, in Savannah, in charge of the Sisters of Mercy, and for boys, in Washington, in charge of the Sisters of St. Joseph. Hospitals, at Savannah and Atlanta, are under the Sisters of Mercy. Under certain re- strictions. Mass is said in the Federal prison at Atlanta where a Catholic priest exercises the duties of chaplain under a salary from the Government. Under the administration of Bishop Keiley the entire charge of the coloured people has been given to the Fathers of the African IVIission, who have established churches in Savannah, Atlanta, and one at Macon, adjoining the novitiate of the Jesuits. Diocesan collections are taken annually. The Eucharistic League is widely established, St. Vincent de Paul Conferences and Holy Name Societies are local throughout the diocese, as well as Sodalities of the Sacred Heart and of the Blessed Virgin Mary. In addition to the orders mentioned there are Sisters of St. Francis for the col- oured people at Savannah and Augusta, and Little Sisters of the Poor at Savannah. The annual re- treats are attended by everj^ priest in the diocese. The statistics in May, 1911, were: priests, regular and secular, 74; churches with resident priests, 19; mis- sions with churches, 14; stations regularlj'^ attended, 81; chapels, 14; colleges, 3; academies, 10; parish schools, 16; white orphanages, 2; coloured, 2; home for aged poor, 1; hospitals, 2; population, 15,583.

Shea, History of the Catholic Church in the U. S., IV (New York, 1892), passim.

Jarvis Keiley.

Savaric, Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury, and cousin of the Emperor Henry VI, date of birth un- known; d. at Rome, 1205. He was archdeacon of Canterbury, 1175, and archdeacon of Northampton, 1180. In 1191, while on the continent wath the crusaders, he was elected Bishop of Bath, and the following year was ordained priest at Rome. Pope Celestine III consented to the annexation of Glaston- bury Abbey to the See of Bath, and Savaric's plan was to be joint Bishop of Bath and Glastonbury. The monks of Glastonbury objected to the incor- poration and appealed to Rome, but their appeal was disallowed in 1196. In spite of the fact that Savaric had been one of the hostages at Mainz for the ransom of Richard I, the king, on his release, supported the monks, and it was not till 1199 that the bishop, after a forcible entry, was enthroned in the abbey. A second apijcal of the monks to the new pope. Innocent HI, was dismissed and in 1202 Savaric was again declared abbot. From that time all ojjjk)- sition vanished and Savaric became a considerable benefactor to Glastonbur3\ At Wells he instituted a daily Mass in honour of Our Lady, and left instruc- tions for the feeding of 100 poor persons both at Wells and at Bath. Savaric also gave a charter to Wells, and persuaded King John to grant a charter from the crown to that city. Not the least of his services to Bath was his intervention to save the treasury of the abbey from being emptied for the ransom of Richard I. Savaric died whilst busying himself on behalf of Peter des Roches, epincopus designatus of Winchester.

EpistoliE Canluarirnsis; Benedict of Peterboho, Chronicle of Henry II and liirhard /; Roger de Hoveden; R. de Diceto; Gervase of Canterbury; ed. Stubds. R. de ('nfiueshatl, ed. Stevenson, All in Rolls Series. Church, Chapters in Wells History: Wells Cathedral MSS. (Hiatorio M8S. CommiB.sion).

Joseph CiiATTON.