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Trenton, Diocese of (Thentonensis), created 15 July, ISSl, suffragan of New York, comprises Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumber- land, Gloucester, Hunterdon, Mercer, Middlesex, Monmouth, Ocean, Salem, Somerset, and Warren counties in the State of New Jersey, U. S. A., an area of about 5,756 square miles. From 1S08 to 1853 the territory now occupied by the Diocese of Trenton covered the lower sections of what was then known as East and West Jersey, the former belonging to the jurisdiction of New York and the latter to Phila- delphia. In 1853 the Diocese of Newark was formed, and the entire State of New Jersey was placed under Bi.shop James Roosevelt Bayley, afterwards Arch- bishop of Baltimore. The Diocese of Trenton lies between New York and Philadelphia and has within its confines all the sea coast from Sandy Hook to Cape May Point, whereon thirty churches have been built to accommodate the summer visitora to the Jersey coast. The first Mass said within its territory was celebrated at Woodbridge, about 1672, and the city of Trenton, in 1814, witnessed the formation of the first congregation and the erection of the first church.

The first bishop wa-s the Right Rev. Michael Joseph O'Farrell (b. at Limerick, Ireland, 2 Decem- ber, 1832; d. 2 April, 1894). Bishop O'Farrell com- pleted his classics and philosophy at All Hallows College, Dublin, and went to St-Sulpice, Paris, where he made his theology course. He became a Sulpician and was ordained in his native citv by the Most Rev. Dr. Ryan, 18 Aug., 18.55. His su- periors sent him to ^Iont^eal, Canada, where he taught dogmatic theolog\' at the Grand Seminary. He left the Congregation of St-Sulpice and was made rector of St. Peter's Church, New York City. He took up the work of organizing the new Diocese of "Trenton with fifty-one priests, sixty-nine churches, and a Catholic population of about forty thousand. Soon new parishes and mi.ssions were formed, an orphan jusyliim w;is opened at New Brunswick, and a home for the aged at Beverly. At the Third Coun- cil of Baltimore Bishop O'Farrell was considered one of the most eloquent speakers in the American hier- archy. He wrote jiastoral letters on Christian mar- riage and Christian education. His remains were at first interred in the cathedral cemetery, Trenton, but in 1905 were transferred to a vault in the chapel of St. Michael's Orphan Asylum, Hopewell, New Jersey.

Bishop O'Farrell was succeeded by his chancellor and vicar-general, the Right Rev. James Augustine McFaul (b. near Lame, Co. Antrim, Ireland, 6 June, 1850), the second and present Bishop of Trenton. The latter went with his parents to America when a few months old. The family dwelt for several years in New York City and then moved to Bound Brook, New Jersey. Bishop McFaul made his col- legiate course at .St. Vincent's, Beatty, Pennsylvania, and at St. Francis Xavier's, New York City, his theological studies being matle at Seton Hall, South Orange, New Jersey. He w.a.s ordained on 26 May, 1877, and, when the See of Trenton was erected, was appointed an assistant priest at St. Mary's church, Trenton, which Bishop O'Farrell selected as his cathe- dral. Hence he early became a friend of his pre.de- ce.ssor, by whom he w;us held in great confidence and by whom he was appointed pastor of the Church of St. Mary, .'^tar of the Sea, Long Branch. In October, 1890, he returned to the cathedral to be its rector and to assist the bishop. He was made secretary and chancellor, and on 1 November, 1892, w.as ap- pointed vicar-general. On the death of Bishop O'Farrell he acted as administrator of the diocese and on 20 July, of the same year, was raised to the episcopate, being consecrated in .St. Mary's Cathe- dral (18 Oct., 1894) by Archbishop Corrigan, from whom, when Bishop of Newark, he received all his

other orders. Being familiar with the diocese he soon placed it on a splendid financial basis, and erected many churches, schools, and institutions, among which are: the orphan asylum, at Hopewell; the home for the aged, at Lawrenceville; and Mount St. Mary's College for young ladies, at Plainfield. Bishop McFaul is organizer of the American Fed- eration of Catholic Societies, which h;is a membership of about two million.

Among the most widely known of Bishop McFaul's works arc his pastoral letters, "The Christian Home", "The Christian School", and "Some Modern Prob- lems", ;is well as a timely and valuable brochure on tuberculo.sis. His address on "The American Uni- versities", delivered in New York City, June, 1909, revealed to the American people the fact that the professors of several of these institutions were advanc- ing ideas in conflict with morality and the established standards of right and wrong. In May, 1911, he delivered an address on the Press before several thousand new.spaper men, in .St. Patrick's Cathedral, New York City.

In the Diocese of Trenton there are many nation- alities, and the Gospel is preached in the following langiiages: English, German, Italian, Polish, Hun- garian, Slovak, Lithuanian, and Rumanian.

The religious communities in the diocese are: men — Franciscans (Minor Conventuals), Augustin- ians. Fathers of the Pious Society of Missions, Dominicans, Brothers of the Sacred Heart, and Brothers of the Christian Schools (summer only); women — .Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of Charity, .Sisters of the Third Order of St. Francis, Sisters of St. Francis, Mi.-ision Helpers of the Sacred Heart, Dominican Sisters of the Perpetual Rosary, Sisters of St. Dominic, Gray Nuns, Poor Clares, Felician Sisters, .School Sisters of Notre-Dame, F'ranciscan .Sisters of Christian Charity, Pious Teachers (Pit Filippini), .Sisters of the Precious Blood.

General statistics (1911): bishop, 1; secular priests, 167; regular, 23; churches with resident priests, 124; missions with churches, 30; stations, 84; chapels, 13; religious women (including novices and postulants), 372; college (Franciscan) 1, students, 90; academies for young ladies, 5, pupils, 350; college for young ladies, 1, students, 87; parishes with parochial schools, 44, pupils, 12,263; Sunday-schools, 153; teachers, 900, pupils, 20,364; orphan asylums, 2, orphans, 313; total number of young people under Catholic care, 13,103; hospitals, 3, patients treated during 1910, about 7,000; day-nurseries 2, children, 125; homes for aged, 2, inmates, 100; CathoUc population, about 1.30,000.

Flynn. The Ciilholic Church in New Jersey (Morristown, 1304); Le.vhy, The Diocese o/ Trenton (Princeton, 1907) ; McFaul, Mem- orial olthe Rt. Rev. Michael J. O'Farrell; Fox, A Century of Catho- licity in Trenton, N. J.; The Catholic Directory (1852. 1883, 1911).

James J. Powers.

Tresham, Sir Thomas, Knight Bachelor (in or before 1.T24), Grand Prior of England in the Order of Knights Hospitallers of St. John of Jeru.salem (1557) ; date of birth unknown; d. 8 March, 15.58-9. The eldest .son of John Tresham of Rushton, Northamp- tonshire, and Elizabeth, daughter of Sir James Har- rington, of Hornby, Lancashire, he mairied (1) Anne, daughtei of William, Ijord Parr, of Horton, by whom he had two sons, and (2) Lettice, relict of .Sir Robert Lee, who predeceased him without issue. He was cho- sen sheriff of Northamptonshire in 1.524, 1539, 1545, and 1555, and returned as member for the county in 1541 and twice in 1554. He constantly served on comniissiims of the peace, of gaol delivery, of oyer and terminer, of sewers, and the like, and was a[)- pointed special commissioner in 1527 to search for grain, in 1530 to inquire into Wol.sey's possessions, and in 1537 to inquire into the Lincolnshire rebellion. In 1.539 he was one of the knights appointed to re- ceive Anne of Cleves at Calais. In 1540 he had