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29 April, 1909; and consecrated on 12 Sept.. following 19 the first bishop.

C-4JVIPINAS, Diocese op (Campinensis), in Brazil, suffragan of Sao Paolo, erected on 7 June, 1908. It has 35 parishes formerly part of the Archdiocese of Sao Paolo. The town of Campinas contains 16,000 inhabitants. Mgr. Joao Baptista Correa Nery is the first bishop. He was born at Campinas, 6 Oct., 1863; ordained, 11 April, 1886; appointed to the See of Spirito Santo, 22 Aug., 1896; consecrated on 1 Nov. following; transferred, 18 May, 1901, to the See of Pouso Alegre, and to Campinas on 9 Aug., 1908.

Carabobo, Diocese of (de Carabobo), in Ven- ezuela, suffragan of Caracas, erected on 4 May, 1847. It was formerly called the Diocese of Barquisimeto (q. v.), but by a Decree of 12 Feb., 1907, the epis- copal residence wa.'^ changed to Valencia, the capital (if the State of Carabobo, and the name of the see was changed to Carabobo. The present bishop is Mgr. Aguedo Felipe Alvarado, b. at Bobara, 5 Feb., 1845; appointed 16 Aug., 1910. (See XV, 333.)

Cat.wiarca, Diocese of (Catamarcensis), in the Argentine Republic, erected on 21 Jan., 1910; it com- prises the Province of Catamarca (area, 47,530 sq. miles), with 107,000 inhabitants, and the Territory of the Andes (area, 35,100 sq. miles), with 2500 inhabitants (mostly Indians). See TucumXn, XV, 85.

CoRPDS Chhisti, Diocese of (Corporis Christi), in Texas, U. S. A., suffragan of New Orleans, erected on 23 March, 1912, before which it had formed the Vicariate Apo.stolic of Brownsville (q. v.). At the beginning of the year 1913 there were in the diocese 73 churches and chapels, 35 priests, 19 of whom are Oblates of Mary Immaculate, 9 parochial schools and 5 academies with 1150 pupils, and a Catholic popu- lation of 82,400 out of 116,850 inhabitants. Rt. Rev. Paul J. Nussbaum C. P. (b. Philadelphia, 1870) was consecrated first bishop on 20 May, 1913.

Corrientes, Diocese of (Corrientensis), in the Argentine Republic, suffragan of Buenos Aires, (reeled on 21 Jan., 1910; it comprises the Provinces (if Corrientes (area, 31,800 sq. miles), with 322,000 inhabitants, and Misiones (area, 8500 sq. miles), with 44,000 inhabitants, which were formerly part of the Diocese of Parand. (q. v.). At the time of the ■■reparation Corrientes was a vicariate forane, with 20 Iiarishes, while Misiones had 1 parish and 3 chaplain- cies. Mgr. Luiz A. Niella, b. at Corrientes, 24 April, 1^.54; ordained, 2 Feb., 1879; appointed, 3 Feb., 1911; consecrated, 4 June, 1911, is the first bishop.

CoRUMBA, Diocese of (Corumbensis), in Brazil, suffragan of Cuyabd, erected on 10 March, 1910. It was formerly part of tlie Diocese of Cuyabd. The town of Corumbd, situated on the Rio Paraguay, in the southwest of the State of Matto Grosso, is strongly fortified and contains about 15,000 inhabi- tants. The principal churches are those of Nossa .Senhora de la Candelaria and Nossa Senhora de los Remedios. The first bishop is Mgr. Cirillo de Paula Kreitas, who was born at Capellinha, Matto Grosso, 15 March, 1860; ordained, 30 May, 1885; appointed coadjutor Bishop of Cuyabd and titular Bishop of Eucarpia, 27 March, 1905; he was consecrated on 7 Jan., 1906, and transferred to Corumbd on 13 March, 1911.

Crookston, Diocese of (Crookstonensis), in Minnesota, U. S. A., suffragan of St. Paul, erected on 31 Dec, 1909. It was formerly part of the Archdio- cese (if .St. Paul and comprises the following counties: I'.i I 1<. r, Beltrami, Clay, Clearwater, Hubbard, Kitt- sdii, .Marsliall, Mahnomen, Norman, Pennington, I'olk, Red Lake, and Rosseau, having an area of lt),.598 sq. miles. In the diocese there are 34 priests, (if whom 19 are secular; 21,147 Catholics; .52 churches, 12 stations and 4 chapels; 7 parochial schools with 995 pupils; 2 orjihan asylums; 2 Indian industrial schools with 260 pupils, and 2 hospitals. The Sisters

of St. Benedict have charge of the industrial schools and the hospitals; the Sisters nf St. Joseph have 2 academies for girls with oln |iu|iiN; flu- Benedictine f^ithershaveO mi.ssionsanidiif; lliel 'lii|i|i(\va Indians. Right Rev. Timothy Corbctl, b. at JMondotta, Min- nesota, in ISt'il ; ordained, 12 June, 1886; appointed to the see, 9 .\pril, I'.UO; and consecrated at St. Paul on 19 May following, is the first bishop.

Cdyaba, Archdiocese of (Cuyabensis), in Matto Grosso, Brazil, was raised to the archiepiscopal rank, 10 March, 1910, when the Diocese of Sao Luiz de Cdceres and Corumbd were separated from it. The present occupant of the see, Mgr. Carlos Luiz d' Amour, was born at Sao Luiz de Maranhao, 3 July, 1836; consecrated, 28 April, 1878, and made arch- bishop on 5 April, 1910.

Des Moines, Diocese op (Des Moinensis), suf- fragan of Dubuque, erected on 12 August, 1911. It comprises the 23 counties previously forming the western half of the Diocese of Davenport. The dio- cese contains 60 secular priests, 3 Benedictine Fa- thers, 4 communities of Sisters of St. Benedict, 3 of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, 9 of the Sisters of Mercy, who have an hospital at Des Moines, and two at Council Bluffs, 3 of the School Sisters of St. Francis, 2 of the Sisters of the Holy Humility of Mary, 1 of Franciscan Tertiary Sisters, and 1 of Franciscan Sisters of Perpetual Adoration. There are also 79 churches, 3 stations, 6 chapels, 17 parish and mission schools with 2437 pupils, 2 girls' academies and about 25,000 Catholics. The first bishop is the Right Rev. Austin Dowling, ordained, 24 June, 1891; appointed to the see, 31 Jan., 1912; and consecrated on 25 April, 1912.

Edmonton, Archdiocese of (Edmontonen.sis), in Canada. — On 30 Nov., 1912, when the southern half of the Diocese of St. Albert was erected into a new diocese, Calgary, the remaining portion, was erected into an archdiocese and the episcopal resi- dence transferred from the towTi of St. Albert to Edmonton, which gives its name to the new metro- pohtan see. The suffragans of Edmonton are the Diocese of Calgary, and the Vicariates Apostolic of Athabaska and Mackenzie. Mgr. Emile Joseph Legal, O. M. I., born at St. Jean de Boiseau, France, on 9 Oct., 1849, is the first archbishop.

Floresta, Diocese op (Florestensis), in Brazil, suffragan of Olinda, erected on 5 Dec, 1910, com- prises 18 parishes lying beyond the Rio Maxat6 and previously part of the Diocese of Olinda. Mgr. Augusto Alvaro Alvares da Silva, b. at Recife, 8 April, 1876; ordained in 1900; and appointed to the see on 12 May, 1911, is the first bishop.

Gibraltar, Diocese of (Gibraltariensis), in Spain, was raised from being a Vicariate Apostolic to the rank of a diocese on 19 Nov., 1910. It is immedi- ately subject to the Holy See, and has been entrusted to the care of the Benedictines of the Monte Ca.ssino Congregation. Right Rev. Henrv Gregorv Thomp- son, O. S. B., born at Mold, Wales, 27 March, 1871; professed, 15 Aug., 1896; appointed to the see, 10 Nov., 1910, and consecrated at Ramsgate, England, on 21 Nov., 1910, is the fir.st bishop. Gibraltar con- tains about 1,000 CaUKilics; 46 priests, of whom 19 are .secular; and 7 churches and chapels.

Hajdu-Dorogh, Diocese of (H.udu-Doroghen- sis), Greek Rite, erected on 8 June, 1912, for the Cath- olics of pure Greek Rite scattered through Hungary. The diocese has been endowed by the Hungarian Government, and is under the jurisdiction of the Propaganda. It comprises 8 parishes in Eperies, 70 in Munkacs, 35 in Fogaras, 1 in Gran, 44 in Gross- wardein (Greek), and 4 in Szamos-Ujvdr. After three years the solc^ liturgical language is to be ancient Greek. Hajdu-Dorogh is suffragan to the Latin See of Gran. See "Acta Apost. Sedis", IV (1912), 429-35.