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LiPA, Diocese of (Lipexsis), suffragan of Manila, erected on 10 April, 1910, comprises the Provinces of Batangas, Lagima, Mindoro, Tayabas, with the dis- tricts of Infanta and Principe having an area of 12,- 208 sq. miles. Tayabas was formerly part of the Diocese of Nueva CAceres. The diocese contains 75 priests, of whom several in Mindoro are Augustin- ians, and a few in Laguna, Minims; 72 churches and a number of mission chapels, and about 650,000 Catholics. The first bishop is Mgr. Giuseppe Petrelli, born in the Diocese of Fermo, Italy, 1871; appointed 12 Apr., 1910 ; consecrated 12 June, 1910.

Lourdes (Lapurdensis). — As the sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes is situated in the Diocese of Tarbes, the name of Lourdes, by a Decree of 29 March, 1912, has been added, merely ad honorem, to that of Tarbes in the official title of the see.

Matanzas, Diocese of (Matanzensis), in Cuba, suffragan of Santiago de Cuba; erected on 10 Dec, 1912, comprises the Province of Matanzas formerly part of the Diocese of San Crist6bal de la Habana. The town of Matanzas lies 54 miles east of Havana and has a population of 36,000. The first bishop is the Right Rev. Charles Warren Currier, born in St. Thomas, West Indies, 22 March, 1857, ordained 24 Nov., 1880, at Amsterdam, Holland, and consecrat- ed at the CoUegio Pio Latino Americano, Rome, on 6 July, 1913.

MONTESCLAROS, DiOCESE OF (MONTESCLARENSIS),

in Brazil, suffragan of Marianna, erected on 10 Dec, 1910. It was separated from the Diocese of Diaman- tina, and comprises the northern portion of the old diocese, lying beyond the rivers Jacquetahy, Jequi- tinbonha, Machubas, Sao Francisco, and Urucuja. The first bishop is Mgr. Joao Antonio Pimenta, b. at CapeUinha, Minas Geraes, 12 Dec, 1859; ordained, 10 June, 1883; consecrated, 20 May, 1906, as coad- jutor Bishop of Sao Pedro do Rio Grande do Sul and titular Bishop of Pentacomia. He was transferred to Montesclaros on 7 March, 1911.

Mont Lattrier, Diocese of, Canada, erected 1 Aug., 1913, comprises the former northern part of the Diocese of Ottawa, with 30,000 inhabitants, 50 priests, and 36 churches. Mgr. F.-X. Brunet is the first bishop.

Natal, Diocese op (Natalensis), in Brazil, suf- fragan of Olinda; erected on 11 Nov., 1909. It com- prises the State of Rio Grande do Norte, having an area of 22,196 sq. miles and a population of 407,000 inhabitants. This territory was formerly part of the Diocese of Parahyba. The town of Natal is a sea- port, lying about 150 miles north of Pernambuco, and contains 13,700 inhabitants. The first bishop is Mgr. Joaquim Antonio de Almeida, b. at Goyaninha, Rio Grande do Norte, 17 Aug., 1868; ordained, 12 Dec, 1894; consecrated Bishop of Piauhy, 4 Feb., 1906; and transferred to Natal on 23 Oct., 1910.

Olinda, Archdiocese of (Olindensis), in Brazil. — On 5 Dec, 1910, the Diocese of Olinda (q. v.) was raised to the archiepiscopal rank. Its suffragan sees are Floresta, Fortaleza, Natal, and Parahyba. Mgr. Luiz Ramon da Silva Britto is the first archbishop.

San Miguel, Diocese of (Sancti Michaelis), in Salvador, suffragan of San Salvador, erected on 11 Feb., 1913. It is boimded on the north by Honduras, on the east by Honduras and the Bay of Fonseca, on the south by the Pacific Ocean, and on the west by the Rfo Lempa; thus it comprises the Provinces of San Miguel, La Uni6n, Morazan, and Usulut;ln, for- merly part of the Diorcsc of San Salvador. The town of San Miguel luis a jiopulation of 25,000.

San Salvador, Archdiocese of (Santissimi Sal- VATORis). — By a Decree of 11 Feb., 1913, the Dio- cese of San Salvador (q. v.), was withdrawn from the metropolitan jurisdiction of Guatemala, and its

territory divided into three parts; the western por- tion becoming the Diocese of Santa Ana, the eastern that of San Miguel, and the central retaining the name of San Salvador. Santa Ana and San Miguel were made suffragans to San Salvador. The arch- diocese now comprises the Provinces of Cabaiias, Chalatenanco, Cuscatldn, La Libertad, La Paz, San Salvador, and San Vicente. The first archbishop is Mgr. Antonio Adolfo P^rez, b. at San Salvador on 20 March, 1839.

Santa Ana, Diocese op (Sanct.e Aksje), in Salvador, suffragan of San Salvador, erected on 11 Feb., 1913; it comprises the western portion of the old territory of the Diocese of San Salvador, thus in- cluding the Provinces of Ahuachapdn, Santa Ana, and Sonsonate. The town of Santa Ana has a popu- lation of 48,000, Sonsonate has 17,000.

Santissima Concei(ao do Araguaya, Abbey 7iul- lius of (Sanctissim.e Conceptionis de Araguay- ana), in Brazil, erected on 11 July, 1911. On 26 Aug., 1912, Mgr. Raymond-Dominique Carrerot, O. P., prior of the Convent of Concei^ao from 1900, was appointed first prelate. He was born at Pamiers, France, on 1 Jan., 1863, studied at Salamanca, was ordained in 1885; in 1887 he went to Brazil to evan- gelize the Indians. He was consecrated at Toulouse on 10 Oct., 1912. The boundaries assigned to the new prelature are: on the S. the Rio Tapirap6, on the E. the Araguaya from the mouth of the Tapirap6 to the town of Sao Joao, where the Araguaya meets the Tocatins; on the N. the Tocatins as far as Jaraba thence a right line drawn to Alta M ira on the Xingu ; on the W. the Xingu as far as the mouth of the Fresco, thence to the source of the Fresco, and then a right line to the source of the Tapirap(5. This comprises the southeast corner of the State of Para and the northeast of the State of Matto Grosso, and roughly lies between 5° and 13. S. lat. and 49° and 53° W. long. The population consists mainly of Cayapos, Caraja, Taraja, and Chavante Indians. This mission was begun in 1896 and the town of Concei<^ao founded by the Dominicans. There is a convent of Dominican Sisters at Concei^ao.

Simla, Archdiocese of (Simlensis), in India. — When this see was raised to the archiepiscopal rank in 1910, the Holy See postponed the designation of its suffragan sees. On 22 May, 1913, the new ecclesias- tical province was completed and the Diocese of Lahore, and Prefecture Apostolic of Kafiristan and Kashmir were made suffragans of Simla.

A. A. MacErlean.

Dupre, Giovanni, sculptor, b. of remote French ancestry at Siena, 1 Mar., 1817; d. at Florence, 10 Jan., 1882. Duprfi was in youth a woodcarver, and taught himself the art of sculpture. In 1836 he married. In a contest opened by the Academy he won first prize with his "Judgment of Paris", took his rank as a sculptor with the life-size recumbent figure of the dead "Abel" in marble (c 1839), Pitti Palace, Florence, and followed this with the "Cain" (1840), also in the Pitti, the "Giotto", "Pius 11" for the Church of S. Domenico, Siena, and the "S. An- tonino ", Florence. A period of ill-health was followed by renewed vigour, which resulted in the brooding "Sappho", considered one of his best subjects (1857), the so-called "Tazza", surrounded by figures in re- lief; the Ferrari monument in S. Lorenzo, Florence (1859); the "Putti dell' Uva" (the Grape Children); the " .\ddolorat a " for Sta Croce, Florence (1860), and the much discussed relief of the "Triumph of the Cross" over the entrance to the same cluirch. In 1863 Dupr6 touclied higli-water mark with the noblest of all his creations, the "Pieta", for the family tomb of the Marchese Bichi-Ruspoli in the cemetery of the