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Jesus, and after studying philosophy in St. Louis and 1 in Cephalonia. There are 1 college for men

and theology at Woodstock, Maryland, he was with about 100 students, 4 for women with about

ordained by Cardinal Gibbons in 1809. His work GOO students and a combined total of d6 teachers;

as a Jesuit did not diminish his enthusiasm for also 1 orphan aiqrlum, 7 confraternities for the

journalism, and he established the School of Jour- laity, ancf 2 juvenile societies. In the public

nalism in Marquette University, Milwaukee, acting alliums, etc., the ministry of the priests is per-

as its first director from 1910 till his death. Father mitted. There are 12 secular and 3 regular priests

Copus is well known as a writer of fiction for boys, and 1 lay brother for a Catholic population of

his "Harry Russell" (1903), "St. Cuthbert's" (1903), 5,000, of whom 4,000 are in Corfu, and which is

"Shadows Lifted" (1904), "Tom Losely, Boy" (1906). made up of 1,000 Greeks, 2,000 Italians, 1,500

and "The Making of Mortlake" (1909) is still enjoy- Maltese, with the remainder English, French, etc.

ing great popularity. In addition he is the author Archbishop Teodore Antonio Polito (1901-11)

of more serious fiction like "The Month of Nison," was succeeded by Archbishop Dominic Darmanin,

"Lydgate's Call," "Andros of Ephesus," "Sana Teip- who died in 1919. The present archbishop is Most

sum," and "The Son of Siro." As a playwright he Rev. Leonardo Brindisi, formerly Bishop of Naxos,

revealed his skill in "The Chancellor," "Malagrida," consecrated at Athens 2 May, 1909, succeeding to

and a dramatization of Longfellow's "Robert of the see of Corfu 3 July, 1919.

®*^**y-" Oorla, DiocESH op (Cauribnbis; cf. C. E.,

Oordova, Diocese of (Cordubensis in Amebica; IV-363c), in the province of Caceres, Spain, suCFrar

cf. C. E., IV-360c), comprises the states of Cordova gan of Toledo. This see was filled by Rt. Rev.

and Rioja in the Argentine Republic, and is Ramon Peris y Mencheta, bom in Valencia in

suffragan of Buenos Aires. This see is filled 1851, and appointed to this see 21 May, 1894, until

by Rt. Rev. Zeno Bustos y Ferreyra, O. F. M., his death, 6 January, 1920. The present incumbent,

bom in Cordova 1850, ordained 1874, served as Rt. Rev. Pedro Segura y Saenz was appointed to

Provincial of the Argentine Republic and was ap- succeed him 10 July of the same year. Bom in

pointed 27 March, 1905. He is assisted by two Darazo, Spain, 1880, he was ordained in 1906, be-

auxiliaries, Rt. Rev. Innocent Davila y Matos, came professor of canon law at the University of

titular Bishop of Ostracine, and Rt. Rev. Jose Burgos in 1909, and was appointed titular Bishop

Anselm Lugue, titular Bishop of Fomi. In 1918 of Appolonia and auxiliary at Valladolid 14 March,

the bishop published a vigorous pastoral letter pro- 1916, where he served until his transfer. This

testing against the violent manifestation and anti- diocese covers an area of about 8,091 sq. miles,

clerical organizations which were spreading through and embraces a Catholic population of 193,000.

the country imder pretext of defending universal The 1920 statistics credit the diocese with 135

rights. This territory, which covers an area of parishes, 10 archpriests, 400 priests, 138 churches,

156,584 sq. miles, embraces a population of 780,000. 85 chapels and 25 convents with 40 religious and

The diocese b divided into 40 parishes and counts 250 Sisters.

numerous churches and chapels. oork, Diocese op (Cobcagiensis; cf. C. E., Oordova, Diocese of (Cordubensis; cf. C. E., IV-370c), in the province of Munster, Ireland, IV-359b), in Spain, comprises the province of Seville suffragan pf Cashel. The long administration of and some parishes in the provinces of Badajoz Rt. ]^v. Thomas Alphonsus O'Callaghan over this and Malaga. It covers an area of about 18^71 diocese ended with his death, 14 June, 1916. Bom sq. miles, and is suffragan of Seville. Rt. Rev. in Cork in 1839 he entered the Dominican novitiate Ramon Guillamet y Coma, born ih San Esteban in 1857, studied in Rome and was ordained in 1863. de Olof 1856, ordained 1878, served as secretary He was made Prior of Saint Clement's in Rome to the Bishop of Gerona, chancellor of Tarragone, in 1881, and was appointed titular Bishop of Lam- vicar general and chancellor maestreacuola, ap- bese (a see since suppressed) 13 June, 1884, and pointed Bishop of Leon 29 April, 1909, was trans- made coadjutor at Cork, where he succeeded Bishop ferred to this see 18 July, 1913, to succeed Rt. Rev. Delaney 13 November, 1886. In 1914 Bishop Jo66 Pozuelo y Herrero, died 23 March, 1913. He O'Callaghan, greatly handicapped by age and in- was transferred to the diocese of Barcelona 22 firmity, was given an auxiliary in the person of April, 1920, and the present incumbent, Rt. Rev. Rt. Rev. Daniel Cohalan, appointed titular Bishop Adolfo Perez y Munoz, succeeded him. Bom in of Vaga 25 May, 1914. He was bom in the diocese Soto de Campos 1864^ made a prelate of the Holv 1858, and studied at Maynooth, where he later See 1899, appointed Bishop of the Canaries 29 April, served as professor of dogma, was ordained in 1882, 1909, transferred to Badajoz 18 July, 1913, he was and has since written a number of theological again transferred to Cordova 11 July, 1920. The works. Upon the death of Bishop O'Callaghan he ,1920 statistics credit the diocese with a Catholic was transferred to succeed him, and now (1922) population of 525,000, 130 parishes divided among fills the see. From the time of his appointment 17 archpriests, 447 priests, 269 chapels, and 110 as auxiliary. Bishop Cohalan has taken an active convents with 107 religious and 1,256 Sisters. part in local social and administrative work, and Oo«a. See S«,ux.; T.K.; WoKS^. % was l^^e^^ toxins dtoj^. -i^|<i^|^y tho«

Oorfu, Zante, and Oephalonia, Abchdiocbse of peace was preserved in Cork durins the tragic

(Orcyrensis, Zactnthiensis et Cephaloniensis; Easter week of 1916. However, Cork has been the

cf. C. E., IV-362d). — ^The archdiocese consists of scene of some of the most violent demonstrations

several islands in the Ionian sea belonging to during the recent struggle, and in May, 1921, one

Greece. By Apostolic decree of 3 June, 1919, of its priests. Rev, James O'Callaghan of the North

the suffragan sees of Zante and Cephalonia, Cathedral, was murdered by a band of armed men,

formerly administered by Corfu, were united who broke into the home of one of the aldermen

to the metropolitan see. The present archdio- where he had his lodgings.

cese is made up of 5 parishes, 2 of which are By the latest census (1911) the diocese includes

in Corfu, as are 4 of the 8 churches. There is 1 a total population of 192,313, of whom 169,335 are

convent for men in Cephalonia and 1 in Santa Catholic. It comprises 35 parishes, 33 parish priests,

Maura, and 2 for women in Corfu, 1 in Zante, 2 administrators, and 86 curates and chaplains, 74