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fore the energetic Biflhop Jeanmard is putting forth them were Vallery-Radot, Jammes, and especially

his best efforts to foster native vocations, to secure Mauriac, a fellow-Girondin. His association witti

more priests, and to systematize the work of recruit- Mauriac was followed by remarkable progress in

ing and financing the education of the prospective the spiritual life as is revealed in his private

students. At present there are 32 students prepar- correspondence. ''La Maison Pauvre," a volume

ing for the holy priesthood. of poems depicting the daily humble peasant life.

As one of his first administrative measures the and contaimng many frankly religious effusions, bishop appointed a superintendent of schools, and appeared shortly after his arrival in Paris and set out to co-ordinate the efforts of the existing secured his reputation as a poet. In 1912 the institutions and to inspire pastors and people with French Academy crowned his nrst novel, ^'I/Elkve the ideal of Catholic school activity. The super- Gilles/' awardi^ it the new 10,000 francs prise intendent was directed to systematize the work in for literature. It is the portra3ral of the aoui of the elementary grades, and lay down the lines for a poor child, and is in part a reflection of his own the standardization of the high schools, and to-day life. His second novel, ''La Maison sur la Rive/' a S3r8tem is in operation which only awaits the an attempt to reveal the soul of a girl, appeared multiplication of the schools to produce great re- in 1914, and is full of charm, but was not so suo- sults for the Catholic life of the coming generation, cessful. When the war broke out he volunteered The lack of teachers is a serious handicap, and again and again for active service, despite his ill- several places are only awaiting the arrival of reli« health, but he never got beyond the training camp pious to open schools that would be patronized by at Souge, as he was stricken with scarlatina and hundreds of pupils. At present there are 30 elemen- died in the military hospital at Bordeaux, taiy schools directed by 354 teachers with 5805 Lagos, Vicabutb Apostouc of. See Benin. pupils attending; 18 parish high schools have en- T«.«^-r^ ^t » ^ ^ rolled 374 pupils. A state-approved normal school ,,tT?^^^Jv •*?'*^?5^u®' (Lahobbnsib; cf. C. E.. is being conducted by the Religious of the Sacred Z^^'.^' ? Northern India, suffragan of Sunla. Heart, who also conduct an academy with 79 young Fonnerly suffragan of Agra, this see has been a ladies in attendance. St. Charies Cfollege at Grand P^^ of the ecclesiastical provmce of Simla since Coteau, with an attendance of 150 students, is in ^^ September, 1910, when, in order to form this charge of the Jesuit Fathere, and is the only insti- ?f^ ,FcJ»4l9ce8e, the districts of Kulu, lAhul, tute of higher learning for men in the diocese. St. Sl?^^' Spiti, and Suket were taken from Lahore. Patrick's Sanitarium at Lake Charies is being con- Jhe present bishop is Rt. Rev. Fabian Anthony ducted by the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate festennans, O.M.Cap., to whom this territory is en- y^of^ trusted. Bom m Meerles, Belgium, 1858, he entered

During the World War the diocese furnished a <M^er in 1878, and was ordained in 1883. served as

large quota of men for the service of the country, » ^^^f^^JJ^^ Bruges, was sent to the Indian mi»-

and three of its priests served with the colors. ?}2S ^l^' ^4 T^ *^P?.*^^®4.^*l525J^..^?^^'

As within the confines of the diocese there is a ^^^- ^* °^ * *?*»* population of 15.^WM the dio-

large colored population, many of whom are Cath- ^ ^^^^\i J^f^^jl^ ^?^^^^}\^I^.?I ^'^} <^2^

olics, it is the aim of the bishop to provide them Europeans, 23,314 Indians), and 16,453 catechumens,

with their own churches and priests, and to-day ^^.^ served by 36 Capuchin Fataere, 50 churches

there are 6 parishes for the colored people with *°« chapels, 23 stations with resident pnests, 8

resident pastors in the larger centers of population, ^^J^^^J^Jt ^^^'^ 60 Sisters, 1 preparatory seminary

i. e., Lafayette, New Iberia, Opelousas, Crowley, S**° J^ boys a college for boys under the Patncian

and Lake Charles. The Fathers of the Holy Ghost Brothers with 10 teachers and 170 students, 3 high

and the Josephite Fathers are in charge of these schools with 10 teachers and 130 Kirl and 40 boy

churches, and are doing splendid work in church ftuaents, an academy for Indian children with 15

and school. In Lafayette there is an industrial ^achers and a total attendance of 400, 23 elemen-

institute for colored pupils, which has an attendance taryjwhoobwith three or four teachers m each,

of 116 children, while the colored parish schools <rf teaching 1600 children, and 2 mdustnal schools

the diocese have about 2000 pupils enrolled, conducted by the nims with 80 pupils. TTie gov-

Parishes, 52; churches, 102; missions, 50; stations, fP™^* agylum for msane women is m charge of

11; convents: men 2, women 1; priests: secular 51, the FtMcis^n Sisters, and 8 dispensaries .are es-

regular 26; Sisters, 425; seminarians, 32; colleges: Jablished. Nearly all the schools receive aid from

men 1, teachers 14, attendance 150; high schools the Government. A Catholic Association is fonned

18, teachere 22, attendance 374; academy 1, teachers S Lahore, and a small weekly paper, "Catholic

6, attendance 71; normal school 1, teachers 3, at- ^®^' ,** published for the Catholics of the dio-

tendance 18; elementary schools 30, teachers 354, ^^^ only.

attendance 5805; industrial school 1, teachers 5, Laibach, Diocesb of. See Ljubljana.

attendance 116. Lalemant, Gabriel (cf. C. E.. Vin-752b) —The

Lafon, Andb6, poet and novelist, b. in 1883 at S^'f® ^^* his beatification was introduced at Rome

Bordeaux; d. there in May, 1915. In his early " August, 1916.

childhood his family, which was in lowly circum- Lamego, Diocese of (Lamacensib; cf. C. E^

stances, moved from Bordeaux to Blaye. where he VIII-761c), in the province of Beira, Portugal^

studied at the municipal school, in which, after suffragan of Braga. The see is filled by Rt. Rev.

completing his education, he secured a position as Francisco Jos6 Kibeiro de Vieira Britto, bom in

prefect of discipline. Later he became a teacher Rendufinho, Portugal, 1860, appointed Bishop of

m the lycee at Bordeaux, and while there he pub- Angra 27 February, 1892, and transferred 9 June,

lished a small volume of poems entitled 'Toemes 1902. On 4 August, 1921, a coadjutor bishop was

Provinciaux." He next obtained a transfer to the appointed in the person of Rt. Rev. Augustin de

Lycee Camot at Paris, but shortly secured a more Jesus e Souza, canon theologian, made proUionotaiy

congenial position in the Catholic College of Ste apostolic 30 September, 1920. consecrated titular