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Academy prize. When the war broke out he rushed of which 294 are covered with water. In 1920 the

to the front and when he died was cited on the order i>opulation was 8,720,017, a gain of 13.89 per oenf

of the day. since 1910. Of this 64.3 was urban; 35.7 was rural.

The average number of inhabitants is 194.5 per square

PeUn. See Chi-li, Northern. mile, as against 171 in 1910. There are 67 counties,

ooi/^.. rt.^^.^ ». /i>t>.,v...<.t>»<>T<>. «f r- IT 2544 primary divisions, 1567 townships, 39 cities, 933

Y^JJ^\ ^^^, ° J-^^^^'a}J^- -ki incorporated boroughs and one inca^iated town.

XI— 610a), m Br^, suffragan of Porto Aleye The ^he Wst cities ^ Philadelphia, ^nth a popul*-

present bishop is Rt. Rev. Joachim Ferreira de Mello, ^i"„ ^* i ooq ^roT p^foWwC m« loa- (wlntnt.

fc. 1875, elected 1921, succeeding Bishop de Campos *'°" °^ ffl'M i07 784^ iSolfra^^SS^rS

Baneto, transferred. The area of the diocese is 16,026 K~' to^IHL' ra' ^ Mento^^3 SO?

^uare mil^ and the popuUtion k^T^MO of wtom J^ffijJ^Rf^^hafflU rtM Ss We

280,000 are Cathdics and 27 OM ProtesteBts. There ^^^ ^-^ ^ ^^^ United StatesUt Pittsburg has faUen


 * '*J ,^^^^'^'iS ^^, ^K^v'- ^ 'T^ ^?^^ to the ninth place. Pennsylvania sends 36 lepresen-

and 10 Brothers.belongmg to 6 rehgious congregations ^^^^^ ^ ^^ united States Congress and Las 38

of men, 5 rehgious congrewtions of women, 2 col- ^^^ j^ ^^^^ electoral college. It is second of all the

leges, sevenil secondary and P^^. ,?*?°^ .*";2 States in the Union in population, newly 120 Sisters who have charge of all the hospitals Material Rbsourcm;— In 1918 about 630,000

m the diocese. million feet of lumber was cut in Pennsylvania,

i>.»i.».v. T\,^^^^ „™ rD<.»»./^^.»cT<i -f about one-half as much as the State of Minnesota, at

Vmbrnkt, Diocese of (Pembrokensis, cf . ^ ^^ ^^^ „f ,30 2i per million feet. This is a

C. E XI— 611a), m Cana^, is suffi^an to the great decrease from 1900, when the cut was 2,313,267

Archdiocese of Ottawa. On 3 May, 1912, Rt. Rev. ^^y^^ j^^ ^ j^ estimated that the State hw a^ut

Patrick T. Ryan, who had been vicar general of the ns 000,000,000 tons of coal. The total output of

diocese for two years, was appointed titular Bishop titiiminous coal in 1918 was 178,550,741 toisj of

of pazomen», consecrated 25 July, of the ^e year anthracite coal, 98,826,084 tons. Tlius the ^tate

and made auxiliwy to Bishop Loiroin^first bishop of contributed more than ^ per cent of the coal mined

Pembroke. Bishop Lorram died 18 December, 1915, j^ j^e United States, and ibout half of the coke, the

tS?^.''? i?'™''*^ "^^ ^/^t^ ^'"^f^ ^ ^*^' output being 26,723645 tons. In the same year the

1916, takmg possession of the see 21 December fol- petroleum output was 103,347,070 barreU, worth

lowing. u_, xu $231,136,205. The production of pig iron in 1918

mring the WorldWar numbers of the young men ^^ 'i5,^,262 long tons, valued at $460,677,474,

of Oiis diocese enhsted for service, 140 going trom the ^ 39 ';^^^ ^j 4^^ ^^^1^ production of the uiited

cathedral parish alone, 10 of whom were killed. Six gt(>(es

of the clerey went to the front as chaplains and one j^ jgig Pennsylvania had a capital of $6,277,268,-

of them. Rev. F. L. French, P. P., was m charee of qoo invested in manufactures, employing 1,136,252

the Caiiadian chaplain-service m France with the ^ earners receiving $1,406,561,000 per annum,

rank of lieutenaTit-co|ond. He received the deco- ^nJ producing $7,316,063,000 in value of finished

ration of the Distmguished Service Order and two of ^^ includmg, feesicies iron and steel, textiles of

the other chaplains received French militaty medals, ^arioils kinds, eto. The manufacturing establish-

P^ ^?J^\}^^fi: ^^- ^"^^ ^"/"fv**- *^! S^ nients numbe^d 27,975. Owing to the abundance of

celebrated the fiftieth anniveraary of theu' ^tablish- tanning substances Pennsylvania is the largest leather-

??S1* 2 *c^ Diocwe of Pembroke, and on 24 July, ^^duchig State in the Union, 60 per cent of the glac6

1921 the Sisters of St. Joseph of Peterborough were ^^ ^f thf United States bein^ made in Philadelphia,

introduced into the diocese, with a mother-house at j^ 1916 the leather industry employed 13,592 workers,

Pembroke. earning a total wage of $9,336,100, the total product

Penedo, Diocese op (Penedensis), suffragan bdng valued at $1M.973, 800. Inttie same year the M««.i„ Rr««;i Th» AiL^ w»« ^r^'tJn a3i cotton mills employed a total of 5828 workers, eammg

1919 there were 202,256 farms i,832 acres, of which 12,673,519

riSTof" Al^^ Md^the""^^^ '^h^trnd'^riM'^i^Th^ *®^ improved. The value of the farm property was

2!!L^ hr^^J^hJ^^^t^I^r^^^^,^J^,J^ $1,253,274,868. The ch ef crops are: wheat 26,774,-

which comprise a total of 16^esform^lyl^ong: ^^c^^o^^s^' T J^im, Penn- ing to Alagoas. A decree of 2S August, 1917, modified gyj^^^^'had 12,872 miles of laQTOy, ai^d 4870 the diocesan boundaries. The episcopal residence is!r:ilrt.?«i»^..;» ~;i™o« .« .««,ro~ Z -tA n?\nii^»f at Penedo, where the churoh of the Ro^ was erected?"®S?* ®'^*'"*' railway, an average of 26.05 miles of
 * „»« . ^♦tZi^i TK» fi~t oJ,j^JllL!rt 1:71™ jTd* track for every square mile. The total assessment of

R:e.*j±1rL5o^£?i^^f b'!!^ S'Lf^^?a?^e'KW§'l3^^2gg'"F^rl*^^S?

^i^r^l^'^"^ "^ •'""^' '^'^'^^'^ ^« SfD^m&9lWe'S^.S^ o^S^

jwarcn, iwiy. subject to taxation was $1,444,317,202. There were

Penne and Atri, Diocese op (Pennensis et 391,412,797 passengers and 966,155,890 total tons of Atriensis; cf. C. E., XI~638c), in the Province of freight. The street railway showed a capitalixation Teramo, Italy, dependent directly on the Holy See. of $432,310,318. Philadelphia is an unportant port, The present bishop is Rt. Rev. Carlo Pensa, O.S.C., the imports for the year ending 30 June, 1920, being: b. 1869, elected 27 August, 1912, succeeding Bishop imports, $219,167,601: exports, $449,691,705. In Piras. deceased. Penne has 163,800 Catholics, 91 J?l? X^\ ^^IZ^^ ^^^ foreign ports arnved m parishes, 163 sefeular priests, 21 regular priests, 275 Philadelphia; 2067 from coMtwise ports. On 1 De- churches and chapels, 10 Brothers, and 6 Sistera. cember, 1917, the outstanding bonds of the State Atri has 20,600 Catholics, 8 parishes, 30 secular amounted to $22,651,110, which were wti^^ priests, 44 churches and chapeb. ered by a smkmg fund of $2,151,110. On 1 Novem- ber, 1920, the assessed value of real property was $6,-

Pennsylvania (cf. C.E., XI— 638d).— The area of 836,165,155; taxable value of personal property,

the State of Pennsylvania is 45,126 square miles, $1,907,34,355.