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been revised to conform to the normaef no notable a day school there. Four new parishes were estab- change in the constitutions was necessary in accord- lished, among them, the new parish of Bay d'Espoir^in- ance with the new Code of Canon Law. The institute eluding the Mic-mac Indian settlement at Conne River, is governed by a superior general elected for twelve With very few exceptions the population is native- years and eligible for re-election indefinitdv. He has bom of French, Scotcn, Irish and English ancestry. All tour assistants, a secretary general, ana a general speak the English langiiai;e, though French and economist. The institute is divided into provinces. Gaelic may still be heara in the homes. The growth each governed by a provincial assisted by a council of the population is alto^ther due to natural increase, of four members. Smce 1914 many members have According to latest statistics the Catholic population died, due especially to the war. Among the notable numbers 13,000; there are 14 priests engaged in the deceased are: Brother Fortune, assistant general, d work of the mission. The diocese has 40 churches, IS May, 1914, at the age of seventy-five years, about 30 stations, and 80 schools with an average having passed twenty-five years in the administra- attendance of 2000 pupils. The government gives an tion of the congregation; Brother Pothin, procurator annual per capita grant to the Catholic school boards, general, died sudc&nly, 24 April, 1921. of which the local priest is chairman. There are

At present (1921) tnere are 1100 members of the two convents of the Sisters of Mercy and one of the

congregation and 117 foundations. Besides 20,000 Presentation Order, with a total of 15 Sisters. Three

children educated in their schools, the Brothers in- seminarians are at present preparing abroad for work

struct 498 orphans, 495 deaf mutes, and 119 blind, in the diocese. Among the laity the Holy Name

The institute nas 13 mission posts with 58 missionary Society and the League of the Sacred Heart are in a

Brothers, 6 institutions for deaf mutes, 3 institutions flourishing condition, for the blind, 6 novitiates, and 5 juvenates. The

following foundations have been made since 1909: Saint Hyadnthe, Diocese of (Sancti Hta-

Canet de Mar, Spain, novitiate (1909); Saluzzo, cinthi; cf. C. E., XIII — 351c), in the Province of

Italy, novitiate (1909); Bangalore, India (1909); Quebec, suffragan of Montreal. The present bishop is

Convitto Silvio Pellico. Saluzzo, Italy (1910); Rt. Rev. Alexi^-Xyste Bernard, b. 1847, ordained

Chantabon, Siam (1910); Tetraultville, Canada 1871, elected 1905, consecrated 1906. A normal

Q910); Nuritter, Holland, novitiate (1911); St. Bruno, school was founded at St. Hyacinthe, in 1912. The

Canada (1911: Rotheun, Lidge (1912); Rome, Italy diocese has: 76 parishes, 77 churches, 1 mission, 1

(1912); IiiedeKerke, Brabant, Belgium (1913); Tin- monastery for men, 1 monastery for women, 220 secu-

divanam, India, school (1913); Caracas. Venezuela, lar priests, 19 regular priests, 277 Brothers, 1347

(1914); Tindivanam, India, normal school (1919); Sisters, 1 seminary with 477 seminarians, 4 colleges

Ste. Anne des Plaines, Montreal, Canada (1919); for boys with 42 teachers and 700 students, 26 colleges

Samsen, Bangkok. Siam (1920): Petriou, Siam (1920); for girls with 429 teachers and 5481 students, 44 acade-

St. Romuald, Quebec, Canada (1920); Ste. Madeleine, mies and schools under religious orders with 266

Outremont. Montreal (1920): Barcelona, Spain teachers and 7050 pupils (2700 boys, 4350 girls),

(1920); and a number of foundations in France. 1 normal school with 26 professors and 211 students.

1 house of retreat, 10 asylums and hospitals, and 1

Saint OaU, Diocese OF (Sang ALLENsi8;cf. C. E., refuge. Organizations amonj; the clergy are: La

XIII — 349b),includesthecantonof St. Gallandtwo Caisse EccMsiastique, L'Umon Apostolique, Les

half-cantons of Appenzell in Switzerland. The Prdtres Adorateurs; and among the laity: Syndicats

diocese is directly dependent on the Holy See. The Ouvriers Nationals Catholiques, Association Catho-

present bishop is Mgr. Robert Burkler, bom at lique de la Jeunesse^ Association Catholique des

Rorschach 5 March, 1863, ordained 1888, proposed Voyogeurs, and Association des Zouaves. There are

by the chapter 29 October and elected 16 December, 120,852 Catholics and 11,721 Protestants in the dio-

1913, consecrated at St. Gall 1 February, 1914, to cese. succeed Mgr. Rue^, deceased. St. Gall has (1919)

a Catholic population of 204,000 from a total of 375,- Saint- Jean-do-Mamlonne, Diocese of (Matt-

000 inhabitants, 120 parishes, 8 missions, 4 monas- riannensis; cf. C. E.,XIII--353d), includes part of

teries of Capuchins, 2 of women, 13 convents of the department of Savoy, France, and is suffragan of

women, 261 secular and 30 regular priests, 55 Broth- Chamb^ry. The present bishop is Mgr. Adrien

era, 700 Sisters, 1 seminary, 10 semmarians, 1 college Alexis Fod^ng, bom at Bessans, in the diocese,

for boys and 210 churches or chapels. student at the French Seminary in Rome, ordained

there in 1866, consecrated at St. Peter's by Pius

Saint George's, Diocese of (Sancti Gborgii; X 25 February, 1906, to succeed Mgr. RoMet,

cf. C. E., XIII-— 351a), Newfoundland, extends deceased. The bishop of the see has the title of

along the sea coast from Fortune Bay on the south- Prince of Aiguebelle. During the war 55 priests and

west to Flowera Cbve on the extreme northwest of 23 seminarians were mobilized, 8 died in the war,

the island. The people for the most part depend for l was decorated with the midaiUe mUitaire and 17

livelihood on the fisheries and as a consequence the with the croixde guerre. The diocese has 87 parishes

earishes, which now number 12, are all on the sea- and 69,000 Cathmics. oard, Rt. Rev.M. F. Power, late bishop, died in Sydney, N. S., 6 March, 1920, at the age of for^- Saint Joan of Arc, Sisters of, a community found- three years, after nine yeara in the episcopate. He ed in 1914 at Worcester, Mass., IT. S., by Fr. Clement was succeeded by Rt. Kev. Henri Thomas Renouf. Staub. After three yeara of organisation the mother- formerly parish priest of St. Patrick's in the city of house was transferred to Quebec, 29 September, 1917, St. Johns, who was consecrated 8 December, 1920, and definitely fixed at Bergerville, near Quebec, 6 and took possession of his see 15 January, 1921. September, 1918. The institute received diocesan During the episcopate of Bishop Power many develop- approbation from Cardinal Begin, 2 March, 1917, ments took place. A new wmg was added to the and was canonical erected as a religious congrega- Convent of Mercy at St. Cfeoree^s and in this way a tion by Benedict aV, 31 May, 1920. The object of large number of young girls of Uie diocese are enabled the community is the spiritual and temporal service to secure a first class education, and an ample number of priests^ through love of the Sacred Heart, in a spirit of competent teachera are provided for the different of expiation, imder the patronage of St. Joan of Arc, parish schools. The Sistera of Mercy were introduced model of sacrifice. The Sistera render spiritual ser- mto the growing town of Bay of Idands and conduct vice in ofiPering up for the priesthood their interior