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schools with 11,000 pupils. There are ten Catholic hospitals, and four orphanages including one for col- oured cliildren. A mission for the conversion of the coloured people has existed in Leavenworth for thirty years. The priests of Kansas have been distinguished for their zeal in ministering to their scattered flocks. They invited immigrants to Kansas. The Church has fostered benevolent societies here as elsewhere; the Knights of Columbus have active councils; the Cath- olic Mutual Benevolent Association has nearly 1200 members. Various nationalities are largely repre- sented in the Catholic societies of the parishes to which they belong. They are mostly of German and Irish extraction, or from South-eastern Europe. The Knights of Father Matthew promote the cause of total abstinence from intoxicating liquors. The State Fed- eration of Catholic Societies represents some five thou- sand men enlisted in the cause of Christian faith and morality. There is an excellent Catliolic paper pub- lished with the approbation of the bishops. Parochial schools are found not only in the cities, but in the rural districts, in charge of religious communities of women. Catholics of talent are found among the best Kansas in 1859, for a generation devoted his eminent talents in peace and in war to furthering the best interests of the state. Thomas Ewing, Jr., was cliief justice of the first supreme court of the state from Feb- ruary, 1861, to 28 Nov., 1862, and was distinguished in the Civil War. He died in New York in 1896.
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Andreas, History of Kansas (Chicago, 1883); Laws of Kansas (1909); Dassler, General SlatiUes of Kansas (1902); Kansas State Historical Society: Kansas Historical Collections, 1891— 1906; Biennial Reports of State Board of Agriculture; Biennial RcpQrts of Board of Control for State Charitable Institldions; Catholic Almanac (1840); Catholic Cabinet (St. Louis, 1847)- DuGAN, Catholic Almanac (1858); Sixteenth Biennial Report of State Superintendent of Public Instruction; Hill, Historical Sketches of St. Louis University.

J. A. Shorter.

Kansas City, Diocese of (Kansanopolitana), established 10 September, 1880, to include that part of the State of Missouri, U. S. A., south of the Mis- souri River, and west of the eastern boundary of the counties of Moniteau, Miller, Camden, Laclede, Wright, Douglass, and Ozark, an area of 23,539 square miles. At the same time. Bishop John Joseph Hogan, of the Diocese of St. Joseph, which com- prises that part of the State of Missouri between the Missouri and Chariton Rivers, was transferred to the new see and continued also in charge of the Diocese of St. Joseph as administrator. This arrangement continued until 19 June, 1893, when the separate jurisdiction of the Diocese of St. Joseph was estab- lished, and the Right Rev. Maurice F. Burke, con- secrated Bishop of Cheyenne, in Wyoming, 28 Octo- ber, 1887, was transferred to the title of St. Joseph. Kansas City is suffragan of St. Louis. When the diocese was established, it had 42 churches, 30 priests, and a Catholic population of 12,000. The first bishop, John J. Hogan, was born at Bruff, County Limerick, Ireland, 10 May, 1829. His early classical studies he pursued in his native land, after which he entered the diocesan seminary at St. Louis, Mo., where he was ordained priest 10 April, 1852. From that date up to his consecration as bishop, 13 September, lSt)8, he had an active and successful career, building up parishes in a wide and sparsely settled section of north-western Missouri. As soon as he took charge of the Diocese of St. Joseph, his zeal and earnestness gave a new impetus to the affairs of the Church there, and the same was manifest with his advent to Kansas City. The num- ber of priests increased, new churches arose, addi- tional religious communities entered the diocese. In 1896 ho asked for a coadjutor, and the Rev. John J. Glennon was consecrated titular Bi.shop of Pinara, and Coadjutor for Kansas City (29 June, 1896).

Bishop Glennon, on 27 April, 1903, was transferred as coadjutor with the right of succession to the See of St. Louis and succeeded to that title 13 October, 1903.

Statistics. — Religious Communities in diocese. — Men: Benedictines, Franciscans, Dominicans, Jesu- its, Lazarists, Fathers of the Most Precious Blood, Redemptorists, and Christian Brothers. Women: Sisters of St. Benedict, Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Third Order Regular of St. Francis, Third Order of St. Dominic, Sisters of St. Francis, Sisters of the Good Shepherd, Sisters of St. Joseph of Nazareth, Sisters of St. Mary, School Sisters of St. Francis, Sisters of St. Joseph, Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word, Little Sisters of the Poor, Sisters of Loretto, Sisters of Mercy, Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, Sisters of Charity (Em- mitsburg). Sisters of Our Lady of Sion, Sisters of the Visitation, Sisters of Mercy, School Sisters of Notre Dame.

Priests, 101 (31 religious); churches with resident priests, 74; missions with churches, 14; stations, 18; chapels, 30; 1 seminary with 20 students; academies for girls, 10; parishes and missions with schools, 42; pupils in academies and schools, 5543; 2 orphan asjdums with 245 inmates; 1 industrial and reform school with 60 inmates; total children under Catholic care, 5773; 6 hospitals; 1 home for aged poor; 1 foundling asylum. Catholic population, 55,000.

Catholic Directory, 1S81. 1910; Church Progress; Western Watchman (St. Louis) files; Reuss, Biog. Cycl. of the Cath. Hierarchy of U. S. (Milwaukee, 1S9S).

Thomas F. Meehan.

Kan-su, Prefecture Apostolic op Southern, separated from the Northern Kan-su mission in 1905, and committed to the Belgian Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutveld, Brussels). It includes the seven southern prefectures of Kan-su: Tsin-chou, Ping-liang-fu, Kung-chang-fu, King-chou, Kiai-chou, King-yang-fu and Kung-yuen-fu. It con- tains about 8,000,000 inhabitants. The first prefect Apostolic is Reverend Everard Joseph Terlaak, dwell- ing at Tsin-chou. In 1907 the mission consisted of: 1 prefect Apostolic, 10 missionaries, 3 native priests, 23 churches and chapels, 6 schools with 42 students, 1 college with 5 students, 3 orphan asylums with 35 children, 1031 Catholics. In 1908: 1 prefect Apos- tolic, 12 missionaries, 3 native priests, and 1106 Catholics.

Missiones Catholicas.

V. H. Montanar.

Kan-su, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern. — This vicariate includes the territory of Ku-ku-nor, northern part of Tibet, and the five northern prefec- tures of the Chinese province of Kan-su: Lan-ehou- fu, Si-ning-fu, Liang-chou-fu, Kan-chou-fu, and Su- chou. The climate varies according to the locality. In general, it is healthy, temperate, and bright. Kan- su is inhabited by Chinese, Turks from Turkestan, Mongols, Tangouses or Fan-tse. The vicariate con- tains aliout eight million inhabitants; among this number there are 2700 Catholics. The vicar Apos- tolic dwells at Sung-shu-chang-tsz in the prefecture of Liang-chou-fu. The province of Kan-su formed a part of the Vicariate Apostolic of Shen-si from 1844 to 1878, when it was separated, erected into a distinct vicariate Apostolic, and entrusted to the Belgian Con- gregation of the Immacul.ite IIc;irt of Mary (Scheut- veld, Brussels). In ISSd the northern civil prefecture of Ning-hia was confided to the Vicariate Apostolic of South- Western Mongolia. In 1888 the new Chinese province of Sin-kiang was formed into an independent mission, bearing the name of I-li or Kul-dja. In 1905 the seven southern civil prefectures were sepa- rated to form the Prefect\ire Apostolic of Southern Kan-su. The present vicar Apostohc is Mgr. Ubert