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Piniibe, as far as the point where the rivers Itahim Bowden, Henry Sbbabtian, oratorian and writer,
GuasBU and Fiet6 unite; these boundaries were b. in London, England, 16 February, 1896; d. in
already established for the Archdiocese of Sao London, 26 September, 1920. He was the son of
Paulo. From here the boundaries of the new dio- Captain Heniy Bowden of the Scots Guards, a
cese follow the line passing the river Fiet^ to the convert and the founder of St. Maiy's Church,
mouth of the Parana and from this point to the Chislehurst. In 1848 he entered Eton, but on ac-
limits of the States of Matto Grasso and Paran& as count of his father's conversion he was not allowed
far as the promontoiy of Guarahni. Included also to finish his studies there. Shortly afterwards, in
in the diocese are the Islands of Bom Ambrigo, 1852. he himself entered the Church, and was one
Comprida, Cardazo, Canan^a, Molegues, and Cas- of the first students at the Catholic University of
tilho. On 17 October, 1908, Rt. Rev. Lucius Autunes Dublin, founded by the then Doctor Newman. Later
de Sousa was elected first bishop of the diocese. he entered the army, securing a commission in the
At the present time (1921) the diocese includes: Scots Fusiliers Guards. He served with his regi-
60 parishes, 80 churches, 40 missions, 2 monasteries ment from 1855-1867 when he resigned as captain
for men and 1 for women, 1 convent for men and and joined the Fathers of the Oratory in London.
3 for women, 80 secular priests and 40 regulars, 20 After his ordination in 1870, he became Prefect of
l&y brothers, 50 nuns, 1 upper and 1 lower seminary the Brothers of the Little Oratoiy, the famous con-
with 40 seminarians, 1 college for men with 8 fraternity established by St. Philip Neri in Rome in
professors and 100 students, 4 colleges for women the sixteenth century. In 1880 ne was appointed
with 50 professors and 350 students, 1 elementary parish priest of the large parish served oy the
school with 10 teachers and 150 students. Brompton Oratory, and was three times superior
Bonrges, Abchdiocbsb op (Bitumcbnsib; cf. C. E., ^^ *^« 5^»i?"*5?' acting also for several years sb
II-720b), coextensive with the departments of Cher f^nsor for the Diocese of Westimnster. His work
and Indre, France. This see was filled by the ? connection with the Oratory Middle School for
present Cardinal Dubois, from 30 November, 1909, "^oy? ^'^ <*»? ^\^. 8^®i?^^ .^^Sf^S,?. Jf^^'V.® until his transfer to Rouen, 13 March, 1916. He conferences for hidies held in St. Wilfrid's Hall, was succeeded by the present incumbent, Most Rev. ^ .guidance was much sought by those seeking Martin-Jerome Izart, b. at Estagel, 1861, appointed admisaon mto the Church and the number of his Bishop of Pamiers, 31 May, 1907, promoted 9 May, ^S,^?[*® ^^ ^®^, K^®f*- , . , j «r«,
1916. During the Worid War, 2f4 priests of this ^ F?^>er Bowden's literary work mdudes "The diocese, and 39 seminarians were mobilized, and ?®^P??„^^ Shakesoeare," "The Witnws of the of this number 17 priests and 8 seminarians died. Saints." "Gmde to the London Oratoiy," "Dante," • ' ^' •• ^ • - " - prefaces to Hettinger s "Natural Rehgion," and
"Revealed Religion," the translations of which he edited, "Miniature Lives of the Saints," a house- hold word for over forty years amongst Englidi
aii isBouaun was ceieorai^a. ine ceremonies were '^'zr'rr ttT — v T — T-^ — — ww.***w.v.
attended by eight archbishops and bishops and father Bowden's preaching was characterized by
25,000 pilgrims and important indulgences were a <»rtam tenderness joined to downriffhtness of fact
granted by the Pope ^^^ E^eat earnestness of manner. A book embody-
. By the latest statistics (1921) the population of i?K ^ roiritual teaching, edited by the Fathers of the diocese numbers 337,810 for the department of ^}itJf^^^J^ Oratory, has been recently published Cher, and 287,673 for Indre: there are 65 first class (1?21) and gives evidence of his deep piety and parishes, 435 succursal parishes, 3 vicariate chapels, spmtual shrewdness, and 26 vicariates, formerly supported by the State. Braga, Abchdiocbsb op (Bracara Attgxtsta, Qvitab
Bova, DiocESBOP (Bovinenbib: cf. C. E., II-724b), Bracarbnsis), in Portugal. Rt. Rev Manc^Bautista situated in the civil province of Re^gio, in Calabria, ^^ F",^\«? ^^^J^^^ *g *^^ ^® ^2 June 1899, died in Italy, suffragan of the ArchdiocesTof heggio Cala- exile 13 May 1913^ He was succeeded by the present bria. Bishop Pugliatti, appointed to this see, 19 incumbent Rt. Rev. Manoel Vieira de Mattw, b. April, 1900, d. 18 November, 1914, and was sue- ?hP^°/^^..??8°^oo®^T^' appointed titular Arch- ceeded by Rt. Rev. Paolo Albera, appointed 27 ^^^?P,°? Mitylene 22 June, 1899, and aualiaiy to May, 1915. Bom in Godiwco, 1871, he was made i^^ Patnarch of Lisbon promoted 1 October, 1914. a secretary of the Apostolic Camera in 1910, rector Th« ,^°«^ of 1881 showed 719,286 Cathohcs m of the theological seminary of Re^gio-Calabria, *^ temtory, divided among 689 parishes. January, 1915, and appointed administrator Apos- Braganga, Diocesb of (Brioatibnsis), in the civil tolic of Mileto, 14 February, 1919. The 1921 sta- province of Tras-os-Montes, Portugal. Rt. Rev. tistics count the Catholic population of the diocese Joseph Alves de Mariz appointed to this see, 21 at 24,000, and credit it with 14 parishes, 3 vicariates. July, 1885, d. 26 August, 1912, and was succeeded 23 secular and 6 regular clergy, 30 seminarians, ana by Rt. Rev. Joseph Lopes Leide de Faria, b. at 34 churches or chapels. . Tagilde, 1876, appointed 5 October, 1915. The latest
Bovino, DiocBSB op (Bovinbnsib; cf. C. E., statistics (1900) credit this diocrae with 158,125 II-724C), in the civil province of Fog^ia, Southern Catholics, divided, among 334 firet cl^ panrfies and Italy, suffragan of Benevento. Bishop Padula. ap- 230 succursal panshes; it counts 583 churches, 581 pointed to this see, 24 March, 1898, was transferred P^^"^ *^^ ^^^ pnvate chapels, to Avellino, 2 August, 1908. He was succeeded Brandenburg (cf.C.E., n-738d).— Ecclesiastically h^ the present incumbent Rt. Rev. Uberto Maria the former Mark of Brandenburg, with the city of Fiodo, b. in Naples, 1861, made an honorary cham- Beriin and the greater part of the province of berlain, 1895, prelate of the Holy See, 1904, ap- Pomerania, forms the Apostolic Delegature for the pointed 9 December, 1910, consecrated, 22 January, Mark Brandenburg and Pomerania" which is ad- 1911. The 1921 statistics credit this diocese with ministered by the Prince-Bishop of Breslau as Apos- 30,000 Catholics, 10 parishes, 60 secular priests, 68 tolic Delegate, indirectly through the Dean of St. churches or chapels, 17 Sisters, and 10 seminarians. Hedwig's in Berlin, as delegate of the prince-bidiop.
