GHEBLA 341 OZLLOW
Oberla (Hungarian, Szamos-Ujvar; Lat., Szamos- Bom in Mold, England, 1871, studied at College
Ujvariensis; cI. C. E., I-739d), a diocese of the of St. Anselm in Home, and became prefect of
Greek Rumanian Rite, formerly known as Anne- studies in the College of St. Augustine in Ramsgate,
nierstadt, embracing the northern part of Transyl- appointed to the see of Gibralter, 10 November,
vania, suffragan of Fagaras. Rt. Rev. John Szabo, 1010. In 1020 there were 15,000 Cathohcs in this
who came to this see in 1879, died 2 May, 1911, and diocese out of a total population of 25,760; 19
was succeeded by Rt. Rev. Basil Hosbzu, appointed secular and 27 regular clergy, and 7 churches and
15 December, 1911, d. 13 January, 1916. The present chapels.
incimabent, Rt Rev Jc^n H^^ aigot, Franob Ernest, biblical scholar, b.
in Januwy 1919. By 19?0^^*«ii«»/^e total popu- ^^ Lh ^ j^^ France, on 21 August, 1869;
lation o^ this temtory is^^^^ d. at Yonkers, New York, on 14 June, 1920;' son of
^. ^\^ 9*^°^-^?"°Twf ;,! iii? «lJ^ip^^ ^^^ Wenceslas and Madeleine (PeUetier) Gigot,
Rite 1500 Armenians. There ^^ ^ P»"f^ff ^^^^ He studied in the Petit Seminaire of Le Dorat
secular and 3 regular priests, and 685 churches or (Haute-Vienne). the Grand Seminaire of Limoges,
chapels. and the Catholic Institute of Paris. He was or-
Olbail and Batnm, Diocbsb of (Gbbailhnhb m Gained in 1883, and passed his remaining years,
Botbybnsis Maronitarum), a residential see of the a^ter a bnef tenure of chairs of dogmatic theology
Maronite Rite in Syria. It is a patriarchal diocese -^^ philosophv, m teaching Hebrew and the Sacred
of the Maronites with residence at B6korki, scnptures in Amen^ seminaries at Boston B^
Lebanon, where the Maronite Patriarch of Antioch more (1^1904) and St. Jcweph's Seminary, Yonkers,
resides. At present (1922) the see is filled by His ffom 1904. Gigot, who collaborated in Vigouroux's
Excellency Mgr. Elie-Pierre Hoyek, bom in Le- "Dictionnairede la Bible" and contributed many of
banon, 1842, studied at the colleges of Ghaser, and the Scriptural articles m The Catholic Encto^
PrnniiimnHa in Rnmp nrdainpd m 1870. Rfirved fifl PEDiA, is the author of "Causes which Entailed the
y crowned Introduc-
«^ .^^ v^ w«-~- 'Special
of "the^ MVro^te'Colleg'^ln Rome^^in r897r^aiid JS*"^"*^^,^^, ^°^f ^^nu^J S"^ 2^^ Testament"
was appointed patriarch 6 January, 1899. By latest <?. vols., 1901 19W); '^hrist's Teaching Concerning
statistic (1920), the three districts of Gitail, Divorce m the New Testament," and *^^^^^^
Batrun, and Jubb^ count 85,000 Maronite Catho- New Testament History." He is the author also of
lies; 470 priests, 277 churches and chapels, 5 semi- the translation of the Apocalypse m the Westminster
naries at Batrun, Ain-Warca, Mar-Habda-Harharaia, Version of the Bible.
Reyfoun, and Roumi^, 12 monasteries of Baladites Gilbert, Lady, better known to the world at
with 177 Monks, 2 monasteries of Aleppines with large as Rosa Mulholland than bv the title which
30 Monks, 2 monasteries of Antonians of St. Isaias her marriage to Sir John T. Gilbert brought her
with 9 Monks, 1 monastery of Baladite Nuns with in 1891; b. in Belfast, Ireland; d. at Blackrock,
18 religious, and 2 convents of native Sisters of Dublin, in April, 1924. Her literary contributions
the Holy Family with 21 religious. were always welcome to the Catholic public. They
Oibbons, Jambs, Cardinal, Archbishop of Balti- were mostly stories but we fi^^^
more, b. there on 23 July,' 1834; d. there on 24 ^\ H'hl^SL^i!^^^ ?^^^^^^^^ ^'^"^ * ^^^
March, 1921. He received his early education in ^^ *^er husband. Sir John Gilbert.
Ireland, but returned to the United States and Gilbert iBlands, VicARiAn Apostolic of (Gil-
was ordained priest 30 June, 1861. He was Arch- bkrtinensib Insulbnsib), comprises the group of
bishop Spalding's secretary, and subseouently made that name, and the islands of Ellice and Panapa,
Vicar Apostolic of North Carolina and consecrated in the Pacific Ocean. Geographically these islands
Bishop of Adramytum 16 August, 1868, and on cover about 390 miles, but the length of the in-
30 July, 1872, was translated to the see of Rich- habited islands is only about 279 miles. They have
mond. On 25 May, 1877, he was named Bishop of a population of about 40,000, of whom 14,SX)0 are
Junopolis and made coadjutor of Baltimore, sue- Catholics. The vicariate is entrusted to the Con-
ceeding to the archbishopric at the death of Mgr. gregation of the Sacred Heart of Issondun, the
Bayley, 3 October, 1877. He occupied a conspicuous present (1^12) vicar being Rt. Rev. Joseph Leray,
place in American public life, and was constantly appointed titular Bishop of Remesiana, 27 July,
looked for as a mediator in labor troubles. His 1897. From 1888 until 1917 this mission averaged
episcopal life syrnchronizes with an enormous growth about 20,000 baptisms and 300 conversions annually,
of the Church in the United States.^ When he There are now 22 priests in the vicariate, 20
was Bishop of Richmond he was rejoiced in the churches or chapels, 14 Brothers, 18 Sisters of Our
fact that there were 5,000,000 Catholics in the Lady of the Sacred Heart, 105 catechists and 96
United States, with 67 bishops, 6500 churches, and primary schools teaching 1549 boys and 2576 girls.
tnree wiaeiy reaa_pooiw, ine raiin oi uur g^dgeley Park and Ushaw College, and in 1878
k1^ H^C nPr Christian Heritage," and "The Am- ^^J^^^ glla McKemia, of Diiiham Massey.
bassador ol unrist. q^^ completing his education Gillow devoted himself
Gibraltar, Diocbsb of (Giblatabibnbis), com- to the history of the English Catholics from the time prising the English Colony of Spain, directly sub- of Henry VIII. As the fruit of his herculean energy ject to the Holy See. This territory, erected into and undaunted perseverance he has given us a a vicariate apostolic in 1806, was raised to a diocese monumental "Biographical Dictionary of English by a Decree of 19 November, 1910. It is under Catholics," in five volumes, the first of which ap- the administration of its first bii^op, Rt. Rev. peared in 1885 and the last in 1902. His record of Henry G. lliompson, O.S.B., of Monte Cassino. those who labored for, wrote for, and sufifered for
