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clerics, 19 lay brothers, 4 lYanciscan monasteries Salesians, Oblates of Mary Immaculate, and Brotb-
(Bomnofen, Hadamar, Kelkheim, and Marienthal), ers of the Christian Schools; women. Presentation
18 priests, 26 lay brothers; Capuchin monastery at Sisters, Sisters of Menr^. of the Good Shepherd, of
Frankfort, 6 priests, 3 lay brothers; monastery of Marie Reparatrice, of Cnarity, of St. Paul, Faithful
the Oblates of the Immaculate Conception on the Companions of Jesus, Nursing Sisters of the Little
Allerheiligenberg, near Niederlahnstein, 4 priests, 4 Company of Mary, and Salesian Nuns. By the
lay brothers; mother-house of the Missionary Con- latest census (1911) the total population of the
gregation of the Pallottines at Limburg, 34 priests, diocese is 116,558, of whom 110,305 are Catholic.
26 scholastics, 73 lay brothers; Jesuits at Frankfort. According to 1920 statistics there are 48 parishes,
5 priests; Fathers of the Sacred Heart of Jesus and 121 secular and 65 regular clergy, 94 parochial and
Mary, 3 monasteries: at Amstein, 5 priests, 15 lay district churches, 19 convents with 490 members in
brothers, 10 novices; at Niederlahnstein, 6 priests, the communities, and 4 monastic houses with 38
4 lay brothers; at Walderbach, 5 priests, 3 lay members in the communities, brothers, 35 pupils; Brothers of Mercy, mother- t4w»^«*- t^. /t ^ n t?
house at Montabauer, 55 professed brothers, 35 t J^S\ ' • '^^^°' (Lbmorigbnsis; cf. C. E,
novices, and 5 branch houses in the diocese. The 4X-263c), m the department of Haute-Vienne,
following congregations of women have foundations ^^^^th suffragan of Bourges. Tbs ancient see is
in the diocese: Benedictines, abbey of St. Hilde- ?o^ ^^^d ^ Rt. Rev. A^red Flocard bom in
gard at Eibingen, 38 professed Sisters, 25 lay Sis- Jorquenay, i^ance, 18B6, ordamed m 1889, served
tei«; Benedictines of the Perpetual Adoration at ^ ^.tf^^ ** St. Jean de Chaumont, and professor
Johinnisberg in Rheingau (formerly in Neider- ^t the upper seminary, editor of the '^Semame
lahnstein). 29 Sisters, 15 lay Sisters, 8 extern Rehgieuse," director of chanties, and madevicar
Sisters; (Congregation of St. Vincent de Paul, «^?!i!i ^/%VP£^}*^p^^iP.T^^^^
branch of the mother-house at_Mainz in Limburg f^^^^ .•,.^c\,?.^,'2J;HpJ^?SI,^
about 100 branch houses in the diocese; Francis- ^^ }^ Nation." Dunng the World War 245 o! the
cans, mother-house at Marienheim-Erlenbad, near ^^^^"^ °L*^*? i^'?^^^ were rnobihwd, and of this
Achem in Baden, 2 houses. 10 Sisters; Association i^PJ^ST ^4 died 3 won the legwnd'konnewr, 7 the
of the Sisters of Providence of MaiAz, 6 houses, niedadle rmhtatre, 54 the cro« de guerre and 4
44 Sisters; Poor Sisters of St. Francis, mother^ ^,^l!?i},l^"^^^^^
house at Aachen. 2 houses, 45 Sisters; Sisters of T^^^r.^?^ .^""^^^^^
the Christian Schools of Mercy, mother-house at }t!^f^f^:S^?FId,l^J^^^^ ff^^f^i ^""^ ^Ta
Heiligenstadt, 5 houses, 35 Sisters; Ursulines, 5 ^i^^flL^nf^^^
housS, 113 Sisters; English Ladies 2 houses, '59 ^^nliV^^^: nnhl^X P^"^^ ^ ^^"^^
Sisters; Sisters of Charity of the Good Shepherd, Religieuse, is published.
mother-house at Miinster, Westphalia, 1 house, 41 Linares (or Monterey or Nubvo LfeoN),'ARCH- Sisters; Congregation of the Servants of the Sacred diocese op (de Linares; cf. C. E., IX-265d), in Heart of Jesus, mother-house at Vienna, 3 houses, Mexico, with episcopal residence at Monterey. 15 Sisters; Pallottine Sisters, mother-house at Lim- Most Rev. Francesco Plancarte y Navarrete, pro- burg, 75 Sisters, 25 postulants, and 4 branch houses moted to this see 27 November, 1911, died in in the diocese with 17 Sisters; Sisters of the Holy Monterey 8 July, 1920, and was succeeded by Most Ghost, mother-house at Coblenz, 1 foundation, 24 Rev. Joa^ Juan de Jesus Herrera y Pina after a Sisters; Alexian Nuns, 2 houses, 27 Sisters. The vacancy of a year. Bom in Valle de Bravo, Mexico, following religious associations have been estab- in 1865, he studied at the South American College lished: 73 Young Men's Societies, 23 Journeymen's in Rome, was ordained in 1888, returned to Mexico Unions, 37 Working Men's Associations, 91 Marian in 1890, and served as rector of the seminary and Congregations for Young Women, 10 Servant Girls' prefect of studies, was made an honorary canon. Associations, and various associations for mothers, prothonotary apostolic in 1904, and appointed Also the following charitable societies : St. Boniface Bishop of Tulancingo 16 September, 1907, from Association, Mission Society for Catholic Women which see he was promoted 7 March, 1921. The and Young Women, Guardian Societv for Women 1920 statistics credit the archdiocese with a Catholic and Young Women, Association for the Making of population of 357,000, 39 parishes, 80 secular priests. Vestments. There are 20 charitable institutions 20 seminarians, 75 churcncs or chapels, and 4690 under the care of religious, including orphanages, children in Catholic schools. taiW homes, and educational institutions for_.,_ _ *#>« orphans. loncoln, Diocese op (Linoolnibnsis; cf. C. E.,
IX-266b), in Nebraska, is suffragan to the
Limerick, Diocese of (LiMERiaENSis; cf. C. E., Archdiocese of Dubuque. The first bishop of the
IX-262a), in the province of Miinster, Ireland, diocese, the Rt. Rev. Thomas Bonacum, who was
suffragan of the Archdiocese of Cashel. Rt. Rev. appointed upon the erection of the diocese in 1887,
Edward Thomas O'Dwyer, bom in Holy Cross, Ire- died on 4 February, 1911. He was largely respon-
land, in 1842 and appointed to this see 18 May, sible for the rapid development of the young dio-
1886, filled it for over thirty years, until his death, cese, and although his ngid discipline and strict
19 August, 1917; during his long administration he enforcement of canonical legislation often brought
was known as an ardent defender of the national him into conflict with certain of the clergy and
rights of Ireland. His successor was appointed in their lay supporters, and forced him to have re-
the person of Rt. Rev. Denis Hallinan, bom in course to the secular tribunals, he was usually vin-
Limerick in 1849, studied at Limerick and at the dicated and the purity of his motives caimot be
Irish College in Rome, was ordained in 1874 and doubted. The chief monument of his labors is the
served as a pastor, administrator, and vicar general, St. Thomas Orphanage, housing 120 inmates, for
was named a prelate of the Holy See in 1900, a which he personally gathered all the funds. At
canon in 1912, vicar capitular in 1917, and appointed his request he was buried before the main entrance
bishop 10 January, 1918. The religious orders estab- of this institution,
lished in this diocese include: meru Augustinians, Bishop Bonacum was succeeded by the Rt. Rev.
Dominicans, Franciscans, Jesuits, I.iedemptorists, Henry Tihen, chancellor of the Wichita diocese.
