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Show DIOCESE OF CHEYENNE. (Diocesis Cheyennesis.) Established Aug. 9, 1SS7. Comprises the State of Wyoming. Square miles, !)7,57:". Right Reverend Thos. M. Lenihan, D.D., Bishop of Cheyenne-consecrated Feb. 24, 1S97. Residence. Cheyenne, Wyo., St. Mary's cathedral, corner 19th and Ferguson Fergu-son streets. 1 First Bishop Rt. Rev. Maurice F. . Burke, D.D., cons. Oct. 28, 1S.S7; transfer-: transfer-: red to the See of St. Joseph, Mo., June 19, 1S93. Vicar General Very Rev. H. Cummis-key, Cummis-key, V. G. Res., Laramie, Wyo. Chancellor and Secretary Rev. Peter U. Sasse., res.. Cheyenne, Cathedral. Bishop's Council Very Rev. Hugh Cum-misky, Cum-misky, V. G., Laramie; Rev. John Dela-hunty, Dela-hunty, Rock Springs; Rev. M. Ternes, Rawlins; Rev. Peter Casey. Evanston. Procurator Fiscatis Rev. John Dela- iiuuiy, rtocK tipnngs. j Defensor Matrimonii Rev. M. Ternes, Rawlins. CLERGY", CHURCHES, MISSIONS AND SCHOOLS. Cheyenne St. Mary's Cathedral. Rt. Rev. Thomas M. Lenihan, D.D., pastor; Rev. Peter U. Sasse, assistant. Convent and Academy of the Sisters of the Holy Child of Jesus. Casper, Natrona County St. Anthony of Padua's, Revt James A. Keating. Evanston, Uinta County St. Mary Mag-; Mag-; dalen's, Rev. Peter Casey, pastor; mis-! mis-! sion, Kemmerer, Uinta county, St. Pat-' Pat-' rick's. Lander, Fremont County Church of the i Immaculate Conception, B. V. M., Rev. I "VVm. O'Dwyer, pastor; school, Sisters of St. Francis. Laramie, Albany County St. Lawrence l O'Toole's, Very Rev. Hugh Cummiskey, . G., pastor; chapel, convent and academy acad-emy of Sisters of Charity. New Castle, Weston County Corpus Christ!, Rev. Jules Bigaoutte, pastor. Rawlins, Carbon County St. Joseph's. Rev. M. Ternes, pastor; convent and school In course of erection. Rock Springs. Sweetwater Countv I Church of Our Lady of Dolors. Rev. John ' Delahunty. pastor; convent and school in course of erection; mission. Green River, Sweetwater county, Church of Immacu-Llate Immacu-Llate Conception. . Sheridan, Sheridan County Church of the Holy Name. Rev. Joseph A. Accorsi-ni, Accorsi-ni, pastor; mission, Buffalo, Johnson county, Church of St. John the Baptist; Parkman, church in course of erection. -St. Stephen's Indian Mission, Shoshone Reservation, Fremont county, Very Rev Balthazer Feusi, S. J., director; Rev 1 Frank Sansone, S. J., Socius. ' j There are . 1,900 Indians on the reserva- ' tion belonging to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Arap-ahoe tribes. Many of them have been bap- tized and are practical Catholics. i The Mission schnnla am ,j, .... I children. The boys are taught by the r.Jesuit -Fathers and the girls by the Sis- ters of St.- Francis. The government pays for 50 pupils and : Mother Catherine Drexel for 30 pupils I The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions Washington, pays for the others. Mother Catherine Drexel built both, the convent and college buildings at a cit of about $50,000. INSTITUTIONS I NCHARGE OF RELIGIOUS RE-LIGIOUS ORDERS.-Cheyenne: Convent and Academy of the Holy Child of Jesus Rev. Mother M. Gonzaga, superior, fifteen i Sisters. -."Academy and Boarding School j . '--!" tt- of young ladles, conducted by the Sisters of the Holy Child of Jesus; day scholars, 00: boarders, 25. Laramie City: Convent and Academy of the Sisters of Charity, Sister M. Constantia, sister-servant; sisters, sis-ters, five; pupils, 100; St. Joseph's Hospital, Hospi-tal, conducted by Sisters of Charity. Lander: Lan-der: School -in charge of Sisters of St. Francis. St. Stephen's Mission: Indian Boarding School; Bovs' school, Jesuit Fathers; Girls' school. Sisters of SL i;rancis. Mother M. Columba, superior; SlTsters 12: pupils, 150. . RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN DIO-vE. DIO-vE. Jesuit Fathers (Rocky Mountain Mission), St. Stephen's; Sisters of the Holy Child of Jesus (Philadelphia. Pa.), Cheyenne; Sisters of Charity (Leavenworth. (Leaven-worth. Kan.), Laramie: Sisters of St. Francis (Pniladelphia, Pa.), St. Stephens; Steph-ens; Sisters of St. Francis (Philadelphia, Pa.), Lander. |