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Show DIOCESE OF CHEYENNE. j (Diocesis Cheyennesis.) Established Aug. 9, 1S-S7. Comprises the I State of Wyoming. Square miles, 97,575. RiKht Reverend Thos. M. Lenihan, D.D.,. Bishop rf Cheyenne; consecrated Feb. 24, 1897. Residence, Cheyenne, Wyo., St. Mary's cathedral, corner 19th and Ferguson Fergu-son streets. First Bishop Rt. Rev. Maurice F. Burke, D.D., cons. Oct. 28, 1S87; transferred transfer-red to the See of St. Joseph, Mo., June 19, 1S93. Vicar General Very Rev, H. Cummls-key, Cummls-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-htinty. Dela-htinty. Rock Springs; Rev. M. Ternes, Rawilns; Rev. Peter Casey, Evanston. Procurator Fiscatis Rev. John Dela-hunty. Dela-hunty. Rock Springs. . Detensor Matrimonii Rev. M. Ternes, Rawlins. CLERGY, CHURCHES, MISSIONS AND SCHOOLS. Chevenne 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, Rev. James A. Keating. Evanston, Uinta County St. Mary Magdalen's, Mag-dalen's, Rev. Peter Casey, pastor; mission, mis-sion, Kemmerer, Uinta county, St. Patrick Pat-rick s. Lander, Fremont County Church of the Immaculate Conception, B. V. M., Rev. Wm. O'Dwyer, pastor; school, Sisters of St. Francis. Laramie, Albany County St. Lawrence O'Toole's, Very Rev. Hugh Cummiskey, V. G., pastor; chapel, convent and academv acad-emv of Sisters of Charity. New Castle, Weston County Corpus Christi. Rev. Jules Bigaoutte, pastor. . Rawlins, Carbon County St. Joseph's. Rev. M. Ternes, pastor; convent and school in course of erection. Rock Springs, Sweetwater County-Church County-Church of Our Lady of Dolors, Rev. John Delahuntv, pastor; convent and school in course of erection; mission, Green River, Sweetwater county, Church of Immaculate Immacu-late Conception. - Sheridan. Sherman county cnurcn ot 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. Frank Sansone, S. J., Socius. There are 1,1)00 Indians on the reservation reserva-tion belonging to the Shoshone and Arapahoe Arap-ahoe tribes. Many of them have been baptized bap-tized and are practical Catholics. The Mission schools are attended by 150 children. The boys are taught by the Jesuit Fathers and the girls by the Sisters Sis-ters of St. Francis. The government pays for 50 pupils ahd Mother Catherine Drexel for 30 pupils. The Bureau of Catholic Indian Missions, Washington, pays for the others. Mother Catherine Drexel built both the convent and college buildings at a cost 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 Sisters. Academy and Boarding School .ii ' ... of young ladies, conducted bv the Sisters "of the Holy Child of Jesus; day scholars, -00; boarders, 25. Laramie City: Convent and Academy of the Sisters of Charity, Sister AI. Constantia, sister-servant; sis- ! ters. five; pupils, p; 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 St. ; Francis, Mother M. Columba, superior; i Sisters. 12; pupils. 130. RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN DIOCESE. DIO-CESE. Jesuit Fathers (Rocky Mountain Mission), St. Stephen's: Sisters of the , Holy Child of Jesus (Philadelphia, Pa.), i Cheyenne; Sisters of Charity (Leaven-: (Leaven-: worth, Kan ), Laramie: Sisters of St. ; Francis (Pniladelphia. Pa.). St. Stepii- ens; Sisters of St. Francis (Philadelphia, j Fa.), Lander. |