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Show IS IT BISHOP LEXIHAX? A dispatch from Dubuque, la., states that Very Rev. Dean Lenihan of Marshalltown, la., brother of the late Bishop Lenihan of Cheyenne, is to be the first bishop of the new diocese of Great Falls, Mont. Father eLnihan is one of the most popular priests in the archdiocese of Dubuque. He was born in Dubuque in 1854 and received his theological theolog-ical training in Grand seminary. Montreal, Canada. Can-ada. He wa3 recently elected president of the Arch-diocesan Arch-diocesan Temperance union. Through his efforts a hospital, conducted by sisters, was recently erect-I erect-I ed in Marshalltown at a cost of $40,000. When seen Dean Lenihan refused to give any direct statement in regard to the appointment. "The matter has come as a surprise to me,7' said Father Lenihan, "and the first notification I received re-ceived was through the columns of the papers. I have received no official notification and would prefer pre-fer not to sonsider the appointment until I am made aware through the regular mean3. If the report re-port 13 true of being made a bishop and of having the office conferred, it will be announced later, as will also the place. There are so many things to be considered in connection with the affair that I prefer not to make any direct statements until I am notified either one way or another." - |