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Show DIOCESE OF CHEYENNE. (Diocesis Cheyenncsis.) Established Aug. 'J, 1SS7. Comprises the State of Wyoming. Square miles, i7,576. Right Reverend Thbs. M. Lenihan, D.D., Bishop of Cheyenne; consecrated Feb. 24, 1S07. Residence, Cheyenne, Wyo., St. Mary's cathedral, corner 19th and Ferguson Fergu-son streets. . First Bishon Rt. Rev. Maurice F. Burke, D.D., cons. Oct. 2S, 1S87; transferred transfer-red to the See of St. Joseph, Mo., June is, m. "icar General Very Rev. II. 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-nunty. Dela-nunty. Rock Springs; Rev. M. Ternes, Rawlins; Rev. Peter Casey, Evanston. Procurator Fiscatis Rev. John Dela-hunty. Dela-hunty. Rock Springs. 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 Hob-Child Hob-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, Kennnerer, Uinta county, St. Patrick Pat-rick s. Bander, 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 academy acad-emy of Sisters of Charity. New Castle, Weston County Corpus i Chiisti, Rev. Jules Bigaoutte, pastor. Rawlins, Carbon County St. Joseph's, I Rev. M. Ternes, pastor; convent 'and ! school in course of erection. Rock Springe. Sweetwater County Church of Our Lady of Dolors, Rev. John Delahunty, pastor; convent and school in course of erection; mission. Green River, Sweetwater county. Church of Immaculate Immacu-late Conception. Sheridan. Sheridan County Church of the Holy Name, Rev. Joseph A. Accorsi-ni. Accorsi-ni. pastor; mission, BufTalo, Johnson county. Church of St. John the Baptist; Parkman, church in course of erection. St. Stephen's Indi an Mission, Shoshone Reservation. Fremont county. Very Rev. Baithazer Feusi. S. J.. director; Rev. Frank Sansone, S. J., Socius. There are 1.DO0 Indians on the reserva- : tion belonging to the Shoshone and Arap- '. ahoe tribes. Many of them have been bap- j 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 and Mother Catherine Drexel for 30 pupils The Bureau of Catholic Indian . Missions' 1 Washington, pays for the others. Mother I Catherine Drexet built both the convent I and college buildings at a cost of about i M,000. ,. j INSTITUTIONS I NCHARGE OF RE- i LIGIOUS ORDERS.-Cheyenne: Convent and Academy of the Holy Child of Jesus, ' Rev. Mother M. Gonzaga, superior, fifteen I Sisters. Academy and Boarding School - . -ip A ' of young ladies, condticted by the Sisters of the Hoiy child of Jesus; day scholars. 200; board; rs. i. Laramie City: Convent and Academy of the Sisters of Charity, Sister M. Constantia. sister-servant; sisters, sis-ters, five; pupils, lixi; St. Joseph's Hospital, Hospi-tal, conducted by Sisters of Charity. Lander: Lan-der: School in charge ot Sisters ot St. Francis. St. Stephen's Mission: Indian Boarding School; Boys' school, Jesuit Fathers; uiris' school. Sisters of St. Francis, Mother M. Columba, superior; Sisters, 12: pupils, 150. RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES IN DIOCESE. DIO-CESE. 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 (Philadelphia. Pa.). St. Steph- . ens; Sisters ot St. Francis (Philadelphia, j , Pa.), Bander. i I I |