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Show uu CATHOLIC HISTORY OF THEJNOCESE Tho first authentic and complete history of the "Diocese of Salt Lake" which has een been published appears in the thirteenth volume of tho Catholic Encyclopedia which has just come from the press. Its author, William Richard Harris, editor of the "Intermountain Catholic," Salt Lilt Lake City, not only gives a graphic and interesting account of the early days of the diocese, its environments en-vironments and its rise to its present day secure position, but resents also a hitherto unpublished list of statistics statis-tics which forcifully manifests tho Influential In-fluential work of the dioceso, both in ecclesiastical and educational endeavor. en-deavor. Following are a few excerpts ex-cerpts taken from its pages: The diocese of Salt Lake includes tho Stato of Utah, and slightly more than half of the State of uTovada. The Stale of Utah (with the exception of a rectangular piece in the extreme north-east corner, included within the boundary lines of Wyoming), forms a parallelogram, which has a length of H50 miles north and south, and in extreme width of nearly U00 miles. Embraced within the boundaries of tho state is a total" area of 82,190 square miles, of which 2.7S0 square miles Is water surface, leaving a land area of 82,190 square miles. Nevada has a total aiea or 110,700 square miles and, of this area, 71.578 square miles belongs to tho diocese of Salt Lake, viz., the counties of Elko, Lander, Lan-der, Eureka, White Pine, Lincoln and Nve, a group of counties in the eastern east-ern part of tho state. This westerly bonndnry of tho diocese, dio-cese, beginning at the extreme northwest north-west corner or Elko county on the state line between Nevada and Oregon Ore-gon and two miles west of 117 degrees de-grees W. long., follows south along a lino parallel to this meridian for a distance of one- hundred miles to the Battle Mountains, when It turns abruptly to tho west, along the north- ' erly slope of these mountains for a short distance, and then follows a southwesterly line to a point a little south of 40 degrees N. Lat. From here it continues south along an irregular ir-regular lino, skirting tho western slope of the Shoshone Range, and thence, by an abrupt turn to the left, along a, line parallel to tho boundary between Neada and California, it goes back to 117 degrees W. nog., which It again closely .follows across the Ralston and Amargosa deser's to the southern boundary of the state. This part of tho diocese lies within the Great Basin, except an area of about 12,000 square ipiles located in the extremely southerly end, the drainage from which flows into tho Colorado rivor.' Bounded on the north by the Stato of Wyoming, Idaho and Oregon, on the west by the western part of Nevada, on the' south bl California Cal-ifornia and Arizona, and on the cast by Colorado, tho dioceso of Salt Lake extends (rom 109 degrcees to 117 degrees de-grees W. loug., and from 35 degrees N lat. This is an. immense territory; sparcely settled, made up of mountains, moun-tains, dfsprts, sheep ranges, arable valleys, and alluvial lands. The Catholic population Is found largely In mining camps, along railroad sections, sec-tions, in Salt LakeCity, Ogden"iamf Park City. '' g 5j t The region embraced by the diocese is overwhelmingly Mormon Jn 188R all tho territory now included within-the within-the boundaries of the diocese cou- ntltutcd a vicariate apostolic, and tho Rev. Lawroncc Scanlon, the missionary mis-sionary then in charge, was raised to the episcopate and tho vienriato committed com-mitted to ths care. In 1S91 the vicariate vi-cariate apostolic was erected inp a diocese, and,. tho Right Rev, Lawrence Scanlon, D.5 D fixed ,hls see penn-1 anentU ntl'Salt Inko City. !Thd history his-tory of Catholicism In Utah and Nevada Ne-vada practically began when, early in IS7II, Father Scanlon settled in Salt I .ake City as pas I or of a little parish In tho city and missionary, priest o-er o-er all Utah and more than half or Nevada. Before his appointment, thq pioneer priests, Father Raverdy, E Kelly. J Foley and Patrick Walsh JsItod or presided for a brief period In Salt Lake City. When Fathor Scanlon took charge, there was only one small church in the great territory. Today tho statistics sta-tistics of tho church in this region arc Estimated Catholic population. Utah and six Novada counties, 20.000; parishes. par-ishes. 9; missions and stations, 33; parochial and missionary priests, 21, Marist Fathers. 10; Sister of the Holy Cross, 10S; Sisters of Mercy, 12; All diocesan and parochial property Is vested In the bishop, who holds It in trust for tho people Tho Cathedral Cathed-ral of SU Mary Magdalen, Salt Lake City, dedicated in August 1909, by Cardinal Gibbons, is one of the greatest great-est ecclesiastical structures west of tho Missouri river. The bishop, as pastor of his largo parish. Is assisted by five curates, who visit the Catholic institutions of the city, presldo at the catechism classes and direct tho sodalities of tho Holy Angels, tho Sacred Heart or the Children of Mary and tho Altar Society. Institutions in tho dioceso arc: All Hallows college. Salt Lalco Citv, founded by Bishop Scanlon in 1SSG; conducted by tho Marist Fathers (Very Rev. Dr. Gulnan. president, has an annual alteildanco of 200 pupils,-taught pupils,-taught by 15 professors; St Mary's academy. Salt Lake City, conducted by 33 sisters of tho Society or the Holy Cross (Sister Alexis, superior), attendance, 250. Convent oT tho Sacred Sac-red Heart, Ogden, Sisters, 23; pupils, 230; Kearns St. Ann's Orphanage. Salt Lake City, orphans, 160; cared by 10 sisters or the Hoh Cross; Judge Mercy hospital. Salt Uike City, under tho caro of the Sisters of the Holy Cross. Tho Sisters of tho Holy Cross have charge of the parish schools of Salt Lake City. Ogden, Park City and Eureka lu nearly all the parishes and in all tho houses of education, the Leaguo of the1 Sacred Heart, and Sodalities of the Children of Mary and of the Holy Angels aro flourishing. flourish-ing. oo |