The Catholic bulletin. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1911-1995, 1916-04-22
veuillet from the French battle

front.
New Dioceses.-In Brazil the do
cese OF Ponso Allegro has been divided
the southern part remaining the do
cese OF Ponso Allegro, the northern
being erected into new diocese OF
GuaXupe.
In Honduras the diocese of COmay
aqua has been divided into three
parts. The eastern part, comprising
the five civil provinces of Yoro, |
Camayagne, La Pas, Valee, Teguci-
galpa, Choluteca, FL Paraiso and
Oloucho, is raised to an archdiocese,
to which is appointed Mgr. Cabanas,
at presena Bishop of Comayagna. The
western portion becomes the new do
cese Of st. Rosa di Capan, Mgr.
Volio, Vicar Forane of Arajuela, be-
ing appointed Bishop. The northern
part becomes the Vicariate-ApOstolic
Of San Pedro, Sula, the two latter are
suffragan of Tegncigalpa.
Mgr Section Dead.-After having
ably filled the editorial chair OF La
Ricossa,' of BraganZa, for over al
quarter of century, Mgr Section
recently laid aside his pen for the last
time. Death from heart trouble
| closed his active career at the age
Of seVenty-one, in Padua, Italy.
CNh Ank Oval % "a.
cent death Of Mgr. Agostino Bartolini
removes one Of the most widely known
prelates of the Eternal City. He was
Thorn in Rome seventy-seven years ago
and after his ordination to the priest
hood was appointed professor OF sa-
cred elOquence in the POntifical Semi
nary and dedicated himself besides to
the study of literature. Since 1888 he
has been custodian general of the
celebrated literary Academia of the
| Arcadia. While still young priest
| he became member of this body and
in it's meetings and assemblies he pre-
sented time after time his studies upon
| Dante. On becoming custodian gen
eral Mgr. BartOlini enlarged the scope
and the work of the Arcadia by max
| ing it what it now is, popular uni
versity of literature, science and art,
in which free lectures are delivered
| regularly and frequently during the sea-
son. The ablest professors in Rome
in their various lines give Of their
best to this institution and archaeOlO-
| gists, historians, doctors, sOciOlOgiSts
and others are among the lecturers.
| From ValIadoId to Manchester
The Rev. Joseph Kelly left the English
College, Valladolid, Spain, for England
on March to take up Professionally
the Rectorship of st. Bede's College,
Manchester. AS student and superior
he has been connected with the Val
ladolid College for twenty eight years.
Born in Manchester in November,
1871, he studied and acquitted himself
with distinction at the old Stafford
Grammar School,. In 1887 he went to
Valladolid, arriving on October, %.
Ordained priest by the Bishop of As
torga in due course, he returned to
England and worked at Bury for four
years with much success. In June,
1900, Father Kelly returned to the
English College at Valladolid, and in
succession to the Rev. Michael Burns,
the present newly-appointed Rector
ably held the Chair of Philosophy.
Pope and War Prisoners.-1t is es
timated that, through the efforts of
Pope Benedict XIV, fully 10000
wounded and disabled prisoners of
war have been delivered from captiv.
ity.
superioress Of Sisters of Charity
Sister Anne Lapierre, of st. Alban
near CRANBERRY, France, has been
elected Superior of the Sisters of
: Charity of st. Vincent de Paul, whose
MotherhOuse is in Rome.
Priests in French Army.-The law
, of universal cOnscription forces
priests, religious and seminarists into
the French army. Up to the first of
the year, it is estimated that 1,165
members of the Catholic clergy have
fallen in battle At the front are esti-
mated to be 10000 priests; 800 are
chaplains. In the medical service are
5 1850 ecclesiastics.
Chinese converts.-The inhabitants
of Sancian Island, off the China coast,
on which ST. Francis Xavier died, are
being brought into the Church by the
Paris Foreign Mission Society.
t English Converts. According to the
: Catholic Directory of London, 9,034
adult converts were received in Eng
! land last year.
: A Fiji JubiIee.-The mission of Wal
riki, in the Fiji Archipelago celebrates
its golden jubilee this year.
Celtic Cross MemoriaI.-Since the