The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1962-02-23
ATLANTA, OAKLAND:

Two native ONO BlSh-
ops received honors
from Pope John XIII
Wednesday.
The Apostolic Delegate an.
nounced:
go. Appointment Of Dish
op Paul A. Hallinsn Of
Charleston, Sc, q native Of
Painssville, Ohio, TO be ths
first Archbishop Of Atlanta.
80. Appointment Of AuxiI-
larry Bishop Floyd L. Begin
of Cleveland, 10 be the first
Bishop of Oakland.
Establishment Of fhe
new ecclesiastical Province Of
Atlanta.
80. Elevation of the bio.
eess Of Atlanta TO the rank
of archdiocese.
80. Creation Of the new
Dieeeses of Oakland, Stock.
ton and Santa Rosa In the
State Of California.
-. Appointment of Bish-
op Joseph T. MeGueken Of
Sacramento TO be Archbishop
of San Francisco.
-. Appointment Of AuxiI-
larry Bishop Hugh A. Donohoe
of San Francisco 10 fhe first
Bishop OF Stockton.
-. Appointment of Msgr.
Leo T. Maher Of San Fran
cisco 10 be the first Bishop
of Santa Rosa.
A dozen archdiocese and
dioceses in California and in
southeastern I'm d States
are affected directly or in
directly through the creation
of these new dioceses and the
arrangement of provincial
areas.
The newly established
ecclesiastical Providence of
Atlanta has Atlanta as the
Metropolitan See and the Do
ceses of Charleston, Miami,
Raleigh, st. Augustine and
Savannah as suffragans.
This division leaves the
Providence of Baltimore with
suffragans at Richm o n d,
Wheeling and Wilmington.
Atlanta is the capital of the
State of Georgia and the gate
way to the South. In its rapid
ly growing metropolitan area
there are now 1,014,349 in
habitants.
Bishop Paul Mailman, first
Archbishop of Atlanta, has
been Bishop of Charleston
since 1853.
TO BECOME THE first
Bishop of Oakland. Bishop
Begin leaves the position Of
Auxiliary to Archbishop
Bishop Edward r. Hoban of
Cleveland. He will be the
spiritual leader Of a See COM
posed of the two Counties of
Alameda and Contra Costa
which have been detached
from the Archdiocese of San
Francisco. This area amounts
TO 1857 square miles and has
1,314,700 inhabitants of whom
329, GAO are Catholics. In the
Diocese of Oakland there are
10 parishes, so elementary
schools, o high schools, and
254 priests of whom Ill are
members of religious orders.
THE CITY OF OAKLAND
Is situated on the Bay of San
Francisco and is connected
by the Oakland Bay Bridge
with the metropolitan See. II
has a total population Of
367,5 48. The cathedral will
be the Church of st. Francis
de Sales which was built in
1891 and seats about 1000.
ARcHBIsHoP-ELEcr HAL.
,LlNAN was director of the
intercollegiate Newman Club
of Cleveland at the time he
was named Bishop OF Charles
ton. He was born in Paines-
vile, Ohio, April 8, 1911; took
his Bachelor of Arts degree
at the University of Notre
Dame in 1882; made his
studies for the priesthood at
st. Mary's Seminary. Cleve-
land, and was ordained to the
priesthood in st. Johns Cathe-
dral, Cleveland. February 20,
1887. He made graduate
studies at John Carroll Uni.
versity. Cleveland. from 1851
TO 1853, taking the Master of
Arts degree in American his
tory. He made further studies
In American history at West
ern Reserve University from
1853 to 1858. He served as a
US. Army chaplain from
1912 to 1945 and was with the
Engineers in the South Paci.
fic. His appointment as the
eighth Bishop of Charleston
was announced on September
II, 1858.
BISHOP BEGIN WAS born
In Cleveland February <