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118:Consecration
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60:Latin Church
1316:1850 deaths
1311:1763 births
1141:John McGill
1092:Archbishops
494:Great Lakes
487:titular see
485:remained a
447:Simon Bruté
364:Miami tribe
314:Suppression
1305:Categories
1146:James Ryan
1041:Ordinaries
987:1841–1850
964:1833–1841
937:1808–1832
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214:Sulpicians
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