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120:Consecration
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1483:1925 deaths
1478:1847 births
1432:John Barres
827:January 21,
443:Pope Pius X
420:White House
390:serving as
255:Confederate
232:Cork County
87:Predecessor
1472:Categories
949:John Barry
934:Ordinaries
633:"Savannah"
530:References
321:Wilmington
305:New Castle
224:Petersburg
144:1847-10-13
112:Ordination
1341:Education
1258:Cathedral
1053:Education
1040:Cathedral
793:0735-8318
735:0735-8318
604:0008-8080
428:canon law
404:lynchings
283:in 1869.
248:Methodism
213:Biography
177:Education
97:Successor
77:In office
1268:Parishes
1242:Churches
1034:Churches
801:25154014
743:25154875
612:25018299
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485:See also
309:Delaware
293:ordained
277:Maryland
228:Virginia
125:by
1425:Priests
1154:Bishops
940:Bishops
555:Georgia
467:Scilium
418:to the
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315:of the
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240:Cairo
172:, USA
154:, USA
1248:List
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