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appointed and consecrated Titular Bishop of Canopus, April 30, 1882, administrator Diocese of Galveston, 1882; succeeded to the Diocese, De- cember 16, 1892 on retirement of Bishop Dubuis; died January 21, 19r8. During episcopacy opened diocesan seminary at La Porte, Texas in 1901 under Basilian fathers who remained in charge until 1911, when replaced by diocesan priests; suggested erection of Diocese of Dallas; brought in the Jesuits, the Basilians, the Josephites, the Paulists, the Dominicans, the Sisters of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul, and the Sisters of the Holy Family (colored). GARRIGA, D.D., LL.D., Most Rev. Mariano Simon, Third Bishop of Corpus Christi, Texas. B. Port Isabel, Texas, May 30, 1886; s. Frank and Elizabeth (Baker) Garriga; student St. Mary's College, Kansas City; St. Francis Seminary, Milwaukee, Wis.; St. Edward's University, LL.D., 1936; ordained July 2, 19n. Made assistant to Chancellor, San Antonio Diocese, 1911-1912;·assist- ant pastor, Marfa, Tex., and its missions, 1912-15; vice rector St. John's Seminary, San Antonio, Tex., 1915-16; Chaplain Texas National Guard 1916; pastor St. Cecilia's Parish 1919-36; Papal Chamberlain October 25, 1934; Domestic Prelate September 21, 1935; consecrated Titular Bish- op of Siene and Coadjutor of Corpus Christi, with right of succession, September 21, 1936; succeeded to See of Corpus Christi March 15, 1949; pastor of St. Peter's Church, Laredo, Tex., 1936-1948. Trained with 144th Infantry, 36th Division, U. S. Army, Camp Bowie, Tex., A.E.F., resigned from U.S. Army, 1919; appointed Vicar Delegate for army and navy, Texas and Louisiana, since 1941; member American Legion, Veterans of Foreign Wars, Texas Historical Commission, Order of Alhambra, Knights of Columbus (3rd and 4th degrees) Grand Cross, Order of the Holy Sepulchre of Jerusalem. Address: 620 Lipan St., Corpus Christi, Texas. GERKEN, D.D., Most Rev. Rudolph Aloysius, First Bishop of Am- arillo, Texas. B. Dyersville, Iowa, March 7, 1887; s. Williams and Eliza- beth (Sudmeir) Gerken; student St. Joseph's College Rennselaer, In- diana; University of Dallas, Tex., Kenrick Seminary, Webster Groves, Mo.; ordained June ro, 1917, Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dallas, by Bishop Joseph Patrick Lynch, of Dallas. Assigned to pastoral work in various parishes, Dallas diocese, 1917-26; appointed first Bishop of Amarillo August 25, 1926; consecrated April 26, 1927 in Sacred Heart Cathedral, Dallas, by Bishop Lynch, assisted
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