Reuss,  op.  cit.,  p.  70;  Shea,  Hierarchy,  etc.,  p.  285;  Bbann,
History  of  the  American  College  in  Rome,  New  York,  1910;  CHR,
Vol.  ii,  p.  285.
7.  O'DoNAGHUE,  Denis.
The  present  Bishop  of  Louisville  was  born  in  Indiana,
on  November  30,  1848,  and  received  his  education  at  Saint
Meinrad's  College  and  Saint  Thomas  Seminary  at  Bards-
town.  After  the  completion  of  his  theology  at  the  Grand
Seminary,  Montreal,  he  was  ordained  to  the  priesthood  on
September  6,  1874.  He  served  as  parish  priest  in  Indian-
apolis and  chancellor  of  that  Diocese  before  he  was  ap-
pointed titular  Bishop  of  Pomario  and  Auxiliary  of  In-
dianapolis on  February  10,  1900.  He  was  consecrated  by
Bishop  Chatard  on  April  25,  1900,  and  was  transferred  to


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the  Diocese  of  Louisville  as  eighth  Bishop  on  February
7,  1910.
III.   Diocese  of  Detroit  (1833)

On  March  8,  1833,  Pope  Gregory  XVI  created  the  Dio-
cese of  Detroit  and  the  Rt.  Rev.  Frederick  Rese  was  con-
secrated as  its  first  Bishop  on  October  6,  1833.
The  Diocese  of  Detroit  embraced  originally  the  State
of  Michigan  and  the  Northwest  Territory.  At  present
it  comprises  the  counties  of  the  lower  peninsula  of  the
State  of  Michigan  south  of  the  counties  of  Ottawa,  Kent,
Montcalm,  Gratiot  and  Saginaw,  and  east  of  the  counties
of  Saginaw  and  Bay ;  an  area  of  18,558  square  miles.
