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319:religious
298:in 1955.
186:Biography
156:Education
74:Successor
56:In office
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1222:Duquesne
1173:St. Mary
1108:Epiphany
1099:Churches
1083:Churches
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1247:Aquinas
1158:St. Ann
949:Bishops
855:Priests
718:Bishops
414:by the
397:English
313:and as
244:Latrobe
221:Nabisco
1227:Carlow
439:anemia
292:pastor
276:curate
84:Orders
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315:vicar
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389:Mass
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