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students are all at Quilon, and there are 9 candidates
for the priesthood at Kandy Seminary, Ceylon.
History. — Down to 1838 the territory compri.sed by this diocese formed part of the Padroado Diocese of Cochin (see Cochin, Diocese of). In that year, by the Brief " MultaPriBclare", jurisdiction was with- drawn from the See of Cochin, and this portion of its territory was placed under the Vicar Apostolic of Mala- bar (Verapoly). In 1845 its separation into a distinct vicariate was" decreed by the Holy See. This arrange- ment was effected in 18.53, and on tlie establishment of the hierarchy in 1886 it was finally elevated into an episcopal see, suffragan to Verapoly.
List of prelates (all Carmelites): —
Bernardino Baccinelli of St. Teresa, pro-vicar Apostohc, 1845-53;
Bernardino Pontanova of St. Agnes, nominated 1853 but died shortly after;
Maurice of St. Albert, nominated 1854 but died shortly after;
Charles Hyacinth Valerga, 1854-64;
Marie Ephrem Garrelon, 1866-68;
Ildephonsus Borgna, 1871-83;
Ferdinand Maria Ossi, 1883, became first bishop in 1887, died 1905;
Aloysius Maria Benziger, present bishop from 1905.
Religious CoMMUNiTrES. — Discalced Carmelite missionaries, 17; Convent of Discalced Carmelites at Trivandrum, 5 fathers; Sisters of the Third Order Apostolic of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, 37 (of whom five are Europeans) and 2 novices, for the education of girls and the care of orphans, with convents at Trivandrum, Quilon, and Tangacherry; Missionary Canonesses of St. Augustine, 14 European sisters and 13 native lay sisters, for the education of girls and the care of orphans, with convents at Mulagamude, Cape Coraorin, and Nagercoil; Sisters of the Holy Cross (from IVIenzingen), 9 sisters, for nursing the sick in government hospitals at Trivandrum and Quilon; Sisters of the Holy and Immaculate Heart of Mary (from Pondicherry), 8 sisters, 3 novices, and 6 postulants, for instruction of girls in vernacular schools, with convent and novitiate at Cagneracode.
Boys' Schools. — The Children's Friend Normal School, Quilon, for training Malayalam school- masters, with 59 students; St. Francis's Normal School, Nagercoil, for training Tamil schoolmasters, with 72 students; St. Joseph's English High School, Trivandrum, with 633 pupils; St. Aloj'sius's English High School, Quilon, with 413 pupils.
Girls' Schools. — Under Sisters of Third Order of Carmel: Holy Angels' Convent, Trivandrum, boarding establishment with 32 boarders, English high school with 435 pupils, industrial and technical school with 37 pupils; St. Joseph's Convent, Quilon, boarding establishment with 27 boarders, English middle school with 173 pupils, industrial school with 37 pupils; Convent of Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Tangacherry, boarding establishment with 15 boarders, English middle school with 71 in the Eng- lish and 39 in the Malayalam department, industrial school with 31 pupils.
Under Canonesses of St. Augustine: Convent of the Holy Infant Jesus, Mulagamude, vernacular school with 350 pupils, industrial school with 276 pupils, besides 1250 outdoor lace-workers; Convent of the Immaculate Conception, Cape Comorin, ver- nacular and industrial schools with 120 pupils; St. Joseph's .School, Nagercoil, with 200 pupils.
Under Sisters of the Holy Heart of Mary: Blessed Margaret's Home, Cagneracode, vernacular school with 60 pupils.
Besides these there are two mixed schools, viz., St. Joseph's Middle English School, Anjengo, with 173 pupils; St. Leo's vernacular middle school, Teke- karay, with 113 pupils. In other jjlai-es, 1.32 ver-
nacular primary schools with 7060 pupils. Total
number of schools in the diocese, 144; total of pupils,
10,857.
Ch.\rit.\ble Institutions. — Orphanage for boys at Mulagamude, with 15 inmates; Holy Angels' Orphanage, for girls, Trivandrum, with S3 inmates; St. Joseph's Orphanage, for girls, Quilon, with 47 inmates; Mount Carmel Orphanage, for girls, Tangacherry, with 21 orpharLs; Infant Jesus Or- phanage, Mulagamude, with 276 inmates, foundling home and widows' home; dispensary at Mula- gamude; nursing department in general hospital, Trivandrum, women and children's hospital, Trivan- drum, and district hospital, Quilon, under Sisters of the Holy Cross.
Madras Catholic Directory (1910).
Ernest R. Hull.
Quimper, Diocese op (Corisopitensis), includes the Department of Finistere; as re-established by the Concordat of 1802 it embraces a large portion of the
ancient Diocese of Quimper, also known as the Dio-
cese of Cornouailles, the whole of the Diocese of St.
Pol de Leon, and a small part of the Dioceses of
Tr(?guier and Vannes. From 1802 to 1859 it was
suffragan of Tours, and since 1859 it has been a
suffragan of Rennes.
I. Diocese of Quimper. — We have two versions of the catalogue of the bishops of Quimper: one in the Cartulary of Quimperle, of the twelfth century ; the other preserved in a Quimper cartulary of the fif- teenth century. Both mention a St. Corentinus as first Bishop of Quimper; his biography is of very late origin. Nothing accurate is known about him, but he is supposed by some to have been ordained by St. Martin in the fourth century, while others claim that he was a sixth-century monJc. Duchesne has proved that the Diocese of Quimper must have been repre- sented at the Council of Angers (453) by one of the four prelates, Sarmatio, Chariato, Rumoridus, and Viventius, and at the Council of Vannes (c. 465) by one of the two prelates .Mbinus and Liberatus. He nuts little credence in the traditions that make St.
