Biology, Washington. Author of: "Cours 616men- taire de Botanique et Flore du Canada" (Montreal); "L'eduoazione eoclesiastica in Francis" (Grottaf erra- ta) ; has contributed to ' 'American Catholic Quarterly Review".
ARTICLE: Chapelle, Louis-Placide.
Ordofiez, Very Reverend Canon Alberto Maria, ph.L., j.c.d., s.t.d., b. at Cuenca, Ecuador, 2 November, 1872. Education: South American College and Gregorian University, Rome. Ordained 1896; professor of humanities, Preparatory Seminary, Cuenca, 1903; at present, professor of dogmatic theology at the Seminary, fiscal procurator and canon theologian of the cathedral (1909), diocese of Cuenca; preacher; preconized bishop of Ibarra, 1916.
ARTICLE: Zamoea, Vicariate Apostolic of.
O'Reilly, Right Reverend Monsignor Thomas Charles, s.t.d., ll.d., b. at Cleveland, 22 February, 1873. Education: St. Patrick's School, St. Ignatius College, and St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland; American College, Rome. Ordained 1898; assistant/ at the cathedral, Cleveland, 1899-1901; treasurer and professor of philosophy and dogmatic theology, St. Mary's Seminary, Cleveland, 1901-1909; vicar- general, diocese of Cleveland, 1909- ; member of Diocesan Board of Examiners for Seminary and Clergy and diocesan consultor, Cleveland. Organized annual retreats for men in Cleveland, under auspices of Knights of Columbus, 1904; Baccalaureate preacher, Notre Dame University, Indiana, 1909. Has contributed to various periodicals.
ARTICLE: Apostolicitt.
O'Riordan, Reverend Canon John, b. in diocese of Cloyne. Education: St. Colman's College, Fermoy, and Maynooth College, Dublin, Ireland. For many years engaged in parish work at Liverpool, England, and in diocese of Cloyne, Ireland; pastor at Cloyne 1904- . Contributor to various periodi- cals.
ARTICLE: Clotne, Diocese of.
O'Riordan, Right Reverend Monsignor Michael, d.d., d.c.l., Ph.D., b. in Co. Limerick, Ireland, 1857. Education: St. Munchiu's College, Limerick; Propaganda and Gregorian University, Rome. Ordained 1883; engaged in missionary work at various times in London and Limerick 1883-1887; successively vice-rector of the Irish College, Rome; professor at St. Munchin's and curate at St. Michael's Church, Limerick, 1887-1905; protonotary Apostolic. Founded the Cathohc Truth Society in Ireland, and the "Seven HiUs Magazine"; member of: the Academy of the Cathohc ReKgion; Rome, the Academy of St. Thomas, Rome; the Archajological Society of Ireland. Author of: "The Popes, Inter- national Peace-makers"; "A Criticism of Draper's History of the Conflict of Religion and Science"; "A Reply to Dr. Starkie's Attack on the Managers of Irish National Schools " ; "Life of St. Columbanus" ; "St. Cathal of Lismore"; "St. Finian of Moville"; "CathoUcity and Progress in Ireland" (a reply to Sir Horace Plunkett's "Ireland in the Twentieth Cen- tury"); contributor to: "American Cathohc Quarterly Review"; "Catholic World"; "Irish Ecclesiastical Record"; "New Ireland Review"; "La Rivista Internazionale deUa Scienze Social! "; "La Rassegna Nazionale".
ARTICLES: Aeterni Patris, The Apostolic Letter of Pius IX; Aeterni Patris, The Encyclical of Leo XIII; Ad Apostolicje Dignitatis Apicem; Ad Sandtam Beati Petri Sedem; Apostolic.*: Cu'rm; Apostolic^e Sedis Moderationi; Apostolic^e Servitutis; Apostolici Minibterii; Apostolici Regiminis; Apostolicum Pascendi Munus; Arcanum; Ascen- dents Domino; Auctorem Fidei; Ausculta Fili; Irish Col- lege, in Rome; Veto, The Royal.
Orozco y Jimenez, Right Reverend Francisco, D.D., Ph.D., Bishop of Guadalajara, Mexico, b. at Zamora, Mexico, 19 November, 1864. Education: CoUege of Jacona, Mexico; South American College and Gregorian University, Rome. Ordained 1887; has filled the posts of professor of Latin, Seminary of Zamora, professor of philosophy, theology, Scrip- ture, liturgy, and Hebrew, University of Mexico; chaplain of the Church of St. Francis and vice-rector of the School of Arts, Zamora; vice-rector of the Seminary, Mexico City; Bishop of Chiapas, Mexico, 1902-1912; Bishop of Guadalajara 1912- ; or- dered deported by the government, January, 1917. Convened the first Synod of Chiapas; founded a school for boys and five for girls in Chiapas; estabhshed the first electric plant and erected a public monument to Las Casas, St. Cristobal Las Casas, Mexico; Notary at the Provincial Councils of Mexico and at the Plenary Council of South America; president of the Labor Section, Cathohc Congress of Oaxaca; one of the founders and a member of the Assembly of the Pontifical University of Mexico. Author of: "Colec- cion de Documentos para la Historia de Chiapas"; pastorals; has contributed to various Cathohc newspapers of Mexico. ARTICLE: Chiapas, Diocese of. Osende, Reverend Victorino, o.p. Education: St. Stephen's College, Salamanca, Spain. Entered the Dominican Order; at present, missionary and secretary to the prefect Apostohc, Urubamba, Peru. Contributor to various reviews.
ARTICLE: Urubamba, Prefecture Apostolic of.
O'Shea, John Francis, b. at Youghal, Co. Cork, Ireland, 16 June, 1861. Education: Christian Brothers' schools, Youghal, and St. Colman's CoUege, Fermoy, Ireland; Irish CoUege, Paris. Came to the United States 1886; teacher in public schools 1886— 1893; principal of high school, Cameron, Texas, 1893-1905 (except for two years); principal of high school (1905-1908), and superintendent of pubUc schools (1908- ), Taylor, Texas. Member of the State Text-Book Board, Texas.
ARTICLE: Texas, State of.
O'Shea, John J., b. at Cork, Ireland, 1841. Education: private; North Monastery Schools, Cork. Reporter and sub-editor, with Sir John Gray, of the "Freeman's Journal"; editor of the "Evening Telegraph" and "Weekly Freeman", Dublin, 1871- 1883; associate editor, with WiUiam O'Brien, of "United Ireland", 1883-1890, and of the "American Catholic Quarterly Review" 1892-1897; editor of: the "Catholic World" and the "Young Cathohc" 1893-1897, and the "Catholic Standard and Times", PhUadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1897- . Author of: "The Two Kenricks" (1904); "Life of Pope Leo XIII" (in coUaboration with Monsignor B. O'ReiOy) (1886); numerous serials and short stories; contribu- tor to: "The Forum"; "The Rosary"; "The Messen- ger"; "Donahoe's"; "The Catholic Tunes"; "The Cathohc Fireside"; "The Shamrock".
ARTICLE: Kenrick, Peter Richard and Francis Patrick.
Osuna, Reverend Manuel Garcia, s.t.d., Cordova, Spain.
ARTICLE: Cordova, Diocese of (Cohdubensis).
Ott, Reverend Michael, o.s.b., Ph.D., b. at Neustadt-am-Main, Bavaria, Germany, 18 March, 1870. Education: St. John's University, Collegeville, Minnesota; Sant' Ansehno, Rome. Professed in the Benedictine Order 1889; ordained 1894; prefect of studies and professor of philosophy, St. John's University, Collegeville, 1895- Collaborator in: "Best Stories by the Foremost Catholic Authors" (New York, 1910); has contributed to various periodicals.
ARTICLES: Adalart, Saint; Adelaide, Saint, Abbess; Ado of Vienne, Saint; Adrian of Canterbury, Saint;Aqa-
