The Catholic Hierarchy of the United States 1790 1922

pon the erection of the latter Diocese in 1620. The next ecclesiastical division came in 1777, when the Diocese of Linares was erected, and two years later the See of Sonora was established. These changes, therefore, bring us closer to the origin and development of the present Dioceses in the States of New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, and California. In brief, the Vicariate-Apostolic of New Mexico (which included Arizona), erected in 1850 by Pius IX, with the Rt. Rev. John Lamy as first Vicar, belonged ecclesiastically to the Diocese of Durango. To the Bishop of the See of Linares was given the jurisdiction over the present State of Texas from 1777 until it was created a Prefecture-Apostolic in 1838 under the administration of the Rev. John Timon, C.M.' The Diocese of Monterey (erected in 1850) was formerly part of the Diocese of Both Californias (1840) which in turn was subject to the Bishop of Sonora (1779). In 1851, when Lower California was severed from the jurisdiction of Bishop Alemany of Monterey, the last link with the Spanish-American hierarchy was broken. II. FRENCH ECCLESIASTICAL JURISDICTION The Archbishop of Rouen was the first to exercise jurisdiction over the country that was called New France, which at that time included the great central valley of the United States. Consequently in 1647, he appointed Father Jerome Lalemant, as Superior of the Missions in Canada. Notwithstanding the protests of the Archbishop, the Holy See thought it necessary to ere... --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.