Chicago, Archdiocese of
Diocese created 28 November, 1842; raised to the rank of an archdiocese, 10 September, 1880.
Chichele, Henry
Archbishop of Canterbury, b. at Higham Ferrers, Northamptonshire, England, 1362; d. at Oxford, 12 April, 1441.
Chichester
Ancient Catholic Diocese. This see took its rise in consequence of the decree passed at the Council of London in 1075, requiring all bishoprics to be removed from villages to towns…
Chicoutimi
Diocese created, 28 May, 1878, a part of the civil and ecclesiastical Province of Quebec.
Chieregati, Francesco
Papal nuncio, b. at Vicenza, 1479; d. at Bologna, 6 December, 1539.
Children of Mary
The Sodality of Children of Mary Immaculate owes its origin to the manifestation of the Virgin Immaculate of the Miraculous Medal, on which the Church has placed a seal, by appoint…
Children of Mary of the Sacred Heart, The
A Sodality of the Blessed Virgin, founded by Mother Barat of the Society of the Sacred Heart, in the Parish school about 1818, almost simultaneously with the convent itself.
Chimalpain, Domingo (San Anton y Muñon)
A Mexican Indian of the second half of the sixteenth and the first half of the seventeenth centuries, who received a liberal education in the colleges for Indians of Mexico City un…
China, The Church in
The introduction of Christianity into China has been ascribed not only to the Apostle of India, St. Thomas, but also to St. Bartholomew.
Chioggia (Chiozza)
A sea-coast city in the province of Venice. In antiquity it was known as Fossa Clodia; in the Middle Ages as Clugia.
Chippewa Indians
The popular name is a corruption of Ojibwa, a name of uncertain etymology, but generally supposed to refer to the "puckered up" appearance of the seam along the front of the tribal…
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