Kafiristan and Kashmir, Prefecture Apostolic of
Created (1887) by Leo XIII in the extreme North of India.
Kager, Johann Matthias
German historical painter, born at Munich, 1566; died at Augsburg, 1634.
Kaiser, Kajetan Georg von
Chemist, born at Kelheim on the Danube (Bavaria), 5 January, 1803; died at Munich, 28 August, 1871.
Kaiserwilhelmsland
Prefecture Apostolic, comprises the German part of the island of New Guinea.
Kalands Brethren
The name given to religious and charitable associations of priests and laymen especially numerous in Northern and Central Germany, which held regular meetings for religious edifica…
Kalcker, Jan Stephanus van
Flemish painter, native of the Duchy of Cleves; b. between 1499 and 1510; d. at Naples, 1546.
Kalinka, Valerian
Polish historian, born near Cracow in 1826; died at Jaroslaw in 1886.
Kalispel Indians
Popularly known under the French name of Pend d'Oreilles, "ear pendants", an important tribe of Salishan stock originally residing about Pend d Oreille lake and river, in northern …
Kalocsa-Bacs, Archdiocese of
This archdiocese embraces within its territories an archdiocese and a diocese founded by St. Stephen of Hungary in 1010.
Kamerun, Vicariate Apostolic of
Located in German West Africa, between British Nigeria and French Congo.
Kan-Su, Prefecture Apostolic of Southern
Separated from the Northern Kan-su mission in 1905, and committed to the Belgian Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheutveld, Brussels).
Kan-Su, Vicariate Apostolic of Northern
This vicariate includes the territory of Ku-ku-nor, northern part of Tibet, and the five northern prefectures of the Chinese province of Kan-su: Lan-chou-fu, Si-ning-fu, Liang-chou…
Kandy, Diocese of
Formerly part of the Vicariate of Southern Colombo, Ceylon, India, from which it was cut off as a vicariate Apostolic on 16 April, 1883, and erected into a diocese on 1 September, …
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