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with the right of succession. Nine months after McCort's appointment, Garvey collapsed and fell into a
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669:"BISHOP GARVEY DIES AT SEAT OF SEE AT ALTOONA"
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592:"THE ALTOONA DIOCESE"
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616:"Diocese of Altoona"
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227:Scranton High School
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