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649:Leo Bryne
600:in 1958.
594:subdeacon
525:Biography
345:Styles of
311:Education
202:Successor
176:Installed
168:Appointed
1379:Historic
1363:Churches
1138:Parishes
1122:Churches
802:See also
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698:chaplain
679:theology
653:diocesan
610:ordained
251:by
238:by
1313:Bishops
1200:Priests
1048:Bishops
808:Portals
724:, with
700:to the
622:Wichita
544:baptism
536:Kingman
509:of the
507:prelate
450:Wichita
429:History
158:Diocese
83:scholar
1403:Former
846:Kansas
598:deacon
548:priest
540:Kansas
401:Bishop
306:, U.S.
288:, U.S.
259:, and
228:Orders
148:Church
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778:as a
90:JSTOR
76:books
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550:!"
457:Date
294:Died
272:Born
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677:in
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