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1512:Immaculate Conception Church, Omaha
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638:"Archbishop Gerald Thomas Bergan"
578:"Archbishop Gerald Thomas Bergan"
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407:chancellor
366:Early life
152:1892-01-26
125:Ordination
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195:Education
98:Successor
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