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564:Thomas Sebastian Byrne
486:Joseph Aloysius Durick
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338:Second Vatican Council
300:Sacred Heart Cathedral
292:episcopal consecration
173:St. Ambrose University
88:Joseph Aloysius Durick
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162:Nashville, Tennessee
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479:1936–1969
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288:Holy See
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